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Francisco Garces O.F.M

Padre Garcés, first recorded non-Indian to visit this locality, came in April of 1776, seeking a new route from Mexico to California. His epic journey covered more than two thousand miles of uncharted wilderness, opening trails that later became highways ...

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Birthplace of Sam Houston

On March 2, 1793, the noted soldier and statesman Sam Houston was born in a log cabin on a nearby knoll. Houston served with distinction in the U.S. Army and later as a congressman and governor of Tennessee before moving ...

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Monocacy National Battlefield

The Battle that Saved Washington

In the summer of 1864, Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early launched a campaign down the Shenandoah Valley with a corps of approximately 15,000 troops. The campaign was a last attempt to carry the war to the ...

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University of South Carolina

Chartered in 1801 as the S.C. College, opened January 10, 1805. Entire student body volunteered for Confederate service, 1861. Soldiers' Hospital, 1862 - 65. Rechartered as U. of S.C. in 1865. Radical Control 1873-77. Closed 1877- 80. College of Agricultural ...

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Co. I 152nd Inf. 38th Div.

In Memory

of

Our Honored

Dead

1941 - - 1945

Marker can be reached from North Memorial Drive south of East Waycross Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Battle of Cherokee Ford

11 Feb. 1779

[Marker Front]:

In honor of the brave militia men under Robert Anderson, including Capt. William Baskin, Jr., James Little, John Miller, Joseph Pickens and Lt. Thomas Shanklin, who fought a superior Tory force led by Col. Boyd at the ...

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Birthplace of Sam Houston

On March 2, 1793, the noted soldier and statesman Sam Houston was born in a log cabin on a nearby knoll. Houston served with distinction in the U.S. Army and later as a congressman and governor of Tennessee before moving ...

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Battle of Griswoldville:

The Big Picture

On Nov. 15, 1864, [US) Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman left Atlanta on his devastating “March to the Sea.” His force divided into two wings and feinted toward

Macon and Augusta while on their way to the capital at Milledgeville. ...

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Monocacy National Battlefield

The Battle that Saved Washington

In the summer of 1864, Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early launched a campaign down the Shenandoah Valley with a corps of approximately 15,000 troops. The campaign was a last attempt to carry the war to the ...

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Co. G 152nd Inf. 38th Div.

1941 - 1945

In Memory

of

Our Honored

Dead

1941 - - 1945

Courtesy hmdb.org

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