57th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers

1st Brigade, 1st Division

(Front):57th Penn'a.

Veteran Vol's.

1st Brig. 1st Div.

3rd Corps.

The regiment occupied

this position, exposed to a

heavy artillery fire on the

afternoon of July 2, for two

hours, when it advanced 170

feet and engaged the enemy.

(Left):Mustered in

October & November 1861

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Re-enlisted

December 30, 1863.

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Mustered out

June ...

The Carnegie Library

Side A:

This Carnegie Library was built in 1916 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation. It was constructed and furnished from a Carnegie Corporation grant of $10,000. Pickerington was one of the smallest of the 1,946 communities in the United States ...

Christian-Matern House

Juliet Johnson, daughter of the founder of Marble Falls, married George Christian in 1887. He was one of ten owners of the Texas Mining & Improvement Company that developed the town. The first town lots were sold in 1887, and ...

Pickerington Veterans Memorial

In honor of the men and women of the Armed Services of the United States who so valiantly defend our country's honor in times of war and of peace, and at home or on distant shores.

Dedicated on Armed Forces Day, ...

Baltimore Boulevard

The asphalt slabs you just walked on are pieces of Baltimore Boulevard, a 15-mile road built by developers in the 1950s and destroyed by a storm in 1962. These broken slabs are now used only by gulls, which drop and ...

Lucy Craft Laney

(1854-1933)

A leading educator of the nineteenth century, Lucy Craft Laney was born into a free African-American household in Macon, Georgia. In 1873 she was part of Atlanta University’s first graduating class. After teaching in Macon, Milledgeville, and Savannah, Laney moved ...

Clarke’s Creek Encampment

At Clarke’s Creek, near here, on the night of February 13, 1779, American troops commanded by Col. Elijah Clark, Col. John Dooley and Col. Andrew Pickens, encamped. Very early the next morning, they launched a surprise attack on the British ...

World Record Bass

Approximately two miles from this spot, on June 2, 1932, George W. Perry, a 19-year old farm boy, caught was to become America`s most famous fish. The twenty-two pound four ounce largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoldes) exceeded the existing record by ...

Polk's Firepower

This Model 1829 Cannon # 209 was affectionately called a "32-pounder". This simply means it shot a 32-pound, round iron shot. Most of the large cannons used at Forts DeRussy, Henry, Donelson, Pillow, and Island #10 were this size. Cast ...

Israel Putnam

1718-1790

Putnam County, created in 1842 and re-established in 1854, was named for Major General Israel Putnam, who was commissioned on June 19, 1775 by the Continental Congress. A popular hero of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary ...