Major Robert Augustus Bailey

Killed here while waving the Confederate battle flag in a last, vain attempt to rally his men.

Marker can be reached from Seneca Trail (U.S. 60) near George Hill Road (County Route 24/1).

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Battle At Droop Mountain

November 6, 1863

Nearly five months after West Virginia was admitted into the Union, the Confederate army of Brigadier General John Echols still occupied the prosperous Greenbrier Valley region of the new state. From its headquarters in Lewisburg, his army was ...

Captain Benjamin Merrill

Sacrificed his life for the cause

of regulators. Was executed by

officials of the Crown, June 19, 1771.

Home was 8 miles south.

Marker is at the intersection of N Main Street and W Center Street, on the right when traveling south on N ...

Beaver Dam Creek

Confederate troops pursuing Federals retreating eastward from Mechanicsville here came under heavy fire from across Beaver Dam Creek and were halted with loss in the late afternoon of June 26, 1862.

Marker is on Old Cold Harbor Road trace 0.1 miles ...

Bethsaida Baptist Church and Cemetery

Bethsaida Baptist Church, formed in 1829, was led by itinerant preachers traveling in the area. In April, 1843, John S. Dodd, was called to pastor the church on a permanent basis. He faithfully served the church for 50 years, retiring ...

Glen Echo Park: Spanish Ballroom c. 1943

Social dancing has been an important attraction at Glen Echo since the 1890's. The Spanish Garden Ballroom, built in 1933 in the Spanish Mission Revival style of architecture, boasted a 7,000 square-foot maple dance floor, colorful columns and red roof ...

Daniel Boone and Gen. Nathanael Greene

In 1750, Daniel Boone, age 16, came with his father from Pennsylvania and settled near Boone’s Ford on Yadkin River, then in Rowan, now Davidson County.

Near this spot, in 1781, the American Army under Gen. Nathanael Greene passed on its ...

The Spirit of the American Doughboy

1917 1918

Emmitsburg In The Great War

This memorial

erected and dedicated in honor of

those from Emmitsburg District

who served in The World War

The Supreme Sacrifice Made By

Bentzel, Arthur H* Hahn, Martin Luther* Rowe, Francis Edward*

Elder, ...

Old Army Bridge Over the Platte River

Erected in 1875. This bridge was a vital link between Cheyenne, Fort Laramie and the Military outposts, Indiana Agencies and gold fields of the Black Hills, Dakota Region.

Placed by The Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming, June 1951

Marker is on Wyoming ...

Battles For The Bridges

Gauley Bridge - A Town in Between

When the war began, most residents of this part of present-day West Virginia were Confederate in their sympathies. Both Confederate and Union forces considered the wooden covered bridge here strategically important because the James ...