Civil War researcher Brad Quinlin will lead free Memorial Day weekend tours at Marietta National Cemetery in Georgia. He will discuss soldiers of every U.S. war

Marietta National Cemetery is closed to new interments (National Park Service photo)

Researcher and historian Brad Quinlin will give free 90-minutes tours of Marietta National Cemetery in suburban Atlanta throughout the Memorial Day weekend.

About 10,200 of the 17,000 burials are Union Civil War soldiers, of which about 3,000 are unknown. Most died during the Atlanta Campaign.

Saturday’s tour is at 3 p.m. and Sunday and Monday walks are at 7:30 p.m. The cemetery is at Washington Avenue and Cole Street in Marietta, Ga.

“I cover the soldiers of every war we have been in, a total tapestry of American history,” said Quinlin (right) who routinely researches Civil War soldier histories for descendants. He helped in research that led to the Medal of Honor for two men who took part in the Civil War’s Andrews Raid and were executed in Atlanta.

Quinlin will tell the history of the cemetery and some of the men and women buried there.

Pvt. Dennis (Denis) Buckley, killed at the Battle of Peachtree Creek on July 20, 1864, is a Medal of Honor recipient. The New Yorker captured the flag of the 31st Mississippi Infantry

Near the flagpole and rostrum is a cenotaph for Korean War Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Lee Hugh Phillips. 

Another grave is that of Union nurse Emma Stephenson (left), a formerly enslaved person who treated men wounded at Kennesaw Mountain. She died a few weeks later of disease.

Quinlin asks participants meet at the bank parking lot on Cole Street near Roswell Street. The cemetery walk is about ¾ of a mile.

Call him at 404-610-9922 or email 21stohio@charter.net for more information.