Death of McPherson

The monument in the enclosure was erected by U.S. Army Engineers to mark the site where Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson was killed during the Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864.

McPherson rode S. from the Ga. R.R. when he heard ...

Chickahominy Water Trail

(left panel)

Sustaining a Credible Illusion

The Jamestown settlement was facing a severe food shortage in November of 1607. Captain John

Smith set out to trade for corn with the Indians living along this river. He traveled from one town to another, accepting ...

Atlantic City Workers Monument

Dedicated to the men and women

of organized labor who lost their

lives while working on the

redevelopment of Atlantic City

We honor these workers

[List of 25 names follow]

"You will always be remembered"

Erected April 28, 1998 by the members of the Atlantic - Cape ...

Skirmish at Cow Creek

Near here, on August 27, 1836, Georgia Militia companies commanded by Col. Henry Blair, Captain Lindsay and Capt. Levi J. Knight, fought a skirmish with Creek Indians and routed them, killing two and taking several prisoners. During this summer the ...

Sweeny's March South

July 22, 1864. Sweeny's 16th A.C. div., ordered to support the left of the Federal line in E. Atlanta, was shifted from its camp of the previous night, N. of the Georgia Railroad. It marched S. on the Clay Road ...

Major General Oliver Otis Howard

(Left):Major General Oliver Otis Howard

United States Army

Born Nov. 8, 1830 Died Oct. 26, 1909

(Right):Erected to the memory of

Major General Oliver Otis Howard

and the citizens of Maine

who served their country in the Civil War

Marker is on Baltimore Pike (State Highway 97), ...

Battle of Hunterstown

In the first three days of July 1863, 165,000 soldiers converged on Gettysburg, leaving their mark forever on its land, buildings, and people. Like sparks from a bonfire, fights strayed far outside the town. One encounter took place in Hunterstown. ...

McPherson's Last Ride

July 22, 1864. When Gen. McPherson heard the firing to the S.E. while at lunchen (Whiteford Ave. at R.R.), he mounted his horse & sending away most of his staff on various missions, galloped south to this hill.

Here he observed ...

St. Peter's Bastion

Baluarte de San Pedro

During Queen Anne's War (1702) English siege trenches came "within a pistol shot" of this point. English ships blockaded the harbor and 500 soldiers and indians took the town. The Castillo offered the only safety, so 200 ...

Gresham's Division

July 20, 1864. Brig. Gen. Walter Q. Gresham's 4th div., leading the advance of the 17th A.C. (US) against Wheeler's Cav. (CS) & forcing it W. to Leggett's Hill, halted here at sundown.

Leggett's 3d div. was brought forward & would ...