Battery 5 Trail

On the ground before you the first major attacks against Petersburg occurred. This bloodletting marked the beginning of nine months of siege.

This 0.6-mile trail will take you through Battery 5 of the Confederate Dimmock Line, captured by the Federals on ...

Liberty Memorial Dedication Site

On this spot on the first day of November

One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty One

during the Third Convention of the American Legion

in the presence of the

associated war leaders

Ferdinand Foch Marshal of France

Armando Diaz General ...

Savannah, Birthplace of Prince Hall Masonry in Georgia

Georgia's first and second Prince Hall lodges, Eureka Lodge No. 1, and Hilton Lodge No. 2, F. & A.M. were organized at Savannah on February 4, 1866 by Rev. J. M. Simms, having received their warrants from the Prince Hall ...

The Siege of Petersburg

"I would not believe before I came here that man was capable of enduring so much."

-Lawrence Bradley, 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery

If Petersburg fell, the Confederate capital at Richmond would fall too. Grant knew it; Lee knew it. And for nine ...

Bechtler's Mint

Established 1831, four miles N., by Christopher Bechtler.

Later stood at this point. Minted more than $2 1/4 million in gold. Closed about 1849.

Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street and 6th Street, on the right when traveling north on ...

Burnt Church Cemetery

Near this site in 1830 the Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church was established, being the oldest organized congregation in Bryan County. The church served the numerous planter families of lower Bryan, which had become one of the most productive agricultural sections ...

Chimney Corner Building

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Chimney Corner Building

1812 A.D.

Marker is on East Centre Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Francis Turbine

This Francis Type Turbine was used on the Tredegar site in the early twentieth century and is very similar to one of the five turbines located near the building to your left. It was built by the S. Morgan Smith ...

Mill Creek Baptist Church

Site of

Mill Creek Baptist Church

Organized prior to 1742

Grand-parent of

First Baptist Church

Martinsburg, West Va.

Marker is on Baptist Church Alley 0.1 miles south of Geraldstown Road (West Virginia Highway 51).

Courtesy hmdb.org

James Buchanan Home

has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

this site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating and illustrating

the history of the United States.

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1961

Marker is at the intersection of Marietta ...