Rousseau's Brigade

McCook's Division

U.S.

Army of the Ohio.

Rousseau's (4th) Brigade,

6th Ind., 1st Ohio, Batts. 19th, 15th, and 16th U.S. I.,

5th Kentucky,

McCook's (2d) Division.

This Brigade, with its regiments in order from left to right as above, formed here at 8 a.m. April 7, 1862 ...

Early’s Last Battle

On the ridge west of Waynesboro occurred the last engagement of Confederate forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early. Portions of Maj.Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's army, including cavalry led by Maj.Gen.George A. Custer attacked and routed Confederate troops under ...

Piedmont Battlefield

Here on June 5, 1864, was fought the Battle of Piedmont for the possession of Staunton.

Union Forces under Gen. David Hunter 12,015 men and suffered a loss of 130 killed and 650 wounded. Confederate forces numbering 5,600 men under Gen. ...

Buda

Originally known as Du Pre, Buda was founded along a line of the International and Great Northern Railroad. Cornelia A. Trimble gave land for the townsite in 1881. The name “Buda” was adopted in the late 1880s, although its origin ...

The Bucktails

Famed Civil War volunteers departed from this point for Harrisburg, April 1861, where they were mustered into State service. A monument, erected in their honor, is just south of here. This highway and a State park are named for the ...

Liberty Hill Baptist Church

Organized in 1869 by slaves, the first church building was built on land donated by Mrs. Emma Jones and Mrs. Nora Felton. The church was called the Bush Arbor Church because the construction and materials used. Reverend Phil Owens was ...

Clark Memorial Clubhouse

Placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1982

Clarkdale was planned, owned and developed by William A. Clark of Montana, owner of the United Verde Copper Company on Cleopatra Hill in Jerome. In 1911 Clark decided to ...

The world's first automobile fatality

happened here on 31 August 1869

Shortly after 8:00pm that evening a pioneering steam carriage designed and built by William Parsons, the Third Earl of Rosse, left the castle gates and drove at walking pace along Oxmantown Mall before turning the ...

United States Flag Raised Over Alabama Capitol

Apr. 12, 1865

MG J.H.Wilson’s Cavalry Corps raised U.S. flag over Alabama’s and Confederacy’s first Capitol on 4/12/65, three days after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Wilson had defeated LTG N.B. Forrest’s depleted and vastly outnumbered troops at the Confederate Arsenal city ...

Jacob Vosseller House

Circa 1753

18th century home and

General Store of Jacob Vosseller.

19th century Stage Coach Inn and

Tavern known as Allen Inn.

Marker is on Foothill Road near Allen Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org