16th Wisconsin Infantry

Burial Place

Burial Place

16th Wisconsin Infantry

Bodies Removed

To

Nat'l Cemetery

Marker can be reached from Eastern Corinth Road 0.1 miles from Peabody Road, on the right when traveling south.

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Sorghum Mill and Furnace

Sorghum cane, a corp grown on many mountain

farms, was used to produce sorghum molasses.

The cane fed between the rollers of the

animal-powered cane mill, which squeezed out

the juice.The juice was then boiled over the

furnace until it turned into thick,dark,stringy

molasses.Ten gallons of ...

Confederate Catastrophe

Near this spot around 9:15 p.m. on the night of May 2, 1863, the Confederate cause suffered disaster. As "Stonewall" Jackson and his party returned from their reconnaissance down the Mountain Road, Confederate musketry erupted south of the Plank Road ...

Surrender of the Hornets' Nest

In the woods to the right and behind you lay the heart of the Hornets' Nest, where Union infantry and artillery held out eight hours against the Confederate tide. The Federals repulsed a series of assaults across Duncan Field (ahead) ...

16th Wisconsin Infantry

Peabody's Brigade - Prentiss' Division

U. S.

16th Wisconsin Infantry,

Peabody's (1st) Brig., Prentiss' (6th) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This regiment was engaged here from 7 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. April 6, 1862. It then fell back to its camp.

Marker can be reached from ...

First Minnesota Light Artillery

Prentiss' Division

(Front): Minnesota

(Back):First Minnesota Battery Light Artillery.

Capt. Emil Munch,

Brig. Gen. B.M. Prentiss' Division.

Army of the Tennessee.

Engaged from early in the morning, when Capt. Munch was wounded and disabled, in the first day's battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862. The right ...

Fort Barrington

»— 12 mi. ?

Fort Barrington, about twelve miles West of here on the Altamaha River, was built in 1751. Lieut. Robert Baillie, in charge of construction, commanded the post for several years.

Named Fort Howe during the Revolution, the ...

Fort Hill

Site of Confederate batteries on Pamlico River which enabled General D. H. Hill's forces to besiege Washington in spring of 1863. Five miles east.

Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 33 and Windmill Road (County Road 1124) on State ...

Sacred Fishing Grounds

The bay before you—named Keoneloa (or ‘the long sand’)—is the site of one of the oldest known Hawaiian occupation on Kaua‘i, a temporary fishing camp, dating to A.D. 220–660.

The Hawaiians divided each island into sections—called ahupua‘a—that stretched from the mountains ...

Mayfield Fort

Built and Garrisoned

During the Revolution as A

Refuge for Settlers

Of Vicinity

Marker is on Vandenburgh Point Road, on the right when traveling south.

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