Edward Robinson Smith

Edward Robinson Smith AM

Sculptor and Curator

Librarian of the Avery Architectual Library

from its Foundation in Columbia University

Born Jan. 3, 1854 in Beirut Syria

Died Mar. 21, 1921

Son of

Eli and Mehitable Simpkins Butler Smith

of Northampton Mass.

Lover of the best in character

and attainment

In Labore ...

First African Baptist Church

Richmond Slave Trail

“As for the singing, when the vast congregation poured out its full soul in the old-fashioned songs, the long and loud bursts of praise reminded one parishioner of the ‘sound of many waters.”

Slave Missions & the Black ...

Rice's Battery - McIntosh's Battalion

Artillery Reserve - Hill's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Hill's Corps Artillery Reserve

McIntosh's Battalion Rice's Battery

Danville Virginia Artillery

Four Napoleons

July 2 Two guns took position here and were actively engaged under the heavy fire of Union Sharpshooters and artillery. Two guns of the ...

Battle of Munfordville

Sept. 14-17, 1862 Mississippi regiments of Gen. Bragg's army defeated Gen. Buell's Union forces. 50 killed, 307 wounded. Confederates destroyed railroad bridge. Site of Fort Craig and Monument to Col. R.A. Smith 1500 ft. west.

Marker can be reached from the ...

Second Battle of Winchester

Louisiana Tigers Capture West Fort

In June 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee marched his infantry from Culpeper County to the Shenandoah Valley to launch his second invasion of the North. First, however, he had to capture Winchester, the largest town ...

The Battle of Bloody Run

Michigan Registered Historic Site

Near this site, in late July 1763, the British and Indians fought the fiercest battle of Chief Pontiac's uprising. As Captain James Dalyell led about 260 soldiers across Parent's Creek, the Indians launched a surprise attack ...

William Boone's Grave

Side A

In the winter of 1780, Daniel & Rebecca Boone and their young son, William, (b. June 20, 1775) camped at the Ebb & Flow Spring near Green River, 4 miles east of here. The Boones were hunting and trapping ...

Buoyant Mine

Mines came into use at the turn of the century as part of a new system of seacoast defense. A minefield could be laid in the main ship channel in time of war and remain harmless until electrically detonated from ...

The View from the French King Bridge

A special place designated by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs because it exemplifies the unique qualities of the Commonwealth.

Marker is on Mohawk Trail (Massachusetts Route 2), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Black Hawk Trail

At shallow pond 115 rods due

south Blackhawk's 700 Sac

Indians encamped July 31 1832.

Soldiers found six decrepit

Indians there and "left them

behind."

Lee Sterling in 1846 found

a handfull of silver brooches

there. Hence concluded those

killed were squaws.

No. 3 CVP 1930 S

Marker is on State ...