Battlefield of Seven Pines

In their Eastward attack of May 31, 1862 on Federal troops holding Seven Pines, Rodes' Brigade to the South of this highway and Garland’s Brigade to the North, supported respectively by Rains and G.B. Anderson, came under heavy fire approximately ...

Battlefield of Seven Pines

Nearby stood "The Twin Houses" from the vicinity of which Confederate Troops moving eastward, charged the Federal Second Line near Seven Pines after they had stormed Casey's Redoubt and the rest of the Federal First Line on May 31, 1862.

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Salisbury National Cemetery

Salisbury Prison and Trench Graves

Salisbury Prison was established by the Confederate government in October 1861 on the site of an old cotton factory. In preparation for the first prisoners, a portion of the grounds was enclosed by a stockade fence. ...

Jonathan Brooks Tomb   1786

In memory of

Jonathan Brooks

1768 – 1848

A boy patriot of the American

Revolution

Marker can be reached from Hempstead Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Cranberry Glades

The Cranberry Glades are the naturalist's paradise. In a great natural bowl in nearby mountains, 4000 ft. high, is a misplaced tract of Arctic tundra in southern mountains. Here is found reindeer moss and other rare plants.

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Red Bank War Memorial

"Handing Down Old Glory"

In Honor and Memory of All

Civil War Veterans and

Arrowsmith's Post, No. 61,

Grand Army of the Republic

Organized at Red Bank,

New Jersey, 1881 and Association

Of Civil War Veterans.

Their Names May Be Forgotten

But Their Sacrifices and Deeds

On Land and Sea ...

Fort Basinger

Col. Zachary Taylor had Fort Basinger built in 1837, during the Seminole Wars, on the Kissimmee River 17 miles above its mouth. It was a small stockade which served as a temporary fort and supply station on the line of ...

Lieut. Henry Bender

Commanded Co.F. in the last charge that the 10th W.Va. Vol. Inft. made that broke the Confederate line at the bloody angle, where so many of the brave men of both armies fell, November 6th, 1863.

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Cold Harbor Campaign

Advanced Position of Ewell's Corps

Across the Old Church road at this point ran the advanced line of about 700 yards held by part of Ewell’s Confederate Corps on May 30, 1864. Abandoned that night, the position was occupied May 31 ...

Cold Harbor Campaign

Advanced Position of Ewell's Corps

The second advanced position held by Ewell’s Confederate Corps here crossed the Old Church Road. This position was evacuated by the Confederates on the night of May 30, 1864. Occupied by the Federals on May 31 ...