Hand-to-Hand Fighting

The focal point on the battlefield of Cedar Mountain was several hundred yards to the left of this location, at a gate where the Crittenden farm lane met the old main road. Confederate artillery around that site duelled enemy guns ...

Battle of Cedar Mountain

Fought August 9, 1862. A Confederate victory.

• Commanders •

Confederate, Gen. T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson

Federals, Gen. John Pope

Casualties, Confederate, 1369. Federal, 2263

• Gen. C.S. Winder, C.S.A. fell here •

This is the only battlefield on which

Gen. Stonewall Jackson drew his sword.

Marker is at ...

Battle of Cedar Mountain

Near here Jackson formed line of battle and received the attack of Banks Corps of Pope's army. From here he attacked in turn, driving the Union force northward.

Marker is at the intersection of General Winder Road (County Route 657) and ...

To the Women of the Confederacy

1861 - 65

(Front):

To those who died for a sacred cause, and to those who lived to win a nobler victory in time of peace.

(Side):

Whose fidelity, whose purity, whose courage, whose gentle genius in love and in counsel. Kept the home ...

Tomb of Washington

Erected 1830-31

Site & materials specified

in

Washington’s Will

Marker can be reached from the intersection of George Washington Memorial Parkway and Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, on the right when traveling south.

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Battle of Cedar Mountain

Near here Jackson formed line of battle and received the attack of Banks Corps of Pope's army. From here he attacked in turn, driving the Union force northward.

Marker is at the intersection of General Winder Road (County Route 657) and ...

73rd New York Infantry

(Front):New York - Gettysburg

Second Fire Zouaves

Major Michael W. Burns commanding

Sickles' Excelsior Brigade

Colonel William R. Brewster

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Second Division

Brig. General A.A. Humphreys

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Third Corps

Major General D.E. Sickles

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Mustered in July 10 1861

Mustered out June 29 1865

(Right):The Fourth

Excelsior Regiment

was conducted to this position by

Major H.E. Tremain

of ...

Battle of the Capes

On the morning of September 5, 1781, a line of 19 British warships appeared off this cape, headed for Chesapeake Bay. Surprised at anchor in the mouth of the bay, the crews of 24 French warships scrambled out to challenge ...

First Congregational Church

The First Congregational Church is the oldest congregation in Gaylord. In 1874 the Reverend James McKay founded it as a mission church with twenty-one members. It was officially organized three years later. In 1878 the Reverend Abram Van Auken arrived, ...

100th Anniversary of the Sea Girt Lighthouse

Commemorating the

100th Anniversary

of

the Sea Girt Lighthouse

1896 – 1996

Dedicated Dec. 10, 1996

Marker is at the intersection of Beacon Blvd. and Ocean Blvd., on the left when traveling east on Beacon Blvd..

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