B-25 Mitchell

In remembrance of those brave Tuskegee Airmen who served their country with courage, dedication and loyalty.

616th, 617th, 618th, & 619th Bomb Squadrons (M) of the 477th Bomb Group (M)

March 1945 to May 1945

Marker is on A Avenue 0.1 miles west ...

Maj. Gen. William Colbert

A noted Chickasaw chief who served the United States at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794, and in the War of 1812. Colbert died in Pontotoc in 1836 and is believed to be buried in this cemetery.

Marker is on North ...

Atomic Bomb Accident at Mars Bluff, March 11, 1958

[Marker Front]

In 1958, in the midst of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force accidentally dropped an atomic bomb near here.

The unarmed 7,600-lb., 10'8"-long bomb was aboard a B-47E bomber on a training mission headed for England. Its high-explosive trigger ...

Burial Sites of Immortal 600

The Immortal 600 were a group of Confederate officers held prisoners of war at Fort Pulaski during the bitterly cold winter of 1864-1865. They were moved here from Charleston where they had been placed in the line of artillery fire ...

Black Hawk's Surrender

On August 2, 1832, the Black Hawk War effectively ended when the U.S. Military massacred many followers of Sauk Indian leader Black Hawk at the Battle of Bad Axe, located about 35 miles north of here. Black Hawk, known as ...

Battlefield Site Map

Other local historic sites of interest

1. General Warren Inn

(Formerly the Warren Tavern)

2. Waynesborough

Restored home of General Wayne

3. Valley Forge National Historical Park

4. St. Peter’s in the Great Valley

Episcopal Church

5. Great Valley ...

Anderson's Brigade

Ruggles' Division - Bragg's Corps

C.S.

Anderson's (2d) Brigade,

20th La., 9th Tex.,1st Fla. Batt'n.,Conf. Gds. Resp. Batt'n., 17th La.

Ruggles' (1st) Div., Bragg's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This brigade, with its regiments in order from left to right as above, came up with Cleburne's ...

Springetsbury Manor

Established by warrant of June, 1722; resurveyed in 1768. Extending from the Susquehanna to about 18 mi. west, and about 3 mi. on each side of this highway, it was largest reserved estate of the Penns in Pennsylvania.

Marker is at ...

Johnson's Brigade

Cheatham's Division - Polk's Corps

C.S.

Johnson's (1st) Brigade,

Walker's 2d Tenn., 15th Tenn., Blythe's Miss., 154th Tenn.,

Cheatham's (2d) Div., Polk's Corps.

Army of the Mississippi.

This brigade, its regiments in order from left to right as above, came up with and reenforced the brigades ...

“Remember Paoli!”

Because of a heroic rear guard action, Wayne was able to escape the Battle of Paoli with 1900 men. The survivors of Paoli never forgot the horror of that night. Indeed, it inspired them to fight with a vengeance at ...