Fighting for Time

Throughout May 12, Confederates here waged a battle for critical minutes and hours. When Union troops swarmed over the east face of the Muleshoe Salient before dawn, Robert E. Lee knew instantly that the position – even if regained temporarily ...

Santa Fe Railway Depot

Charles Frederick Whittlesey, Architect

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 2001

During the early 20th century, the Santa Fe Railroad provided three-day passenger and freight service between Chicago and the Bay Area. This depot was one of three major rail stations in Berkeley. ...

Washington's Crossing of Delaware

To commemorate the crossing of the Delaware River at this point by General George Washington and the Continental Troops, Christmas Night, 1776, and the splendid victory at Trenton.

Committee

John D. James, President

Russell W. Knight, Secretary

Jesse C. Everitt, ...

Free School

Shepherd District

Shepherd District

Free School

1848-1881Given to the West Virginia board of education for Shepherd College by Upton S. Martin in memory of his father, U.S. Martin (1859-1957), 32nd degree mason, Mayor of Shepherdstown six years, member West Virginia ...

First Company Governor's Foot Guard

[ south plaque ]

1771 Memorial 1912

To The Deceased Members Of

The First Company Governor's Foot Guard

Hartford Connecticut

Erected By The

Veteran Corps

Dedicated June 1912

[ north plaque]

1771

Captain Samuel Wyllys

Commander

Major Frank Wilcox

Commanding Active Company

Major William J Pierce

Commanding Veteran Corps

Marker can be reached from the intersection ...

From Skirmish Line to Burial Ground

Some of the Union infantrymen who defended this ground on the night of September 14th returned the next day. Even though the Confederate strategy had won the battle for Harpers Ferry, and these Union soldiers were part of the largest ...

California Big Trees State Park

The Discovery Stump

In the spring of 1852, Augustus T. Dowd, while hunting, discovered a grove of truly immense trees, now known as the Calaveras North Grove. Several stockholders of the Union Water Company (who employed Augustus as a hunter) developed ...

Battle of Lay's Ferry

May 14, 1864. A contingent from Sweeny´s (2d) div., 16th A.C. [US] made a crossing here in pontoon boats, but on a rumor of Confederate crossings upstream, it withdrew.

May 15. The division, supported by Welker´s Artillery [US], crossed in force ...

We Began Firing At Will: The 111th New York Regiment

"We went below and formed in line of battle and laid down on our arms. Sleep was out of the question but of course, human nature will succumb and drowsiness was general among the boys. It must have been nine ...

Site of Sheriff Thompson's Home

John Henry Thompson, a noted Gila County pioneer, brought his bride, Carrie Louise Nash, to Globe to live in the house he had built on this site, one of the town's early adobe buildings. Thompson was active in mining, cattle ...