Battle of Hog Mountain

April 30, 1863

Here Gen. Forrest (C.S.A.) overtook Col. Streight’s raiders (U.S.A.). In hand-to-hand battle after dark 3 horses shot from under Forrest, Union forces fled southward with Forrest in relentless pursuit.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 278 and County ...

Interior Fort

You are standing inside the Interior Fort, facing its north wall - the most imposing earthwork on Maryland Heights. This nine-foot-high parapet and accompanying ditch defended the crest from attack from the north. The five embrasures which cut through this ...

General Forrest’s

Pursuit and Union Col. Streight’s defense, from Battle Ground (26M. -NW) to capture at Lawrence (80 M. -East) - said to be greatest cavalry fight in modern warfare. It passed here May 1, 1863.

Marker is on U.S. 31 south of ...

First Presbyterian Church of Rockport

This congregation traces its history to 1869. Although deactivated in 1879, it was reorganized with twenty charter members in 1889. The members met in facilities provided by other churches until their first house of worship was completed at Market and ...

Milestone Marks where Extension of National Road...

Milestone marks

where extension of

National Road

west of Ohio River

was started July 4, 1825.

Stone relocated 1964

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 40) and South Market Street on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Abe of Co. C

8th Wis. Regt.

In the spring of 1861, an eaglet was found in a tree on the Flambeau River by Sky Chief, a Flambeau Indian who later sold him to Mrs. Dan McCann of Jim Falls for a sack of corn. ...

Hillsborough River Ferry

— 1846~1888 —

At the nearby junction of Jackson Street and the Hillsborough River was the east bank docking site of the Tampa Ferry, the only means of crossing the river in pioneer days. The ferry was an open deck, flat ...

Consequences on the Battle of Gettysburg

Possibly less than twenty minutes after the first shots, Hanover was once again in Union control. Although the intense fighting along Frederick Street had subsided, the conflict was far from finished. A standoff ensued as the Confederates retreated to higher ...

Cyrus Griffin’s Birthplace

Four and a half miles southwest was born Cyrus Griffin, July 16, 1748. Educated in England, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1777–8, 1786–7. He was a member of the Continental Congress, 1787–1788., in which last year he ...

The Battle of the Alamance

The first battle of the

Revolutionary War, was

fought in Orange County,

North Carolina

May 16th, 1771.

[ Right of Monument ]

1771 – 81 1901

James Hunter

“General” of the Regulators.

“The country is as much master

now as ever.” November 6th, 1772

Alamance May 16th, 1771

Cherokee War ...