Covering seven city blocks, Magnolia Cemetery began on part of the de L’Aigle Plantation and Brick Yard, donated by the Nicholas de L’Aigie family. It became known as the City Cemetery in 1818 and was later named for its stately magnolia trees. Those buried here include seven Confederate generals—Alexander, Bryan, Girardy, Jackson, Smith, Stovall, and Wright; poets Paul Hamilton Hayne, James Ryder Randall, and Richard Henry Wilde; Augusta mayors George W. Evans and William White Holt; Georgia legislators John Shelton Davidson and Gen. Thomas Glascock; Revolutionary hero John Martin and heroine Susannah MacMurphy; author Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas; and educator Julia Anna Flisch. People from many walks of life, religions, and nationalities are buried here. Headstone symbols include circles, columns, doves, eagles, hourglasses, ivy, roses, torches, and the weeping willow. Designated sections include Confederate, Federal Civil War, Greek, Jewish, charity, churches, and orphans.