John Ruch

Lived here. He came to Franklin Co. in 1872 from Ohio. In 1892, with the aid of J. B. Killebrew, agricultural agent of the N. C. & St. L. RR. and former State Commissioner of Agriculture, he imported from France ...

Washington – Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

Washington – Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

Wethersfield

French General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and thousands of French ground and naval forces arrived in Newport in July of 1780 to assist the Americans in the War for Independence. ...

Long Bridge

One mile south is Long Bridge over the Chickahominy River. Benedict Arnold sent Simcoe there in the British invasion of 1781. Longstreet crossed there in the Peninsular Campaign, May, 1862. Grant's Fifth and Second Corps crossed there, in June, 1864, ...

Advance of the 17th A.C. Toward the River

July 4, 1864. Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair’s 17th A. C. of McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee & Stoneman’s cavalry [US], moved from Sandtown rd. E. on this, the old Turner’s Ferry rd. to outflank Johnston’s Smyrna – Ruff’s Mill ...

Church of the Redeemer

The first Anglican church in Orangeburg Township

was established about 1750 by John Giessendanner,

and a chapel at Orangeburg was later provided by

the Act of 1768 that created St. Matthew's Parish.

Following a long dormant period, the Episcopal

Church ...

Fort Clark/The Bombardment of Fort Hatteras

Side A:Fort ClarkHatteras Inlet, defended by Forts Clark and Hatteras, was a strategic port of entry for troops and supplies providing deep water access to the vital intercoastal waterways. In later May of 1881, the Federal Blockade Board of Strategy ...

Gloucester World War II Monument

[ inscribed around the base of the globe ]

We Fought For Freedom Around The World

[ plaque on central column ]

Gloucester

Remembers

1941 – World War II – 1945

The people of Gloucester proudly dedicate this memorial to our citizens who served and sacrificed ...

Rebecca Randall Bryan

In memory of Rebecca Randall Bryan. “On March 22, 1856, Thomas Randall conveyed to Abraham W. Bessent and John S. Thomas, trustees of the Baptist Church, this plot of ground, with title to exist for so long as it continued ...

Long Bridge

Crossing the Chickahominy

In a well-coordinated movement, Grant’s army crept away from the grim experience at Cold Harbor and marched rapidly for the Chickahominy River crossings.

A Union soldier writing home from Long Bridge on June 13, 1864, was not impressed: “I ...

Union Artillery 12 Pound Howitzers

At the time of the Battle of Fort Pillow, these two northern embrasures or openings in the parapet were fortified with 12 pound howitzers. This type of artillery was extremely effective in hilly country such as is found around Fort ...