The Third Battle of Winchester

The West Woods

You are standing near the center of General Early's infantry line at what has come to be called the West Woods. Although these particular trees were not here during the Battle of Third Winchester, some are in the ...

Battlefield Namesake

One of the most unique ways that the Battle of Antietam has been commemorated is the naming of U.S. Navy ships after the battle. Ships have been named for Gettysburg, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and there have been at least three ships ...

55th Illinois Infantry

Stuart's Brigade -- Sherman's Division

(front of monument)

Illinois

55th Infantry,

2d Brigade--Stuart,

5th Division--Sherman,

Army of the Tennessee.

(back of monument)

55th Infantry,

Commanded by

Lieut. Col. Malmborg.

This position was assumed and defended from 11.30 a.m., until about 2.00 p.m., April 6, 1862, when the regiment was withdrawn across ...

The Third Battle of Winchester

The Confederates Reform

"Unless this force were driven back, the day was lost."

General Jubal A. Early, C.S.A.

Standing here about noon during the battle, you would have seen Union troops under Gen. Henry Birge pursuing Gen. Clement Evans' Georgians from right to ...

Gascoigne Bluff

Throughout the ages Gascoigne Bluff has been the gateway to St. Simons Island. An Indian village was located here. Capt. James Gascoigne of HM Sloop-of-war, HAWK, which convoyed the Frederica settlers on their voyage across the Atlantic in 1736, established ...

The Office of a President

Dwight D. Eisenhower

After leaving office in 1961,

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

retired to his Gettysburg farm and

became a Gettysburg College trustee.

He wrote his memoirs in an office

in the house that stands before you.

Gettysburg College founded 1832

(Lower Side):In memory of

Delwin K. Gustafson

Dean of ...

Friends Meeting House and Graveyard

After founding the town of Ellicotts Mills in 1772, the Ellicott brothers established this burying ground in 1795 and built the adjacent Friends Meeting House in 1800.

Marker is on Old Columbia Pike 0.2 miles south of Main Street, on the ...

Restoration of Jackson Place and Lafayette Square

White House Conference Center

[Sketch of townhouses along Jackson Place, NW - the western border of Lafayette Square - behind which the White House Conference Center was constructed in the 1960s & 70s.]

Dedicated to those whose spirit and vision ...

Dr. Charles Alexander Warfield

(1751-1813)

The grave of this Revolutionary War patriot is near this site. A member of the Sons of Liberty, he participated in the burning of the brig “Peggy Stewart,” at Annapolis, October 19, 1774, and also served as a major in ...

Fort Clinton

(Originally named Fort Arnold)

Designed and began

by De la Radiere

Completed by Kosciuszko

1778 – 1780

Marker is on Clinton Place, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org