Dumbarton House

Headquarters of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America

The site was part of a tract called “The Rock of Dumbarton” patented 1703 by Nintan Beall.

The house was probably started 1799 by Samuel Jackson. It was completed 1805 by Joseph ...

Gibbs v. Broome, et al/1931 Courthouse

27 Courthouse Square

Should you receive the same pay for doing the same work? William B. Gibbs, teacher and principal of the Rockville Colored Elementary School, thought so, but he had to take the issue to court.

African American teachers had to ...

Steuart's Brigade

Johnson's Division - Ewell's Corps

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia

Ewell's Corps Johnson's Division

Steuart's Brigade

1st. Maryland Battalion

1st. and 3rd. North Carolina

10th. 23rd. and 37th. Virginia Infantry

July 1 Arrived about nightfall and took position near Hanover Road about a mile east of Rock Creek ...

Battle of Chattanooga.

Nov. 23 - 25, 1863.

[First Tablet]

Battle of Chattanooga.

Nov. 23 - 25, 1863.

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Gen. Grant had under his command for the Battle of Chattanooga the Army of the Cumberland, Gen. George H. Thomas; the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps, Army of the Potomac, ...

Red Brick Courthouse

29 Courthouse Square

After the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and Congress created the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands to aid newly freed African Americans. By the time it closed in 1872, the Bureau had provided assistance to four million ...

Gunboats Tyler and Lexington

U.S.U.S. Gunboat Tyler,

Lieut. William Gwin, commanding

U.S. Gunboat Lexington,

Lieut. James W. Shrink, commanding

On the 6th day of April, 1862 these gunboats were in position on the east side of the Tennessee River opposite the mouth of Dill Branch. They went into ...

Swett's Mississippi Battery

Shaver's Brigade - Hardee's Corps

C.S.

Swett's Mississippi Battery,

Shaver's (1st) Brigade, Hardee's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battery, of six guns, was engaged here from 8 A.M. to 9 A.M., April 6, 1862. Its next action was East of Review ...

Harper's Mississippi Battery

Wood's Brigade - Hardee's Corps

C.S.

Harper's Mississippi Battery,

Wood's (3d) Brigade, Hardee's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battery of four guns, known also as "Jefferson Artillery", was in action here from 8 A.M. to 9 A.M., April 6, 1862.

Marker can ...

Revolutionary War Ambush

In December 1781, returning from a patrol with the Patriot Militia, Charles Devant was mortally wounded from ambush near here by Captain Martinangel's Royal Militia from Daufuskie Island. He managed to ride

his horse to his nearby plantation, Two Oaks, ...

Willich's Brigade.

Wood's Division - Granger's Corps.

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Willich's Brigade.

Wood's Division - Granger's Corps.

Brig. Gen. August Willich.

Nov. 23, 1863.

25th Illinois - Col. Richard H. Nodine.

35th Illinois - Lieut. Col. William P. Chandler.

89th Illinois - Lieut. Col. ...