Battery A, Second U.S. Artillery

Second Brigade - Horse Artillery - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps

Second Brigade Horse Artillery

Battery A Second U.S. Artillery

Six 3 inch Rifles

Lieut. John H. Calef commanding

June 30 Arrived in the evening from Emmitsburg ...

Forbes Road

The Clear Fields

Good forage found at open camps such as this on the Raystown Path, led General Forbes to prefer this route to Braddock's Road. Site of Fort Dudgeon (Tomahawk Camp) is a short distance to the north.

Marker is on ...

John Fitch Steamboat Dock

This commemorates the genius, patience and perseverance of Lieutenant John Fitch, inventor of the first steamboat. It made successful trips between Philadelphia and Trenton in 1790 and docked near this site.

Marker can be reached from the North Parking Lot of ...

McPherson Barn

This barn was used as a hospital and sheltered the wounded of the Union and Confederate armies

July 1. 2. 3. 1863

Marker is on Chambersburg Pike (U.S. 30) 0.1 miles south of Stone Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy ...

Hebrew Cemetery

Richmond’s Hebrew Cemetery was established in the early 19th century by Congregation Beth Shalome, which was formed by 1789 and merged with Congregation Beth Ahabah in 1898. The cemetery was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register of ...

Outer Redoubt of Fort Clinton

1776 - 1777

A redoubt is a small enclosed, heavily armed fortification built to protect a strategic location.

In 1776, fearing a possible assault by land, the Americans constructed the outer redoubt on this high piece of ground. It not only commanded ...

Baylor’s Farm

Prelude to Petersburg

Ordered to take Petersburg, Gen. William F. “Baldy” Smith directed Gen. Edward W. Hinks’ division of African American soldiers to move from City Point toward the Cockade City. Hinks encountered unexpected Confederate resistance at Baylor’s Farm in the ...

The Second Battle of Trenton

On this site, late in the afternoon of January 2, 1777, General Washington’s “Little Band” of determined men and boys won the Second Battle of Trenton. Having amassed a great concentration of artillery and small-arms power, the Americans withstood three ...

Battle of Aldie

The Fight Begins

(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsylvania. ...

Ohio and Erie Canal in Groveport / Scioto Valley Interurban

Ohio and Erie Canal in Groveport

The Ohio and Erie Canal was Ohio's solution to the lack of a reliable and fast transportation system to move goods to outside markets. The canal opened in the then unplatted village of Groveport on ...