Sidbury House

Charlotte Scott (Mrs. Edward D.) Sidbury (1830-1904), the builder of this house, was born in North Carolina and came with her parents to Sterling Robertson's colony before the Texas Revolution (1836). She married John Wesley Scott in 1848; they moved ...

Osterhaus' Division - Blair's Corps.

Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus.

No. 4....................................................U.

Osterhaus' Division - Blair's Corps.

Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus.

Nov. 25, 1863, 3 P.M.

1st Brigade - Brig. Gen. Charles R. Woods.

2nd Brigade - Col. James A. Williamson.

The Division, being the head of Gen. Hooker's Column, reached ...

The Oak Tree Neighborhood

Oak Tree Pond Historic Park

The Oak Tree neighborhood is named for the large oak tree which stood at the Oak Tree Corner. A market was located here during the Colonial era.

It was through this crossroads during the Revolutionary War that ...

Stubbs-Caldwell House

C. 1874

Built by Richard B. stubbs, this is one of the few buildings which have gables attached to the facade, giving it a Victorian Gothic element. The one story angled porch follows the configuration of the facade and bay window, ...

The “Bricks”

This area shown (circa 1890) is in the rear of the Hermitage and provided a convenient, covered area for household activities. To Victorians there was a strong connection between homes and children. “It is not for ourselves alone but for ...

Battle of Nashville

Confederate Defenses

Stewart's Corps, Army of Tennessee, held this part of Hood's original line, extending east about 1500 yards, and west and south about 1 mile to Hillsboro Pike. After the turning of his left, about 4:00 P.M., Stewart established a ...

Salt Creek Bridge/Timber Covered Bridges

Side A:

Salt Creek Bridge

This covered bridge, spanning Salt Creek in Perry Township, Muskingum County was erected in the 1870s. It is a splendid example of an Ohio covered bridge built with Warren type trusses. It is being preserved as ...

Bowen's Brigade

Breckinridge's Reserve Corps

C.S.

Bowen's (2d) Brigade,

9th Ark., 10th Ark., 2d Confederate, 1st Mo.,

Hudson's Miss. Battery, Watson's La. Battery,

Breckinridge's Reserve Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This Brigade became engaged here about 12.30 p.m. April 6, 1862 under the personal direction of General Johnston. It ...

The Bloody Wheatfield

"It was here that the crash came. A storm of lead swept through our ranks like hail."

Pvt. James Houghton, USA

4th Michigan Infantry

In the summer of 1863, the golden wheat grew tall here. But at 4:30 p.m. on July 2, the ...

Stevens Bar Bridge

Beneath this bridge lies the site of the historic Gold Rush mining camp of Stevens Bar (or Stephens Bar) founded in 1849.

The first bridge to span the upper Tuolumne River was constructed just above this point in 1857. Following its ...