William Tecumseh Sherman

Lancaster’s native son, Civil War General William

Tecumseh Sherman, was a four star military

genius. He played a major role in the Union

victory during the Civil War as a brilliant commander

and grand strategist who revolutionized war by

incorporating psychological and economic warfare

into his ...

Arnold Post No. 46 World War Memorial

In memory

of the

Veterans

of the

Great World War

1914 - 1918

Courtesy hmdb.org

Marblehead World War II – Korean War Monument

[ left panel ]

World War II

1941 – 1946

Richard W. Ahlman Jr. • James S. Baily Jr. • Clifford G. Barry • Sidney A. Benson • James E. Brophy • Charles L. Carlson • John W. Clark Jr. • Frederick T. ...

93rd Pennsylvania Infantry

3d Brigade, 3d Division

(Front):93d Penna. Infantry.

3d Brigade, 3d Division, 6th Corps.

July 2nd & 3rd 1863.

(Left):After

charging with

the Brigade from

the right of Little Round

Top in the evening of July 2d

and assisting in the repulse

of the enemy and in the capture

of a number ...

A Landscape and Lifestyle Defined by Water

Of English Origin ...

A Landscape and Lifestyle Defined by Water

Dorchester County consists of 688 square miles of which approximately 1/3 is water. The extensive waterways and marshland have played a significant role in the development of the county. Only 20 ...

The Rock

A geologic phenomenon known as a “glowing avalanche” formed Castle Rock and the other buttes of Douglas County 36.7 million years ago. A volcanic eruption near Mount Princeton, about 95 miles southwest of here, spewed a frothy, gleaming cloud of ...

Choptank River's Natural History

Melting Glaciers created the Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay was once the extended valley of the Susquehanna River, which flowed directly into the ocean near the mouth of the bay. The Bay and all its tributaries were once non-tidal freshwater rivers ...

Old Grist Mill Site

1876

Just west on the river, W.R Milligan built the first grist mill & sawmill in Round Valley, later a brick kiln was added. Subsequent owners included the Udall Bros. & J.P. Rothlisberger who built the barn just ahead.

Marker is on ...

A Nameless Grave

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“A soldier of the Union mustered out,”

is the inscription on an unknown grave

at Newport News, beside the salt-sea wave,

nameless and dateless; sentinel or scout

shot down in skirmish, or disastrous rout

of battle when the loud artillery drave

its iron ...

Pioneer Schoolhouse & Chapel

Approximately one mile west John M. Horner built the first American schoolhouse non-Catholic chapel in Centerville, Alameda County, 1850. Said to be the first Latter Day Saint Chapel in California. A small structure with three windows in the side and ...