Benjamin Forsyth

Officer in the War of 1812. Mortally wounded in Canada, 1814. Forsyth County named for him. Home stood a few feet north of this spot.

Marker is on State Highway 8 & 65 0.2 miles south of South Friendship Road, on ...

First Presbyterian Church

Founded 1798

First Presbyterian Church

Oldest church in Chester

Sanctuary dedicated in 1854 replacing two former sites. Additions in 1884 and 1987

Marker is on Main Street (New York Route 94) 0.1 miles north of Academy Avenue (New York Route ...

First County Library in the United States

1901

Here stands the first county library in the United States. Given to the people of Van Wert County, by

John Sanford Brumback

In recognition of his gift, this memorial was erected by the Kiwanis Club of Van Wert.

Marker is on West Main ...

Battle of Salem Church

of May 3, 4, 1863 fought by Lee and Hooker concluded the Chancellorsville Campaign here. The followers of Lee, in imperishable bronze respond to the noble sentiment of the followers of Grant and pay highest tribute to the patriotism of ...

Kingsboro & Cataula

At KINGSBORO, 3 mi. S., Ga.’s first narrow gauge railroad (North & South RR), chartered in 1870 (Columbus to Rome), ended in 1873. CATAULA (Big Rock) is a Creek name. Clowers Meth. Church, organized as “Providence” in 1829, was built ...

Battle of Unison

"Truly frightful"

(Preface):

After the Battle of Antietam in September 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia escaped to Virginia. President Abraham Lincoln repeatedly urged Union Gen. George B. McClellan to pursue and attack. Following a plan that Lincoln devised ...

Statham's Brigade

Breckinridge's Reserve Corps

C.S.

Statham's (3d) Brigade,

15th Miss., 22d Miss., 19th Tenn., 28th Tenn., 45th Tenn.,

Rutledge's Tennessee Battery,

Breckinridge's Reserve Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This Brigade became engaged here about 12.30 p.m. April 6, 1862. It advanced across the field to north east corner ...

The Advance of Tyler’s Brigade

Northern Colonel Nathan Kimball saw the position of his troops on nearby Pritchard's Hill (1.5 miles left and in front of you) becoming indefensible. Southern artillery recently placed on the higher elevation of Sandy Ridge (just in front of you) ...

Conrad Moul - The Public Commons

The original Moul Townhouse stood to your right. It was the mirror image of the 215 Broadway townhouse behind you. By 1915, the Moul Family replaced it with the Neoclassical Revival style brick home designed by Dempwolf Architects of York, ...

Dachau Bomb Disposal Unit

Zum Gedenken an das Bombensuchkommando des KZ Dachau, das in der Zeit vom Juli 1944 bis April 1945 hier untergebracht war. Die SS zwang die Häftlinge unter Einsatz ihres Lebens, Bomben in München zu bergen und zu entschärfen. Zahllose Gefangene ...