Confederate Countermine

Suspecting a Union mine, the Confederates dug two listening galleries here. They narrowly missed striking the Union tunnel, which was deeper. The depressions you see were caused by the cave-in of these galleries.

Marker can be reached from Siege Road 0.4 ...

Sons of the Revolution

This monument honors unknown French soldiers and sailors who gave their lives in the American War of Independence and were buried near here.

Dedicated by President Williams Howard Taft, April 18, 1911

"Our soldiers rest in hallowed ground in a friendly country. ...

Major General James B. McPherson

(Right):Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson.

Atlanta.

July 22, 1864.

(Left):Erected by his comrades

of The Society of

The Army of the Tennessee

Marker is at the intersection of I Street NW and 15th Street NW, on the right when traveling ...

The New Franklin Viaduct

The Need

When the Missouri, Kansas and Texas (MKT) Railroad established a division in Franklin, Mo., a switching yard was located south of New Franklin. This switching yard contained seven sets of tracks plus the through line. Missouri Highway 5 entered ...

Crater of Mine

Excavated by

The 48th Regt. Penn. Vet. Vol. Inf.

Burnside's 9th Corps,

July 30, 1864.

Marker can be reached from Siege Road 0.4 miles east of South Crater Road (U.S. 460).

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Liberty Tree

Upper tablet: This tablet is placed upon the Liberty Tree by the Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution of Annapolis, Maryland, October 19, 1907 to commemorate the first treaty made here with the Susquehannocks in 1652, ...

Gracie’s Salient

This salient named for Brig.-Genl. Archibald Gracie of Alabama, faced the Federal Forts Stedman and Haskell and was successfully held by the Confederates during the entire siege of Petersburg.

Marker can be reached from Siege Road 1.6 miles south of East ...

Site of Hayden's Ferry

1200 Feet Northeast of This Marker

Established in 1871, when the Salt River was a flowing stream and a barrier to travel the ferry was held on course by a wire cable taut across the river. It was an important link ...

Veterans Memorial

"Lest We Forget"

"Dedicated to the men

and women who

honorabley serve in

the Armed Forces of

the United States,

past, present and future

during war and peace.

Their devotion to duty,

since the birth of this

nation, will never be

forgotten."

Dedicated November 16, 2003

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President Hoover

On this Site

President Hoover

Addressed an audience of 75,000

at the Celebration of the

Sesque Centennial

of the Battle of Kings Mountain

Oct. 7, 1930

Marker can be reached from Kings Mountain Park Road, on the right when traveling east.

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