Lewisburg

Side A

Site of Fort Savannah, built in 1755. Here at Camp Union Gen. Andrew Lewis mustered troops which participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant 1774. Lewisburg was incorporated in October, 1782, by the Virginia Assembly.

Side B

Presbyterian Church established 1783. ...

Big Lime

The Greenbrier Limestone in the quarry represent the "Big Lime" of the driller. Fish-egg like oölitic zones in the "Big Lime" produce oil and natural gas in West Virginia.

Marker is on U.S. 60, on the right when traveling west.

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The Most Terrible Clash of Arms

As Union soldiers stepped out of the Cornfield (in front of you) at dawn, September 17, 1862, Confederate troops, aligned in the fields just behind you, unleashed a horrific volley. The single bloodiest day in American History had begun in ...

Manassas Presbyterian Church

Built in 1875, this building served the congregation for 100 years. Built of locally quarried red sandstone, the church had original Tiffany windows which were removed to the new church. The church was shown in My Son John, a movie ...

Lewisburg

Old Confederate Cemetery . A Civil War Burial Ground

The remains of 95 unknown Confederate soldiers from the Battle of Lewisburg, fought May 23, 1862, lie in this cross-shaped common grave. It has a vertical length 80 feet long and a ...

Peace Jubilee

Friendship and Reconciliation

In July, 1911, an amazing event took place here at Manassas, Virginia. The Manassas National Jubilee of Peace brought together Union and Confederate veterans fifty years after the first major battle of the Civil War. For the first ...

Columbia - First Capital of The Republic of Texas

In 1836 and 1837, the town of Columbia (Now West Columbia) served as the capital of the Republic of Texas. Josiah Hughes Bell, a colonist with Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, surveyed and platted Columbia in 1824 to serve ...

Oolenoy Baptist Church

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This church, named for the Cherokee chief, Woolenoy - the spelling was changed to Oolenoy in 1827 - was organized in 1795 by Rev. John Chastain, who became its first minister. By 1797, with 50 members, it was admitted ...

Battle of Lewisburg

23 May 1862

The 3rd Provisional Ohio Brigade's camp was on this hill. The Confederate artillery opened the battle at 5 a.m. with a bombardment of the Federal camp.

Marker is on McElhenny Road.

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In Memory of Button Gwinnett and Dr. Lyman Hall

Members of the Midway Colony Signers of the Declaration of Independence and Governors of Georgia

Marker can be reached from Ocean Highway (U.S. 17) ½ mile north of East Oglethorpe Highway (U.S. 84), on the right when traveling north.

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