First Presbyterian Church

The Rev. William Mumford Baker presided over this congregation’s organization in 1854 at the Round Rock home of Richard and Mary Agnes (Cooper) Sansom. By 1856, the church was meeting in Georgetown, where C.A.D. Clamp deeded a site (at 4th ...

The Booth-Toney Shootout of 1878

On the 12th of August 1878, two Edgefield County families has a shootout here that left three persons dead on the Square and four others badly wounded. The Booth and Toney families were from the eastern side of the county ...

Schwartz's Battery

McClernand's Division

U. S.

Schwartz's Battery,

"E", 2d Ill. Lt. Art., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This battery of four guns, was engaged here from 7.45 a.m. to 10 a.m. April 6, 1862 when it retired to Cross Roads, leaving one disabled gun.

Marker ...

Birthplace of the Veterans of Foreign Wars

On the evening of September 29, 1899, thirteen recently returned veterans of the Spanish-American War met in a tailor shop that once stood on this site. These men, all veterans of the Columbus-based 17th Infantry Regiment that had fought in ...

Double Tollgate Fight

Double Tollgate

Fight

Aug. 11, 1864

Imboden & U.S.

Cavalry

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Marker is at the intersection of Lord Fairfax Highway (U.S. 340) and Highland Corners Road, on the right when traveling east on Lord Fairfax Highway.

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North Point /Sheboygan Point

The exposed shelf of rock at North Point is a rarely occurring geologic formation along the Lake Michigan shoreline. In this location, also known as Sheboygan Point or the Sheboygan Reef, the uppermost layer of bedrock protrudes through the surrounding ...

Smith's Brigade

Crittenden's Division

U.S.

Army of the Ohio.

Smith's (14th) Brigade,

13th Ohio, 26th Kentucky,

11th Kentucky,

Crittenden's (5th) Division.

This Brigade was engaged here from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. April 7, 1862. It then advanced to the front of Prentiss' camps where it bivouacked Monday night.

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Trabue's Brigade

Breckinridge's Corps

C. S.

Army of the Mississippi.

Trabue's (1st) Brigade,

4th Ky, 6th Ky, 31st Ala., 5th Ky., 4th Ala. Batt.,

Crew's Tenn. Batt., 3d Ky.,

Breckinridge's Corps.

This brigade was engaged here in the final

action of April 7, 1862.

Marker is on Corinth Road 0.2 ...

Asahi Baseball

They built a baseball diamond with the homeplate on the Jackson and Sixth Street corner and the outfield towards the railroad tracks. Rightfield was shorter and leftfield went on across Seventh Street. The centerfield was much lower than homeplate, so ...

Bankhead's Tennessee Battery, 11th Louisiana Infantry

Russell's Brigade - Clark's Division - Polk's Corps

C. S.

Army of the Mississippi.

Bankhead's Tennessee Battery,

11th Louisiana Infantry,

Russell's (1st) Brig., Clark's (1st) Div.,

Polk's Corps.

This battery, and a part of the regiment, were in reserve here April 7, 1862, and were engaged in ...