Dent's Alabama Battery.

Six 12-pdr. Napoleons.

Dent's Alabama Battery.

Six 12-pdr. Napoleons.

Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.

Hindman's (Anderson's) Division.

Nov. 25th, 1863, 4 p.m.

Capt. S. H. Dent, Commanding.

1st Lieut. W. T. Stockton.

2nd Lieut. D. L. Southwick, (wounded and captured).

2nd Lieut. G. B. Zeigler.

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The battery came into ...

Gettysburg Campaign

Confederate troops, sent from York by Gen. Early to cross the river and march on Harrisburg, reached here June 28, 1863. U.S. militia withdrew, firing the bridge and barring any Southern advance beyond the river.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Revolutionary Skirmish Near Tearcoat Branch

On the night of October 25, 1780, Col. Francis Marion with 150 men surprised and completely routed 200 Torries under Col. Samuel Tynes near here. Marion's forces suffered no casualties. With the dispersion of Tynes's troops, Lord Cornwallis became apprehensive ...

Clarkson Covered Bridge

Sometimes Called Legg Bridge

This 270 foot bridge was constructed in 1904, destroyed by a flood in 1921 and rebuilt the following year. The only remaining covered bridge in Cullman County, it was restored by the Cullman County Commission in 1975 ...

Susquehanna Log Boom

Six-mile series of piers, built by a company incorporated in 1846; used to collect and store logs during the spring log drives down the West Branch. Helped make Williamsport the world's lumber capital prior to 1900. Badly damaged in 1889 ...

America's First Iron Steamboat

The "Cordorus," built in York by John Elgar, was launched at present-day Accomac, on the Susquehanna River, Nov. 22, 1825. the site is about two miles distant.

Marker is at the intersection of Lincoln Highway (Pennsylvania Route 462) and Blessing Road, ...

William Claiborne

Nearby, William Claiborne (1600-1677) built a warehouse about 1631 to support his trading post on Kent Island in Chesapeake Bay. When Maryland seized the island in 1632, Claiborne fought an unsuccessful "naval war." Born in Kent County, England, he had ...

The Gadsby's Tavern Ice Well

Underground ice wells were used in the 18th and 19th centuries to store ice for use during the warm months. In Alexandria, blocks of ice were cut from the Potomac River. Ice was placed in this well through a square ...

Rebecca Latimer Felton

Birthplace of Rebecca Ann Latimer (1835-1930), daughter of Chas. and Eleanor (Swift) Latimer, pioneer settles at this point on the Decatur-Covington road. Married in 1853 to Dr. William H. Felton, later Member of Congress and a trustee of the University ...

Bunch of Grapes Tavern

?The Bunch of Grapes Tavern stood here during Hampton's heyday as a busy colonial seaport in the 1700s. The tavern, one of three then, served as an inn and meeting place for sea captains, planter and agents from the nearby ...