U.S. Army Camel Corps

U.S. Army Camel Corps The proposal to use camels for commerce and transportation in the arid southwest came about in the 1830s, but it was under U.S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis that the idea became a reality. The first ...

Little Turtle

Miami Chief Mishikinakwa or Me-she-kin-no-quah, known to the Euro-Americans as Little Turtle, born circa 1747, played a significant role in the settlement of the area surrounding the confluence of the Three Rivers. He was the most successful Native American resistance ...

Charlottesville General Hospital

During the Civil War, the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, the Charlottesville town hall and the courthouse, as well as nearby homes and hotels were converted into a makeshift hospital complex called the Charlottesville General Hospital. It treated more ...

The Pony Express

In

Commemoration of

The Pony Express

A fleeting but exciting epoch in the

Winning of the West

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Erected April 4, 1963

by Harrah’s

William F. Harrah, President

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The first Pony Express rider passed here

April 4, 1860 on his way to

Friday’s Station

A remount point 4/10ths of a ...

Stewart's Advance

Perryville

The battle opened with great fury. To your left, Donelson's brigade hurled themselves against the Union lines, but their attack momentarily stalled. In the fields to your right, Maney's Confederate brigade also assaulted the Federal position.

To support these troops, Brigadier ...

Lamington Black Cemetery

19th Century Burial Grounds on the National Register of Historical Places

There are 97 identified graves here: 36 with names and 61 unknown, including former slaves and free blacks who were members of the Lamington Presbyterian Church. Remains of 5 Civil ...

Site of Milford's First Methodist Church

The beginning of Methodism in this community

can be traced to the organization of a local

“society” in 1777. Early meetings were held

in the homes of its members. On December 3, 1787,

Joseph Oliver conveyed a lot of ground ...

The Birth Of Ybor City

In Oct. 1885, John T. Lesley sold to V. Martinez Ybor & Co. the first tract of land on which was built the original Ybor City. Purchased for $9,000 cash, Tampa citizens underwrote $4,000 of this amount to the new ...

Artillery Brigade

First Corps

Army of the Potomac

First Corps

Artillery Brigade

Col. Charles S. Wainwright

Maine 2d Battery B Six 3 inch Rifles

Capt. James A. Hall

Maine 5th Battery E Six 12 pounders

Captain Greenleaf T. Stevens, Lieut. Edward K. Whittier

1st New York Battery L Four 3 inch ...

Angel of Marye's Heights

While the Civil War entailed immense destruction and tragedy, it did not always engender hate. For two days following the battle, wounded Union soldiers, caught between the lines, cried out for water. Though exposure to enemy fire even for a ...