Commodore John Barry

“Father of the American Navy”

Born in Wexford Ireland 1745

Died in Philadelphia 1803

Received first commission

from the Continental Congress

to command the Lexington 1775

Sailed from Boston on the Raleigh 1778

Acclaimed in Boston in 1780

for victories on the Alliance

Appointed in 1794 by President Washington

to ...

Wyatt's Battery - Poague's Battalion

Pender's Division - Hill's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Hill's Corps - Pender's Division

Poague's Battalion - Wyatt's Battery

The Albemarle Va. Battery

One 10 pounder Parrott, Two 3 inch Rifles

and One 12 pounder Howitzer

July 2 Late in the evening the Parrott and Rifles took ...

Brownsville Baptist Church

Marker Front:

In 1788, this Baptist congregation, a branch of Cashaway Church (1756) founded by Welsh Neck Church (1738), purchased land 2 miles SW of here from the Rev. John Brown. The congregation was independently constituted in 1789 and named Muddy ...

Blakeslee Route

In honor of

George E. Blakeslee

Pioneer of

the modern highway

[ Rear Marker : ]

Blakeslee rededicated

September 2005

by

The Friends of the Marion Section

Patrick J. O’Melia

Hassan Abubakr • Tessie Brady • Sam C. Difeo • Mary Donnelly • Colin Egan • Dean S. Geibel • ...

The Battle of Brandy Station

The Struggle for Fleetwood Hill

After Col. Wyndham's assaults, Col. Judson Kilpatrick's Federal brigade crossed the Orange and Alexandria Railroad and stormed Fleetwood Hill from the southeast. The fight for Fleetwood Hill - a classic cavalry battle fought on horseback - ...

Windber Veteran's Park

This park is dedicated to all service men and women past, present and future. The freedom we enjoy today is a result of their efforts and sacrifices. Tomorrow's freedom and prosperity throughout the free world depends on the men and ...

Julius Ellsberry

In dedication to Julius Ellsberry, the first Black Alabama man to die in World War II; born Birmingham, Ala, 1922.

Enlisted in the U.S. Navy, 1940; First Class Mate [sic] Attendant aboard battleship Oklahoma in the Battle of Pearl Harbor, ...

Fredericksburg Campaign

Frustrated by the Army of the Potomac’s lack of progress, President Abraham Lincoln replaced army commander Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan with Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, who assumed command on 9 Nov. 1862. Within a week, he had the ...

Windber

Founded 1897 by the Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. Distinctive among bituminous coal towns, this community had a large independent center surrounded by 13 "patch towns." Among notable structures built by Berwind-White were the Wilmore Building here (1914) and Arcadia Theatre ...

Graham's Battery - Poague's Battalion

Pender's Division - Hill's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Hill's Corps Pender's Division

Poague's Battalion Graham's Battery

The Charlotte N.C. Artillery

Two Napoleons, Two 12 pounder Howitzers

July 2 Late in the evening the Napoleons were placed in position here.

July 3 At 7 a.m. they opened ...