Perryvile and the Emancipation Proclamation

In mid-1862, President Abraham Lincoln wrestled with the idea of issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. With Confederate armies pressing into Maryland and Kentucky, Lincoln realized that he could not issue the Proclamation until the Union secured a major military victory. In ...

Chatsworth Honor Roll

In Memory of Those

Chatsworth Honor Roll

In memory of those

who served in the Armed Forces

World War I

Anderson, Andrew • Anderson, Willis • Carr, Ballington B. • Griffee, Joseph • Leduc, Albert • Messler, Ernest • Messler, Jesse • Prickett, Albert N. ...

136th New York Infantry

2d Brigade, 2d Division

(Front):136th New York

Infantry,

2d Brig. 2d Div.

11th Corps.

(Left):July 1st 2d 3d 1863.

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Number engaged ____

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Casualties;

Killed 17,

Wounded 89,

Missing 3,

Total 109,

(Right):Mustered in

Sept. 26th 1862,

Mustered out

June 13th 1865.

Recruited in

Allegany, Livingston,

and Wyoming Counties,

New York.

(Back):Transferred to

the Army of

the Cumberland

Oct. 1863.

Marker is on Taneytown Road ...

Quanah Parker

Comanche chief Quanah Parker was a son of two cultures. He was born about 1845 along Elk Creek, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). His Anglo mother was Cynthia Ann Parker, taken captive in a May 1836 raid and adopted by Qua-Ha-Di (Antelope) ...

The Waters Ran Red

This sluggish creek is known as Bloody Run in memory of the violent hand-to-hand fighting that occurred here.

Bloody Run flows east to west, winding through the woods. During the battle the brush-choked stream and its gentle slopes provided the only ...

Moravian Community

Community organized June 25, 1742. The oldest buildings are on West Church Street. Those marked are; Gemeinhaus, Sisters' House, Bell House, Brothers' House, and Old Chapel.

Marker is on Main Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Athens College Veteran's Memorial

Dedicated to those who gave their lives in defense of their country by the veteran students of Athens College

Marker can be reached from the intersection of East Pryor Street and Elkton Street, on the left when traveling west.

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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church was established in Tampa in 1871. Its first service was held in the hospital building at Fort Brooke. A wooden church was erected in 1883 on the city block bounded by Marion, Twiggs, Morgan, and Madison ...

A Limited Resource

All living things depend on water to service. Water covers almost three quarters of the earth's surface, but only three percent of it is fresh water, and less than one third of that is usable. The remaining fresh water is ...

Railroad Station Site

Southern Pacific Railroad reached Soledad in 1873. Until 1886, Soledad was the transportation hub for the Southern Monterey County.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Front Street on Main Street.

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