J.E.B. Stuart's Jump

The ground occupied by the Confederate cavalry during the Battle of Hanover was the rich, rolling farmland found in much of southern Pennsylvania. On the eastern side of the Westminster Road there was a field of timothy, a grass widely ...

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 ...

Site of Fort Cumberland

The store houses of The Ohio Company were first located near this point. In 1754 the first fort (called Mt. Pleasant) was built. Gen'l Edward Braddock enlarged the fort in 1755 and renamed it after his friend the Duke of ...

Woods' Brigade

Osterhaus' Divsion - Blair's Corps

Woods' Brigade

Osterhaus' Divsion - Blair's Corps

Brig. Gen. Charles R. Woods

Nov. 25, 1863, 6 P.M.

13th Illinois - Lieut. Col. F. W. Partridge.

3rd Missouri - Lieut Col. T. Meumann.

12th Missouri - ...

Smith's Brigade

Early's Division - Ewell's Corps

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia

Ewell's Corps Early's Division

Smith's Brigade

31st. 49th. 52nd. Virginia Infantry

July 3 The Brigade having been detached two days guarding York Pike and other roads against the reported approach ...

Williamson's Brigade.

Osterhaus' Divsion - Blair's Corps.

Williamson's Brigade

Osterhaus' Divsion - Blair's Corps

Col. James A Williamson

Nov 24, 1863

4th Iowa - Lieut. Col. George Burton.

9th Iowa - Col. David Carskaddon.

25th Iowa - Col. George A. Stone.

26th Iowa - Col. Milo Smith.

30th Iowa - Lieut. ...

Gettysburg Campaign

On June 30, 1863, General J. Kilpatrick's Union Cavalry, hunting Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry, were attacked here by Stuart. Repulsed, Stuart tried to join early; finding him gone, he marched to Carlisle, failing to reach Gettysburg until July 2.

Marker ...

Culberson County

Formed from El Paso County; Created March 10, 1911; Organized April 18, 1911; Named for David B. Culberson 1830-1903 famous constitutional lawyer, a Confederate officer, member of the Texas legislature, member of the United States congress; Van Horn, the county ...