Calvert's Arkansas Battery

Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Calvert's Arkansas Battery

Two 6 pdrs., Two 12-pdr. Howitzers.

Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Cleburne's Division.

1st Lieut. Thomas J. Key Commanding.

1st Lieuts. R. Fitzpatrick and W. M. Hopwood.

2d Lieut. J. G. Marshall.

Nov. 25th, 1863. Noon

The battery occupied ...

Matthies' Brigade

John E. Smith's Division.

Matthies' Brigade

John E. Smith's Division - Smith's Corps.

Brig. Gen. Charles L. Matthies.

Col. Benjamin D. Dean.

Col. Jabez Banbury.

Nov. 25, 1863.

93d Illinois - Col. Holden Putnam (Killed).

93d Illinois - Lieut. Col. N.C. Buswell.

5th Iowa - Col. Jabez Banbury.

5th Iowa ...

Boston Naval Shipyard

Boston Naval Shipyard has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the historic sites act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States

U.S. Department of ...

The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge

The Leonard P. Zakim

Bunker Hill Bridge

The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, part of The Big Dig Project in Boston, is the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world. The Bridge serves as the northern entrance to and exit from ...

Raum's Brigade

John E. Smith's Division.

Raum's Brigade.

John E. Smith's Division - Seventeenth Corps.

Col. Green B. Raum.

Col. Francis C. Deimling.

Col. Clark R. Wever.

Nov. 25, 1863

56th Illinois - Maj. Pinckney J. Welsh.

17th Iowa - Col. Clark R. Wever.

17th Iowa - Maj. John F. Walden.

10th ...

Corse's Brigade

Hugh Ewing's Division

Corse's Brigade

Hugh Ewing's Division - Blair's Corps.

Brig. Gen. John M. Corse. - Col. Charles C. Walcutt.

Nov. 25, 1863

40th Illinois - Maj. Hiram W. Hall.

103rd Illinois - Col. Willard Dickerman.

6th Iowa - Lieut. Col. A.J. Miller.

15th Michigan - Lieut. ...

The Green Bay Trail

One branch of the Green Bay Trail traversed this region. Originally an Indian trail, after 1816 the route connected Fort Dearborn at Chicago with Fort Howard at Green Bay. Couriers faced hunger, cold and Indians to carry dispatches on a ...

Cabin Remains

This area is where troops were quartered. Most cabins within the earthworks were lumber structures with bark roofs. These measured roughly 40 feet by 20 feet and were extremely crowed at times. The circular mounds usually represent collapsed chimneys. Under ...

Behind the Parapet

Union soldiers built the main earthworks here to provide defense. They made the embankment by forming a crib with spruce logs. The crib was then filled with earth and stone.

Such a fortification would provide protection from rifle and artillery fire. ...

Cockerill's Brigade

Hugh Ewing's Division

Cockerill's Brigade

Hugh Ewing's Division, 15th Corps.

Col. Joseph R. Cockerill.

Nov. 25, 1863.

48th Illinois, - Lieut. Col. Lucien Greathouse.

97th Indiana, - Col. Robert F. Catterson.

99th Indiana, - Col. Alexander Fowler.

53rd Ohio, - Col. Wells S. Jones.

70th Ohio, - Maj. William ...