Fairchild C-82A Packet

S/N 48-57574

In 1946, the 62d Troop Carrier Group received their first C-82s while stationed at Bergstrom TX in 1946. The unit would later move to McChord AFB on August 15, 1947. The 62d gained valuable experience during "Project Yukon" as ...

82nd Pennsylvania Infantry

1st Brigade, 3d. Division

(Front):July 3rd.

Marched from near Little Round Top

and occupied the works in front

at 11.30 a.m. relieving

other troops

82nd Penna. Infantry

1st. Brig. 3d. Div. 6th Corps

(Back):Battles

Yorktown - Spottsylvania

Fair Oaks - North Anna

White Oak Swamp - Tolopatomy

Malvern Hill - Cold Harbor

Antietam ...

Georgia Fisher

A Monument Love Story Restoration Project

Georgia Fisher died on December 27, 1875. Martin Bergman, Georgia’s fiancée, was one of Sacramento’s earliest premiere potters and sculptures. Shortly after her death, Martin, together with his father and brother, created a beautiful monument ...

The Federal Signal Station

near this point was captured Oct. 10, 1862 by a detachment of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's Cavalry. On clear days this station could communicate with stations on South Mountain which relayed messages via Catoctin Mt. to Sugar Loaf Mt. ...

The Elusive Francis Marion: Guerrilla Commander

Disastrous American defeats during the Revolutionary War at Charleston and Camden in the summer of 1780 led many South Carolinians to give up the fight for independence. But Francis Marion carried on the struggle, waging a guerrilla war in the ...

The Voice of America Bethany Station

During the height of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt turned to the innovative engineers of the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation to build powerful short wave radio transmitters capable of delivering broadcasts overseas. On farm fields near Crosley's WLW facility, six ...

Army of Northern Virginia

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia,

General Robert E. Lee, Commanding.

(September 14-16, 1862).

Army of Northern Virginia was composed of Longstreet's and Jackson's Commands, Stuart's Cavalry Division and the Reserve Artillery.

D.R. Jones' and Hood's Division and Evans' Brigade of Longstreet's Command, also D.H. Hill's ...

65th New York Infantry

(1st U.S. Chasseurs)

(Front):65th

N.Y. Infty

(1st U.S. Chasseurs)

1st Brig.

3rd Div.

6th Corps

(Back):Arrived on

the field at

2 p.m. July 2.

At daylight of

the 3. moved

from base of

Little Round Top

to Culp's Hill.

Held this position

till 3 p.m. then

moved to left

center

(Left):Organized

June 11, 1861

reenlisted

Nov. 1863

finally

mustered out

July 17, 1865

(Right):Participated

with 4. & ...

The Elusive Francis Marion: The Stuff of Legend

For what he did in less than three years during the Revolutionary War, Francis Marion won enduring fame. By the nineteenth century he was remembered as the Swamp Fox, the partisan commander who always eluded the British and their Loyalist ...

Goddess of Justice

The Goddess of Justice crowned

the dome of the second courthouse

constructed upon this site in 1888

By order of the Board

of Supervisors. The statue

has been restored by

county employees and

caused to be erected

on this pedestal of honor

upon completion of the

new building in 1964

Marker ...