Israel's Creek

Meeting House Cemetery

Internments dating from 1817

Plaque erected 1965

by Glade Valley Grange

with cooperation of Methodist Church

Walkersville, Maryland

Marker is at the intersection of Woodsboro Pike (State Highway 194) and Devilbliss Bridge Road, on the right when traveling north on Woodsboro Pike.

Courtesy ...

T.R. School Cafeteria (119)

This stone cafeteria building was constructed in 1948-1949 to serve the students of the Theodore Roosevelt School. It is the last building constructed here that is part of the Fort Apache Historic District. Before the construction of this building, the ...

Confederate Cemetery

Perryville

When the Battle of Perryville ended, hundreds of dead soldiers were left on the battlefield. The Confederates, who attacked the Union battle lines, lost 532 killed, 2,641 wounded, and 228 missing (3,401 total). Federal losses were just as staggering. The ...

The Home of Major William E. Simmons

William E. Simmons, one of Gwinnett County’s foremost citizens, was born in Lawrenceville on August 26, 1839. After graduating at the top of his class from Emory College, he assumed editorship of the Lawrenceville News. In 1861, he became an ...

Sgt. Harris B. Cope Memorial

(base)

Dedicated to the memory of

Sgt. Harris B. Cope

Company G

16th Tennessee Infantry

who fell in the fields ahead

October 8, 1862

(top)

Donelson’s Brigade

The brigade of Brig. Gen. Daniel S. Donelson (nephew of President Andrew Jackson) consisted of the 8th, 15th, 16th, 38th, and 51st ...

Pirogue Landing

Terminal point where French-Canadian boats, hollowed from 30-60 foot poplar logs, brought families and cargo up the Maumee River from Toledo and Detroit, and returned furs to Lake Erie in exchange for traders' supplies, from the late 1700's until the ...

Killed in Action at Hanover

Reformed Cemetery

Hanover photographer Peter S. Weaver, who operated a studio on Baltimore Street, recorded this view dated February 6, 1964. The man holding the book in the photo is Samuel Weaver, Peter's father. Samuel supervised the operation in which the ...

First Settlement of Perryville

Perryville

The area around this cave was the site of Perryville’s original settlement, Harbison’s Station. Named for its founder, James Harbison, the station was settled in the 1770s. Harbison and the group of Virginians traveling with him chose this location because ...

Theodore Roosevelt School (118)

On January 24, 1923 an act was passed by Congress authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to establish and maintain an Indian boarding school on the site of Fort Apache. The first students were Dine' (Navajo) children brought from the ...

The Turning Point

Elements from the 2nd North Carolina Cavalry Regiment charged past this point in pursuit of disorganized remnants of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment which was retreating toward the railroad tracks. The Union Cavalry appeared to have abandoned Hanover.

Earlier that morning, ...