Iron Springs

On the night of Nov. 17, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman’s army [US], which had marched south from Atlanta on Nov 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, reached Jackson and camped in ...

Broadkiln Hundred

Originally known as Broadkill Hundred, after

creek of that name, kill being Dutch work for

creek. Name changed by General Assembly 1833

when Georgetown Hundred was set off. In 1835

Act was repealed, and Broadkiln Hundred embraced

same territory as ...

St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church

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Free blacks and former slaves organized an African Methodist Episcopal congregation in Corydon by 1843. In 1851, church trustees purchased land in Corydon in order to build a church and for school purposes. In 1878, church trustees purchased land ...

War! – “It Is All Hell”

General William Tecumseh Sherman made this now famous statement on August 11, 1880, in a speech at a reunion of Civil War veterans, held on this site, then the Ohio State Fairgrounds.

Erected August 11, 1949

Marker can be reached from East ...

Historic Baptist Church

Circa 1884

On May 17, 1872, seventeen people convened in the Community House on Church Street or “Holy Row,” now called Sunset Drive, in the fledgling town of Norcross. During the meeting, this inspired group organized The Baptist Church of Christ ...

Confederate Dead and Hospitals

Twenty-four Confederate soldiers are buried here. These men, veterans of many hard fought battles, died in the Confederate hospitals located here, 1863-1865. They were the Hood, Hill, Lumpkin, and several temporary ones. Among the gallant Confederate women who served in ...

Introduction

Perryville

The Battle of Perryville

In the summer of 1862, Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s Army of the Mississippi invaded Kentucky. Bragg hoped to enlist recruits, pull Union troops out of Tennessee, and hold Kentucky for the Confederacy. With these objectives in mind, ...

The Hanover Spectator Covers the Battle

"Our town on Tuesday for the first time saw and felt all the incidents, scenes and horrors of actual war." The Hanover Spectator, founded by Senary Leader in 1844, was owned by his widow, Maria, at the time of the ...

Girls' Dormitory (120)

During the first decade of the Theodore Roosevelt School, girls were housed in the old fort hospital. Since the old barracks that housed the boys was inadequate, a new boys' dormitory was scheduled for construction in 1931. Before that construction ...

Maynard E. Sensenbrenner

Hilltop

Dedicated July 4, 1992 by the Citizens of Columbus

Maynard E. Sensenbrenner served four terms as mayor of the City of Columbus, 1954-1959 and 1964-1971, longer than any other mayor. During this time he was responsible for the farsighted annexation policy ...