Donald Brooks

Fashion Walk of Fame

Donald Brooks was one of the most important American designers in the twentieth century. He began his fashion career in the 1950s working for other companies before launching his own line in 1965. His designs, which ...

Bradwell Institute

The town of Hinesville was established in 1837 and shortly thereafter, in 1841, the Hinesville Institute (or Academy) was established with Colonel James Sharpe Bradwell as its first headmaster. The first building was erected at a cost of $349.12 1/2 ...

Giles A. Smith's Brigade

Morgan L. Smith's Division

Giles A. Smith's Brigade

Morgan L. Smith's Division, - 15th Corps.

Col. Nathan W, Tupper.

Nov. 25, 1863.

55th Illinois, - Col. Oscar Malmborg.

116th Illinois, - Lieut. Col. James P. Boyd.

127th Illinois, - Lieut. Col. Frank S. Curtiss.

6th Missouri, - Lieut. ...

Skirmish of Boutte Station

Union train with sixty men ambushed by Confederate force of Louisiana militia and volunteers on September 4, 1862. Train escaped to New Orleans. Fourteen Union soldiers killed and twenty-two wounded in the skirmish.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. ...

Battle of des Allemands

Le district des Allemands, settled by Germans about 1720, the scene of numerous skirmishes between Confederate guerillas and Union forces, 1862-63. Most famous skirmish resulted in capture of an entire detachment of Union soldiers on September 4, 1862.

Marker is on ...

Alexander's Brigade

John E. Smith's Division.

Alexander's Brigade.

John E. Smith's Division. - 17th Corps.

Col. Jesse I. Alexander.

Nov. 25th 1863.

63rd Illinois, - Col. Joseph B. McCown.

48th Indiana, - Lieut. Col. Edward J. Wood.

59th Indiana, - Capt. Wilford H. Wolman.

4th Minnesota, - Lieut. Col. John ...

Lightburn's Brigade

Morgan L. Smith's Division

Lightburn's Brigade.

Morgan L. Smith's Division, 15th Corps.

Brig. Gen. Joseph A.J. Lightburn.

Nov. 25, 1863.

83rd Indiana, - Col. Benjamin J. Spooner.

30th Ohio, - Col. Theodore Jones.

37th Ohio, - Lieut. Col. Louis Von Blessingh.

47th Ohio, - Col. Augustus C. Parry.

54th ...

Susan B. Anthony House

Headquarters of the Suffrage Movement

A Suffragist and much more

Susan B. Anthony lived in this house for the forty most active years of her life. This house was the site of her famous arrest for voting in 1872 and ...

Lowrey's Brigade

Cleburne's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.

Lowrey's Brigade

Cleburne's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.

Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey.

Nov. 24 and 25, 1863.

16th Alabama - Maj. Frederick A. Ashford.

33rd Alabama - Col. Samuel Adams.

45th Alabama - Lieut. Col. M.O. Lampley.

32nd and 45th Mississippi - Lieut. ...

The Seamen's Bethel

Saving Mariners' Souls

After months at sea, many whaling men were unable to resist the temptations of this port city. In 1832, the New Bedford Port Society for the Moral Improvement of Seamen opened this mariners' chapel "to protect the ...