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Corrick's Ford Battle

1861 - 1865

Corrick's Ford

Battle

engagement between

Federal troops under

Gen. T.A. Morris

and

Confederate troops under

Gen. R.S. Garnett,

one mile south,

July 13, 1861.

Garnett, mortally wounded

in this action, was the first

general to fall during the war.

Marker is at the intersection of 1st Street (U.S. 219) and Walnut ...

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Fort Williams

—12 miles west—

Built by Andrew Jackson with U.S. Regulars, Tennessee Volunteers and friendly Cherokees and Creeks. Used as advance base during final phases of Creek Indian War, 1813-1814. Military cemetery nearby.

Marker is on Fort Williams Street, on the ...

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Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

1917

Marker is at the intersection of 3rd Street and Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on 3rd Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Fort Johnston

Built, 1748–54; burned by Whigs, 1775; rebuilt by U.S. government, 1794–1809. Only the officers quarters remain.

Marker is on East Bay Street east of South Davis Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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The Battle of Pocotaligo

(Front Side): The Battle of Pocotaligo, the largest action of a three-day expedition intended to disrupt the Charleston & Savannah Railroad, took place nearby on October 22, 1862. With 2000 Confederates under Col. W.S. Walker defending the area between Charleston ...

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The Finnish Temperance Hall

This Hall Dedicated to:

The People From Finland

Who Immigrated

To Rocklin

The Finnish Temperance

Society Who Built The

Hall in 1905

The United Finnish Kaleva

Brothers And Sisters

Lodge No. 5 Of Rocklin

California

Marker is on Rocklin Road near South Grove Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Battle of James City

Opening Battle of the Bristoe Station Campaign

On October 10, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, anticipating an offensive that became known as the Bristoe Station Campaign, sent a division of Confederate horsemen led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart north from Madison ...

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Village of Deep Creek

The Dismal Swamp Rangers

Before you is the Deep Creek Lock of the Great Dismal Swamp Canal. The canal was an important thoroughfare, connecting the North Carolina Sounds with Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake Bay. The Dismal Swamp Canal is the ...

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Allen Family

Philip Allen, a Revolutionary War veteran, and his children, Philip Jr., Harvey, Sidney, Pliny, Asa Keyes, and Persis, came from New York in May, 1845, to settle in Allen Grove. Sixty-five Allens traveled by canal boat, steamboat, and overland from ...

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Site of John George Ryerson House

Site of the

John George Ryerson House

Built about 1740

The Light Infantry Corps

commanded by Gen’l LaFayette

was encamped in this vicinity

Oct. – Nov. 1780

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Placed 1952 by

The Passaic County Park Commission

Marker can be reached from Goffle Road (County Route 659) north of Macfarlen Avenue, ...

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