Colfax

First Continental Railroad

Central Pacific Railroad reached Colfax, formerly Illinoistown September 1, 1865, and train service began four days later. Colfax was a vital construction supply depot and junction point for stage lines for ten months. It was renamed Governor Stanford ...

New Milford Veterans Monument

In Recognition of

Service Rendered

To Our Country by

Men and Women

Of New Milford

Connecticut

During

National Crises

Marker is at the intersection of Bridge Street and Main Street, on the ...

The Battle of Brandy Station

Confederate Line of Defense at St. James Church

Several hundred yards behind you, in the copse of trees, is the site of the St. James Church. Union soldiers tore down the small brick structure for materials to make their quarters during ...

Fort Stanwix

Defending the Mohawk Valley

Fort Stanwix...is large and well situated. The Examination of this fortification gave me a better idea of the strength and Importance of a Fort than any thing I ever before saw or Read.

Captain Joseph Bloomfield, 1776

Marker can ...

First Baptist Church, Cowpens

Fourteen members met in the depot of the Atlanta & Charlotte Railroad on Aug. 13, 1878 to organize this church. The original one room frame building was erected on this site in 1879.

The second building made of hand-pressed brick in ...

The Battle of Brandy Station

Charging the Confederate Guns

By 7 a.m. on June 9, Brig. Gen. John Buford had his Union troops in position. Brig. Gen. Adelbert Ames Federal brigade of infantry straddled the Beverly Ford Road. To Ames' left (where the airport is now) ...

Fort Screven Bakery

Building #97

Activated just prior to the Spanish-American War and inactivated at the close of World War II, Fort Screven served as a military post for almost 50 years. During that time, Fort Screven was a coast artillery installation, an infantry ...

54th Infantry - 55th Infantry - 5th Cavalry

Massachusetts Volunteer Militia

54th Infantry

55th Infantry

5th Cavalry

Massachusetts Volunteer Militia

1863-1865

"With Malice toward None, with Charity for All."

Dedicated to

the African-American troops

who trained here and

distinguished themselves in the

Civil War, and to those who

continue to fight for equal

rights and equal justice

Marker is at the intersection ...

Battle of Brandy Station

The Largest Cavalry Battle of the Civil War

Confederate horsemen numbering 9500 under the command of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart were concentrated around Brandy Station in preparation of the upcoming raid into Pennsylvania - which would culminate at Gettysburg. The Federal ...

3rd Maine Infantry

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps

(Front):3rd

Maine Inft'y

2nd Brigade

1st Division

3rd Corps

Strength of regiment

morning of July 2nd

14 officers and 196 men

(Left):

Detached from the Brigade. Fought here in the afternoon of July 2nd, ...