Battle of Plymouth

Confederates under Gen. Robert F. Hoke, aided by the ram "Albemarle," took the town, April 17-20, 1864.

Marker is at the intersection of West Third Street and Washington Street, on the right when traveling east on West Third Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Burnside Expedition of 1862

Much of coastal North Carolina fell to Union forces in 1862. For the duration of the Civil War Northern troops kept a sizable presence in the area. The peculiar geography of the Outer Banks and the sounds region, a damper ...

Site of Fort Meade

Built by Lt. George G. Meade

who later became commanding general

of the Union Forces

during the Civil War.

Headquarters of a military area

during the Seminole Indian War 1849-1858.

Near here were fought several engagements

with the hostiles.

Garrisoned ...

Co E 7th Florida Inf Regt South Florida Bulldogs

CSA

(Front face)

In memory of the 79 militia men under command of Cpt Nathan S. Blount who marched from this site to Gainesville to muster into the CS Army rendering gallant service from April 10, 1862 - April 26, ...

Santa Fe Steam Locomotive #1880

Pride of the Prairie • Work Horse of the Plains

Donated to the City of Newton by the Santa Fe Nov. 18, 1955. Engine 1880 and 86 other Prairie type engines built in 1906-1907 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. They were ...

Swearingen - Langford House

690 E. Church St.

Built in 1925 for John J. Swearingen, Florida attorney, State Senator, Spanish-American War veteran, and wife Mary Harding Rainey. Later the home of daughter Katherine Swearingen Langford and her husband Richard H. Langford, prominent citrus grower ...

Coastal Defense Cannon

A Civil War Memorial

This cannon used in coastal defense during the Civil War was secured through the efforts of Judson Kilpatrick st No. 36, G.A.R. and Congressman Chester I. Long. Presented to Mayor George W. Young for City of Newton ...

Home Site of Robert Treat

Near this site stood

The home of Robert Treat

A founder of Milford

Deputy Governor and Governor

Of Connecticut 1676 – 1708

Founder of Newark, New Jersey

1665 - 1672

Marker is at the intersection of North Street and Governor’s Avenue, on the right when traveling north ...

Birthplace of the Grand Army of the Republic

In a second floor room on this spot the Grand Army of the Republic was organized April 6, 1866, by Dr. Benjamin E. Stephenson.This tablet is placed by The Department of Illinois Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army ...

Milwaukee River Flushing Pump

1888

This pump, designed by Edwin Reynolds (1831-1909) and built by the Edward P. Allis Company, is the major component of one of the earliest water-pollution control systems. It was capable of pumping more than a half billion gallons of ...