74th Ohio Infantry

3rd Brigade, 2nd Division.

[Front side of Marker]

74th Ohio Infantry

3rd Brigade, 2nd Division.

14th Army Corps.

[Reverse side of Marker]

This regiment, Capt. Joseph Fisher commanding, took this position on the evening of Sept. 19th, 1863, and occupied ...

Gilmore Farm

George Gilmore, born a slave on the Montpelier plantation about 1810, was freed with the Federal occupation of Orange County in 1865. With his wife Poly and three children, he established a small farmstead near the plantation where he had ...

Confederate Line Crossing the Goldsboro Road

Directly in front and to your left, Confederate Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke’s division, on loan from the Army of Northern Virginia, blocked the old Goldsboro Road (now Harper House Road) to deflect the oncoming Union advance. The division was ...

Fighting South of the Goldsboro Road: The “Bull Pen”

You are looking south of the Goldsboro Road at the area where Union Brig. Gen. James D. Morgan’s division began a defensive position facing Gen. Robert F. Hoke’s division after being deflected by the main Confederate line. These battle-hardened Union ...

Old Merchants House of New York

Built in 1831-32 by Joseph Brewster as a row house. Purchased in 1835 by Seabury Treadwell, a merchant, and occupied by his family until 1933. This house is the only 19th Century house in Manhattan to survive intact with its ...

Fort Nashborough

The original stockade fronted on the river slightly north of here, covering and area of about two acres. In that enclosure, on May 13, 1780, representatives of this and other settlements met and adopted the Cumberland Compact for the government ...

Shikellamy's Profile

If you stand on this spot and look across the Susquehanna River toward the bridge on the right, you can see the face of Chief Shikellamy profiled in the cliff above the opposite shore. Visible are his hairline, forehead and ...

Fighting at the Cole Plantation: The “Battle of Acorn Run”

You are looking north of the Goldsboro Road at the site of the former Willis Cole plantation. Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton chose this ground (a mixture of dense vegetation and open fields) as an ideal location for Confederate forces to ...

Infantry Positions

Infantry troops occupied positions along these fortifications. The low height of the earth embankment at this location permitted the defending troops easy passage to and from the abatis without exposure.

Marker can be reached from Campground Road.

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Thompson's Rifle Battalion:

Capt. John Lowdon's Company

Recruited from nearby points in June 1775, Lowdon's Company was part of the first battalion in the colonies authorized by Congress. Among those who entered Continental service in this company was Timothy Murphy, whose many feats of ...