84th New York (14th Brooklyn) Volunteer Infantry

At the Battle

of

Antietam

On this spot, known as "The Cornfield," the 84th N.Y. Volunteer Infantry

(14th Brooklyn, N.Y. S. M. ) of the 1st Brigade, Col. Phelps, 1st Division

Gen. Doubleday, 1st Corps, Gen. Hooker, was hotly engaged on the

morning of September 17, ...

The Bennett Brothers

Prosper, Leonard & Josiah

Arrived in Sacramento in 1850 from Mankato, Minnesota

Leaving their brother Pharis to rest in Genoa, Nevada

Prosper & Esther settled near Verona in Sutter County to farm in 1852

Members of the Bennett Family and Friends buried here are:

Prosper ...

Clarke Hardware Building

ca. 1909

Built by W.A. Smith and Henry Jordon

at the cost of $12,000. Tenants of the

three storefronts have been Clarke

Hardware, Bland Hardware, Gregg Bros. Hardware and

for 65 years Houston Furniture

Company. The first gasoline pump on

Main Street was located ...

The Watermen of Back Creek

During the 1920s, the houses on this street belonged to African-American families. Most of the men living here worked on the water, launching often home-built boats from their back yards. They harvested oysters from September to April, and crabs in ...

Whitaker’s Brigade.

Whitaker’s Brigade.

Steedman’s Division......Granger’s Corps.

Brig. Gen. Walter C. Whitaker.

Sept. 20, 1863. 2 to 6 P.M.

96th Illinois………………………Col. Thomas E. Champion

115th Illinois……………………..Col. Jesse H. Moore

84th Indiana…………………...…Col. Nelson Trusler

22nd Michigan…………………...Col. Heber LeFavour

22nd Michigan…………………...Lieut. Col. William Sanborn

22nd Michigan…………………...Capt. Alonzo Keeler

40th Ohio………………………...Lieut. Col. William Jones

89th Ohio………………...………Col. ...

Independent Battery E

(Knaps)

Independent Battery E.

(Knaps)

Penna. Veteran Vols.

July 3, 1863.

12th Army Corps

Marker is on Culp's Hill Loop, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bastogne Gables

This housing area is named in memory of courageous airborne troops of the U.S. Army who refused to surrender during the intense and bitter fighting against a numerically superior enemy, 19 December 1944 - 15 January 1945, in the area ...

A Tale of Three Bridges

The bridge to Annapolis has always been a key part of Eastport life.

The first wooden bridge, built in 1868, connected here at the end of Fourth Street. It served pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons. Forty years later, a larger steel bridge ...

Brunswick Hotel

Circa 1870

On this site in 1870, the Brunswick Hotel was constructed. The Hotel was three stories high with wide porches on the first two stories. It had 29 rooms and a restaurant. The Hotel was a destination spot for vacationing ...

Private Robert T. Henry Bridge

Named in honor of Private Robert T. Henry, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, posthumously awarded the MEDAL OF HONOR for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action at Luchen, Germany 3 December 1944. Dedicated ...