60th New York Infantry

3rd Brigade, 2nd Division

(Front):60th New York

Infantry.

3d Brig. 2d Div.

12th Corps.

(Back):July 2d and 3d

1863.

Casualties,

Killed 11, wounded 41.

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Principal Engagements.

Antietam.

Chancellorsville.

Gettysburg.

Lookout Mountain.

Ringgold.

Atlanta.

Marker can be reached from Culp's Hill Loop, on the right when traveling east.

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Firemen’s Memorial

Riverside Park

The Firemen’s Memorial (1913) in Riverside Park is one of the most impressive monuments in New York City. The monument was designed by H. Van Buren Magonigle (1867-1935) and its sculptures are attributed to Attilio Piccirilli (1866-1945).

Riverside ...

Battlefield Landmarks - South and West

"Being satisfied from the reports received from the field that it was the intention of the enemy to support with his whole army the attack already made, and the reports of Major-Generals Hancock and Howard on the character of the ...

19th U. S. Infantry

In memory of

our

deceased comrades

of the

19th U.S. Infantry

and other Regts.

Erected by the

19th U.S. Inf. Veteran Assn.

Marker is on Fort Street ¼ mile from Dearborn Street, on the right when traveling west.

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First Country and Western Recording

(North Face)

Erected August 16, 1971

Honoring

A.P. Carter

Sara Carter

Maybelle Carter

Jimmie Rodgers

Who recorded the first Country and Western music to be distributed nationwide in Bristol, Tennessee on August 2, 1927

(West Face)

Dedicated by the people of Bristol

The Historical Committee of the Greater Bristol ...

Birthplace of Andrew Jackson

Seventh President of the United States. Near this site on South Carolina soil Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, at the plantation whereon James Crawford lived and where Jackson himself said he was born.

Marker is at the intersection ...

76th New York Infantry

2d Brigade, 1st Division

(Front):76th

New York

Infantry,

2d Brigade,

1st Division,

1st Corps.

(Back):Fire opened here,

July 1st 1863,

at 10 a.m.

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Second stand at

R.R. Cut.

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Third,

at Culp's Hill,

July 2d and 3d

(Right):Number engaged

348

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Casualties,

Killed 32,

Wounded 132,

Missing 70.(Left):Regiment raised

at Courtland

and

Cherry Valley, N.Y.

Mustered in

Oct. 4, 1861.

Participated in 25 engagements

consolidated with

147th N.Y. Inf'y

Dec. 31, ...

95th New York Infantry

July 1st, 1863

95th N.Y.

Infantry

July 1st, 1863

4 p.m.

Marker is at the intersection of Chambersburg Pike (U.S. 30) and Seminary Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Chambersburg Pike.

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Six Pounder Field Gun

Field artillery was designed for mobility. Cannons mounted on carriages with large wheels could be moved quickly, even over rough terrain. This six pounder has a limber to carry ammunition and supplies and would be harnessed to a team of ...

Swarms of Dragonflies

Dragonfly Migration

On one recent September day, over 400,000 dragonflies swarmed Cape May. Migrating dragonflies may form swarms between late July and the middle of October, and most often during September.

These harmless insects become more concentrated at peninsulas and other coastal ...