Cartersville-Bartow
County
Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB)
PO Box 200397
Cartersville GA 30120 USA
Toll free from US and
Canada 1-800-733-2280
Telephone 770-387-1357
The
local welcome center is located in the restored railroad Depot
at One Friendship Plaza in downtown Cartersville, Georgia accessible
from Interstate 75 Exit 288.
Cassville Confederate Cemetery Sponsored by the Cassville Historical Society. Beginning at 5:30 p.m. take a guided tour of the historic Cassville Confederate Cemetery as costumed guides portray the Widows of Cassville and commemorate the 144th anniversary of the burning of Cassville on November 5, 1864. The Fifth Ohio Cavalry burned the town of Cassville. Only three houses and the Churches escaped their flames. The women and children of Cassville fled to the cemetery and hid among the tombstones to escape the burning town. Guides will recount the history of old Cassville during this walk-through tour experience. Admission is free.
Cassville Confederate Cemetery Directions I-75 Exit 296, go west on Cass-White Rd approximately 2 miles to cemetery OR from US 41 north of Cartersville, turn right on Cassville Rd, then right on Cass-White Rd.
Address
Deborah 770-382-2294, Linda 770-386-2546 or Bonnie 770-382-3315
