Ridgefield Veterans Monument

[ west side ]

To the Memory of The

Citizens of Ridgefield

Who Served Their Country

In the Wars of the Republic

1775 – 1918

Erected by the People of Ridgefield MCMXXIV

[ east side ]

War of the Revolution

Patrick Ambrose • Amos Baker • Bartholomew Baker • ...

Site of Ditto's Landing and Town of Whitesburg

In 1807 pioneer James Ditto began operating a ferry with landings on both sides of the Tennessee River. Early settlers landed here in order to reach their lands in Madison County. James White, Salt King of Abingdon, Va., established a ...

Fort Tejon

This military post was established by the United States Army on June 24, 1854, to suppress stock rustling and for the protection of Indians in the San Joaquin Valley. As regimental headquarters of the First Dragoons, Fort Tejón was an ...

Army of Northern Virginia

July 5, 1863

The Army on the march to the Potomac. Hill's Corps had the advance. Longstreet's the centre. Ewell's the rear. Hood's Division Longstreet's Corps started after sunrise. Early's Division Ewell's Corps started near noon and formed the rear guard. ...

Fairley Bros. & Lampman Building

1896

Furniture retailers C.L. and D.B. Fairley joined undertaker Oscar Lampman to finance the construction of this building. The Fairleys opened a branch of their Colorado Springs store here; Lampman acted primarily as an investor.

The Central Drug Store occupied ...

Frederick Douglass

Abolitionist / Orator / Author

Frederick Douglass was born into American slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore in February 1818.

In March 1826, Douglass, a slave child, was sent to live in the Hugh Auld household at this location, from 1826-1831.

Douglass periodically resided ...

Army of Northern Virginia

July 4, 1863

Ewell's Corps marched before dawn from the base of Culp's Hill and the streets of Gettysburg to Seminary Ridge and the Army remained in position on that Ridge throughout the day. Soon after dark Hill's Corps withdrew and ...

Army of Northern Virginia

July 3, 1863

Pickett's Division Longstreet's Corps arrived on the field early in the morning.

Robertson's and Jones's Brigades Stuart's Cavalry Division marched from Chambersburg via Cashtown and Fairfield to a position on the right flank of the Confederate Army. Jones's Brigade ...

Army of Northern Virginia

July 2, 1863

McLaws's and Hood's Divisions Longstreet's Corps marched from Marsh Creek to the field at Gettysburg. Law's Brigade Hood's Division marched from New Guilford to Gettysburg arriving about noon. Pickett's Division Longstreet's Corps marched from Chambersburg and arrived in ...

Branchville – A Center of Italian–American Life

Ridgefield, Connecticut

A Small Village began to emerge in the area in 1852 with the opening of the Danbury-and-Norwalk Railroad line. Stores, a hotel, a post office, a school and small industries in the area were establishes. The building that ...