Dinwiddie Courthouse

Sheridan advanced to this place on March 29, 1865, while Warren was attacking Anderson about three miles north. On March 31 Sheridan moved south but was checked by Pickett and driven back to the courthouse. That night Pickett withdrew to ...

Rocky Rest

Built 1860 by Gen. Adam R. Johnson. Of hand-hewn stone, logs. High windows and thick walls kept out Indians.

Marker can be reached from Oakland Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Montgomery County's Tribute to her Heroic Dead

[Front Side - in Stone]:

Montgomery County's

Tribute to her Heroic Dead

Mexican War 1846 - 1948

Men Enrolled 98

War for the Union 1861 - 1865

Men Enrolled 2,971

Spanish American War 1898

Men Enrolled 264

[Under Both Statues:]:

"Lest We Forget"

[Back Side - ...

Rockvale

The once thriving community of Rockvale began as a pioneer settlement in the 1850s. A log cabin built in 1855 served as a school and church. A baptist church was erected in 1856 and had eight charter members. Over 36 ...

Orange and Alexandria Railroad

Accotink Park Road lies on the right-of-way of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, which linked markets in northern and central Virginia. Construction began in March 1850, and the line was extended to Manassas in 1851 and to Gordonsville in March ...

Spirit of Roanoke Island

Recreating History

The Spirit of Roanoke Island, completed in 2000 by volunteers of the North Carolina Maritime Museum on Roanoke Island, is a fine example of the shad boat. A traditional work boat built of juniper (Atlantic white cedar) and fastened ...

Governor O. M. Roberts' House

President of the 1861 Secession Convention and a Confederate officer, Oran M. Robert (1815-1898) served as governor of Texas from 1879 to 1883. After leaving office, he became a law professor at the University of Texas. He built this cottage ...

Saint Phillips Monumental A.M.E. Church

The first African Methodist Church in Georgia was organized by the Rev. A. L. Stanford on June 16, 1865, at Savannah, Georgia and was given the name Saint Phillip African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Two months and fifteen days later, the ...

Site Of Filature

Erected 1753

Where colony's production of silk was reeled until 1771. Building then used for public purposes. President Washington attended a ball here in 1791.

Building destroyed by fire in 1859.

Marker is at the intersection of Abercorn Street and E.St Julian ...

A Patriotic Pulpit

The Rostrum is beautifully located in a grove of native trees ... and will be very greatly appreciated by the people who attend the Decoration [Memorial Day] ceremonies.

James Gall, Quartermaster Department Inspector, after inspecting the new Stones River rostrum in ...