Capt. Augustus M. Reinhardt

Captain Augustus M. Reinhardt (1842–1923)[1] was the namesake of Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia and a founder of Atlanta's Gate City Street Railroad Company. He was a Confederate war veteran, and had been a lawyer, city councilman and mayor pro tem.[2]

Capt. A. M. Reinhardt's grave located at Dogwood Community Church (formerly Briarpatch Methodist Evangelistic Church, c. 1834), Waleksa, Georgia

References

  1. ^ New Georgia Encyclopedia
  2. ^ Franklin M. Garrett, Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s, p.800
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