Civil War Action at Vienna

On June 17, 1861, at this bend in the railroad, a Union train carrying 271 men of the 1st Ohio Volunteers was ambushed by nearly 700 South Carolina infantry and cavalry. Amid artillery fire, the Ohioans jumped from the platform ...

Oak Grove Cemetery Civil War Memorial

(North Face):

Erected under

the auspices of

Woman's Relief

Corps No. 210,

assisted by

R.P. Carpenter

Post No. 41,

and Patriotic

Citizens

1861 to 1865

(West Face):R.P. Carpenter Post No 41

To the memory

of

our noble dead

who freely ...

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

In memory of the

Soldiers and Sailors

of the War of

1861 - 1865

Erected May 30, 1907

under the auspices of

Erie Post No. 311

Department of Kansas

G.A.R.

Marker is on Rooks Road near 135th Road, on the right when traveling north.

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“Camp Fisher” Civil War Campsite

The 6th North Carolina Infantry Reg’t (C.S.A.) camped along the hills 100 yard south of here from Sept. 1861 to Mar. 1862 and named the site in honor of their fallen commander Col. Charles F. Fisher. The camp contained more ...

Civil War Site 1861-1865

As the border states began to fall, Alabama iron became critical to the survival of the Confederacy. During the last two years of the war, Alabama’s furnaces were producing 70% of the entire southern iron supply.

That output invited federal invasion ...

Civil War Memorial

Erected to the memory

of

our comrades

1861-1865

by the

Herber Lefavour Post no. 181 G.A.R.

Milford

committee

A.J. Mcall, J.E. Beaumont, G.W.Sterdvant

Marker is on Garden Road.

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America's 1st Attempt at Civil War Reunification

Orchestrated by Union Col. Rush C. Hawkins, the Hatteras Convention was held nearby on Nov. 18, 1861. The state's secession was declared null and void, Hatteras was proclaimed the capitol and Marble Nash Taylor became provisional governor. Taylor called for ...

Texas and the Civil War State Military Board

The only new agency created by the legislature to deal with wartime emergencies. Original members were the Governor, Comptroller and Treasurer. The last two in 1864 were replaced by appointees of the Governor.

Purpose was to establish industry and purchase essential ...

Vinton County Civil War Memorial

In Memory of

the Soldiers of

Vinton County

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 50) and Market Street (Ohio Route 93), on the right when traveling east on Main Street.

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First Civil War Monument

[ north side ]

Erected to Commemorate the Death

Of Those Who Perished in Suppressing

The Southern Rebellion

How sleep the brave who sink to rest.

By all their country's wishes blest.

1863

Soldiers

[ west side ]

James L. Bailey

Cedar Mountain. Aug. 9. 1863.

Leverett H. Gladding

N.O. La. ...