The Presbytère

[Logo of the New Orleans Landmarks Commission on top]

1964

The Presbytère

Designed in 1791 by Gilberto Guillemard, architect, as the rectory of the Church of St. Louis. Construction, begun through the generosity of Don Andres Almonester Y Roxas, was ...

The North: Union Leaders at Ball's Bluff

Brigadier General Charles Pomeroy Stone

As the overall commander of Union forces at Ball’s Bluff, Stone was a rising star in the Union army at the time of the battle. He become the scapegoat for the defeat. Stone was born September ...

American Redoubt

American

Redoubt

1776

Washington

Chapter

DAR

1910

Marker can be reached from Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling north.

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Basque Country

Idaho has a large Basque community that preserves it's ancient European traditions in a new land of opportunity.

Coming here originally to herd sheep on mountain and desert ranges, they shifted into other occupations as quickly as possible, making way for ...

Edward D. Baker

Colonel Baker is buried at the Presidio in San Francisco, California. This memorial stone was placed here to mark what was believed to be the location of Baker’s death and to honor the memory of the only U.S. Senator to ...

Ball’s Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery

Has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

1984

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker can be reached from Ball’s Bluff Road, on the left when traveling east.

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The Battle Begins

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

You are standing 200 yards behind the first American line, which stood looking across what was then an open field. A quarter-mile away the British arrived and formed well-ordered ranks on either side of New Garden ...

Ball’s Bluff National Cemetery

The twenty-five graves here in one of America’s smallest national cemeteries contain the partial remains of 54 Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, October 21, 1861. All are unidentified except Pvt. James Allen of Northbridge, Massachusetts, who ...

Battle of the Washita

2 mi. West

Nov. 28, 1868, Col. George A. Custer, commanding 7th Cavalry, attacked the Cheyenne village of Chief Black Kettle. 153 Cheyenne casualties, and 34 U.S. troops killed or wounded. Among the killed was Capt. L.M. Hamilton, grandson of Alexander ...

John Edwards Jr. Office Building

In 1872, John Edwards Jr. became the sole owner of the Edwards and Clinton sawmill in Port Edwards, plus several other business ventures that included a general store, post office, boarding house, farming interests and land speculations. In order to ...