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In July 1864, Barnesville contained several Confederate hospitals: Kingsville Hospital under Surgeon B. N. Avent; Kingston Hospital under Surgeon George W. McDade and Assistant Surgeon V.S. Hopping, having been moved from Kingston, Georgia; Medical College Hospital under Surgeon W. P. Westmoreland, who was also in charge at Milner, after its move from Atlanta; Flewellen Hospital under Surgeon Miles H. Nash, named for Surgeon Edward A. Flewellen, who lived at The Rock and is buried at Thomaston; and Erwin Hospital under Surgeons Joseph A. Groves and B. N. Avent.
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