Kemper's Brigade

August 30, 1862

5:15 p.m.

Kemper's Division, Right Wing (Longstreet)

Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

Kemper's Brigade

Col. Montgomery D. Corse

1st Virginia - 11th Virginia

7th Virginia - 17th Virginia

24th Virginia

"We neared the Chinn House, when suddenly ...

Newark Academy

Founded at New London, Pennsylvania, in 1741 by Rev. Dr. Francis Alison, removed in 1752 to Cecil County, Md., and in 1767 to Newark. Chartered by Thomas and Richard Penn 1769. Closed from 1777 to 1780 on account of Revolutionary ...

Dutch Hoog Straat

This map, derived from a 1600 drawing, shows Stone Street, then the Dutch Hoog Straat. Its original line is indicated by brown paving stones & the lobby alignment.

Marker is on Stone Street.

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Tipton County Courthouse

Romanesque Classical Revival Style building designed by Adolf Scherrer, architect of the 1888 Indiana State Capitol. It is Tipton County's third courthouse and was completed, 1894; placed in National Register of Historic Places, 1984; Restored 1988 - 1991.

Marker is on ...

Old Post Cemetery

Last resting place

of soldiers from

this nations wars

est. 1812 - 1970

PFC Robert A. LaFountain

Marker is on U.S. 9 just south of Lake Forest Drive, on the left when traveling south.

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Grave of British Soldiers

They came three thousand miles and died

to keep the past upon its throne.

Unheard beyond the ocean tide,

their English mother made her moan.

April 19, 1775

Marker is on Monument Street, on the left when traveling north.

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Army of the West

In 1845 General Kearney's

Army of the West

Guided by Kit Carson

followed the Gila River from

New Mexico to the occupation

of California in the Mexican

War, thus opening the

southern snowfree route to

the Pacific Coast.

Marker is on U.S. 70 at milepost 347, on the left ...

Gen. Henry Knox Trail

From this fortress went

Gen. Henry Knox

in the winter of 1775-1776

to deliver to

Gen. George Washington

at Cambridge

the train of artillery

from Fort Ticonderoga

used to force the British

Army to evacuate Boston

Erected by

The ...

Cedar Creek Quaker Meeting House

English immigrant Thomas Stanley, born about 1670, championed the right to religious freedom early in the 1700s. Stanley gave nearby land for a Quaker meetinghouse, school, and cemetery. Until the 19th century, the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) convened here ...

St. John the Baptist Church

In 1868, the original Old Village Presbyterian Church, which stood on this location, was purchased by Charles A. Murphey. The property was donated to the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, and the church was named St. Patrick's. It became a mission ...