Franklin Academy / Oldest Continuous Public School Site in Lanca

Franklin Academy

Organized in 1825, was the most widely-known of the four schools that occupied this site. Henry Connelly was its first principal. J. Marion Sims who later achieved world fame as a surgeon was one of its pupils. The building ...

Longstreet Felled

The Battle of the Wilderness

It was the most successful day of James Longstreet’s career. He had arrived on the Wilderness battlefield early in the day to find the Confederate army in full retreat and in danger of being destroyed. His ...

5th Ohio Infantry

1st Brigade

(Front):Boy's Keep the Colors Up

5th Ohio Infantry

1st Brigade

2nd Division 12th Corps

Erected by the State of Ohio

(Right):5th Ohio Infantry

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Gettysburg

July 1.2.3. 1863

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Present for duty 315.

Killed 2

Wounded 6

Total Loss 18

Cincinnati Regiment

(Left):5th Ohio Infantry

———Arriving in position at 5 p.m. July 1. Was detached ...

Flank Attack!

The Battle of the Wilderness

These woods saw some of the heaviest fighting of the Battle of the Wilderness. On May 5, then again on May 6, 1864 ragged Union and Confederate battle lines surged back and forth on both sides ...

Goliad Tornado of 1902

A cyclone, considered one of the two most disastrous in Texas history, struck Goliad on Sunday, May 18, 1902. The twister touched down on the south side of the San Antonio River at 3:35 p.m. Sounding like a heavily loaded ...

A. F. Neidt House

Built in 1909 by A.F. Neidt, a cement contractor who also poured most of the early sidewalks in Minden. The home was later occupied by Annie Hickey Raycraft, who offered room and board for "unmarried lady" school teachers.

Marker is at ...

Ford Country

During the Revolutionary War, river fords were a vital resource in controlling communication and transportation in the South Carolina backcountry. With few bridges or roads, these fords offered a tremendous tactical advantage to whomever possessed them. After capturing Charles Towne ...

Army of the Potomac

June 29, 1863

Headquarters Army of the Potomac moved from Frederick to Middleburg, First and Eleventh Corps marched from Frederick to Emmitsburg, Second Corps from Monocacy Junction via Liberty and Johnsville to Uniontown, Third Corps from near Woodsborough to Taneytown, Fifth ...

Lancaster County Confederate Monument

[East Side]

1861-1865

Worthy, the Confederate soldier to be hallowed and held in tender remembrance

Worthy, the fadeless fame which Lancaster's soldiers won in defending the honor of the South, the rights of the States, the liberties of the people, the sentiments ...

Florida Institute of Technology

A 37-cent donation, given to Florida Institute of Technology founder Jerome P. Keuper (1921-2002), would launch one of the most remarkable stories in American higher education. Keuper, a scientist working at Cape Canaveral, founded Florida Tech in 1958 to meet ...