Garrison Cemetery

Here are buried several

hundred officers and men of

the American Army, chiefly

New York, New Jersey and

Pennsylvania Militia 1775-77.

Marker is on Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

119th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

(Front):Erected

by surviving members

and friends

Oct. 3, 1885.

119 Reg. P.V.

(Right):After a continuous march

of 37 miles, reached field

afternoon of 2nd

the Brigade

119th Penna. 6th Maine

49th Penna. 5th Wis.

covered extreme infantry

left of the Union army, east of the

Taneytown Raod on the 3rd

occupied this position

from evening ...

Waging War by Rail

Fortress Rosecans

Locomotive and train arrived from Nashville today... The shrill whistle evoked hearted cheers from all quarters of our camps. It conveyed to us... that we are linked again with home and friends by an iron roadway over which may ...

Bum Proof Stockade

Fortress Rosecans

Those things [you see] inside the fort ... this shape + ... are bum [bomb] proof stockades. The outside line is heavy oak timer hewn on 3 sides ... about 10 feet high. The timber is .. set up ...

United States Capitol Grounds

[Diagram of Capitol Square - East and West Plazas]

General Plan for the Improvement of the U.S. Capitol Grounds by Frederick Law Olmstead, 1874

Following the extension of the Capitol in the 1850s-1860s, the grounds were enlarged in 1872. ...

Defense of Selma Memorial

In Memoriam

Here fell brave men

in defense of their homes

April 2, 1865.

Col. William T. Minter

Rev. Arthur M. Small

Robert N. Philpot

and other valiant solders

“They fought and fell

they served us well"

Lest We Forget

Marker is at the intersection of Range Street and 4th Avenue, ...

Climax, Georgia

Climax is the highest point on the railroad between Savannah, Ga., and the Chattahoochee River. The town was laid out and named in 1883 after a branch rail line was built to Chattahoochee, Fla. Later, a second branch rail line ...

In Honor of James Joseph Reeb

1927-1965

Rev. James J. Reeb, an Army Veteran and Unitarian minister from Casper, Wyoming, was working in Boston when Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. appealed for clergymen of all faiths to come to Selma to protest the violence that occurred at ...

Butterfield/Jansen Building

[Early History; Corner Site Only]

1859: Charles Lincoln Wilson buys this site, previously patented by Theodore Judah.

1861: C.L. Wilson erects a wooden warehouse to serve railway terminal across 5th street.

1863: Used often as a community hall, “Roods Hall.” Roods was Wilson’s ...

Shirts Building

Site of the First Presbyterian Church from 1850-1903, this building was erected in 1904 by Stella Shirts. A central staircase between two ground-floor retail spaces leads up to four office that retain much original woodwork.

Marker is on 9th Street, on ...