Mass Grave of British and Hessian Troops

Buried in this mass grave are

British and Hessian troops killed

at the Battle of Connecticut Farms

7 June 1780

These soldiers lost their lives

in defense of the British Crown

and in support of the Loyalist

cause during the Revolutionary War.

Their heirs took to Canada and

other ...

Brig. Gen. John Cadwalader

1742–1786

Commander Penna Troops. Served at Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. Incensed at the cabal against Washington he wounded General Conway in a duel. Lived nearby and served in General Assembly of Maryland from Kent County. Buried in Shrewsbury Churchyard. His ...

Confederate (Second) Alabama Hospital

Also known as Yarbrough's factory,

Turpin's factory. Original building

Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee

1965

Historic Building

Built 1853

Yarbrough Turpin Tobacco Factory

1853 - 1909

Pohlig Bros. Paper Box Company

1909 -

Used as hospital during Civil War

Marker is at the intersection of North 25th Street and East Franklin ...

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Havana, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ···1847 - 1857

Marker is at the intersection of North Plum Street and West Main Street, on the right when traveling north on North Plum Street. ...

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Petersburg, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ··· 1847 - 1857

Marker is at the intersection of East Douglas Avenue and South Sixth Street, on the left when traveling west on East Douglas ...

Andersonville Boy

In Memory Of The Men Of

Connecticut

Who Suffered In

Southern Military Prisons

1861 - 1865

Marker is at the intersection of Capitol Avenue and Trinity Street, on the right when traveling east on Capitol Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

National Woman's Relief Corps Tribute

This memorial erected in 1934 by the National Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, as a tribute to the heroism of the sons of the following states who are buried in Andersonville National Cemetery. Number ...

Establishing a Colonial Town

Scattered Settlements

Early Chesapeake Bay colonists did not settle in the concentrated villages typical of their home in England. Instead, they lived on large plots of waterfront land that isolated them from their neighbors.

Cheap and abundant property along the Bay and ...

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Springfield, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ··· 1847 - 1857

Marker is on East Adams Street west of Sixth Street, on the left when traveling west.

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Let the Buyer Beware

Wall Street of the Rockies

In the 1880s and 1890s Denver was the nation's headquarters for "con" men, a dubious honor that it maintained into the early years of the 20th century.

The most famous con man was "Soapy" Smith who sold ...