Stockbridge Harbor

Around A.D. 1100, there was a large Native American village on the north side of Stockbridge Harbor. The pottery recovered from archaeological excavations at this site indicates that the villagers came from two formerly distinct cultural groups. Perhaps for protection ...

The Decisive Battle

The Battle of Queenston Heights Walking Tour

On the plateau before you, the British and Americans met for battle. The British formed a line to your right, the Americans to your left. General Sheaffe formed a British counter-offensive force of nine ...

Horseshoe Bend Battleground Monument

Here on the Horseshoe Battleground General Andrew Jackson and his brave men broke the power of the Creek Indians under Chief Menawa March 29, 1814

Marker can be reached from Battlefield Park Tour Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Mahone's Brigade

Anderson's Division - Hill's Corps

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia

Hill's Corps Anderson's Division

Mahone's Brigade

6th. 12th. 16th. 41st. 61st.

Virginia Infantry

July 2 Arrived and took position here in the forenoon under orders to support the Artillery. A strong skirmish line was sent out which ...

Building Atop the Burying Ground

When leaders of First Presbyterian Church decided to build an new church atop their 18th-century burying ground, they hoped to serve Baltimore’s growing west end and protect their burial place from being diverted to other uses.

Construction began in July ...

The Peabody Conservatory

Established in 1857 by the philanthropist George Peabody, The Peabody Conservatory of Music was the first institution in America for the education of professional musicians. The list of those who have taught or studied here reads like a “Who’s Who ...

Patterned Brick Houses

Hancock House Historic Site

The exterior of the Hancock House is an outstanding example of the patterned brick houses that once dotted the landscape of Salem County, NJ. Modeled after the seventeenth-century building traditions of the Quakers’ English homeland, masons used ...

The Peabody Library

In 1857, George Peabody’s founding letter dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation for their “kindness and hospitality.” The Massachusetts-born philanthropist eventually moved to London where he built one of the largest mercantile houses in the ...

Pettigrew's Brigade

Heth's Division - Hill's Corps

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia

Hill's Corps Heth's Division

Pettigrew's Brigade

11th. 26th. 47th. 52nd.

North Carolina Infantry

July 1 Crossing Willoughby Run at 2 p.m. met the 1st Brigade 1st Division First Corps in Reynolds Woods and drove it back after ...

Lieut. General Ambrose P. Hill

3rd Corps Headquarters

Army of Northern Virginia

3rd Corps Headquarters

Lieut. General

Ambrose P. Hill

Divisions

Major Genl. R.H. Anderson

Major Genl. Henry Heth

Major Genl. William D. Pender

July 1,2,3,4. 1863

These headquarters were located at

a farm-house 540 yards westerly

Marker is on West Confederate Avenue, on the left when ...