Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

State of Ohio, Auglaize County

United States of America

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

State of Ohio, Auglaize County

Civil War

Cpl Christian Schnell Mississippi 1863

Marker is at the intersection of Willipie Street and Mechanic Street, on the left when traveling north on Willipie Street. ...

Frederick County / Shenandoah County

(South Facing Side): Frederick County

Area 485 Square Miles

Formed in 1738 from Orange, and named for Frederick, Prince of Wales, Father of King George III. Several battles were fought in the vicinity of Winchester, 1862-1864.

(North Facing Side): Shenandoah ...

War Dead of Swain County

World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War

World War I

Barker, William H.,

Bates, Everett R.,

Cathy, Charlie,

Cochran, John T.,

Franklin, Walter I.,

Freeman, Caro N.,

Kincaid, William,

Leaiherwood, James L.,

Mashburn, Earnest L.,

Mason, William,

Mathis, Fred,

Moore, Grady,

Queen, James R.,

Shuler, Finley M.,

Shuler, William A.,

Stephenson, William B.,

Styles, ...

The Jewish Merchants of Edgefield

In the years following 1900, a number of immigrant Jewish merchants moved to Edgefield and actively participated in the commercial life of the Town for nearly a century. All of these merchants sold 'dry goods," meaning textiles, ready-to-ware clothing and ...

Lincoln Attends Funerals

1835

On June 12, 1823, the Third General Assembly, meeting in the newly formed city of Vandalia, conveyed one and one-half acres of land to the city of Vandalia, with the proviso that the land be used as a burial ground. ...

European exploration in the Strait of Juan de Fuca

Les Européens explorent le Détroit de Juan de Fuca

Competition for sovereignty and trade drew Europeans to the Pacific Northwest coast in the 1780s. Although long known to First Nations people, the strait received its present name in 1787 when Charles ...

The Leg of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren

The plaque below marks the spot where the leg of U.S. Army Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, son of Admiral John Dahlgren, "father of American naval ordnance," was interred following his wounding after the battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

The leg was ...

Fairwater of USS Pintado (SS-387)

Pintado made six war patrols in enemy waters, during which she disposed of five naval vessels and ten merchantmen of the Empire of Japan, sunk or otherwise disabled, totaling 132,900 tons of enemy shipping. During her fifth patrol, she rescued ...

Edmund Ruffin's Grave

Here at Marlbourne is the grave of Edmund Ruffin (1794-1865), one of the leading American agriculturists of the 19th century. He published and edited the Farmer's Register, an agricultural journal, for several years. In 1843, Ruffin moved to Marlbourne, where ...

Fannie E. S. Heck

1862 - 1915

Social activist; writer. Led the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union after 1892. A benefactor of present Meredith College. Lived in this house.

Marker is on East Blount Street, on the right when traveling south.

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