Counterscarp Battery

Along the outer wall of the ditch you see the counterscarp battery, named for its location on the "counterscarp," or outer wall, of the dry ditch.

This structure sheltered troops who could direct musketry toward the river or into the ditch ...

Battery C, Fifth U.S. Artillery

First Regular Brigade - Artillery Reserve

Army of the Potomac

Artillery Reserve

First Regular Brigade

Battery C Fifth U.S. Artillery

Lieut. Gulian V. Weir commanding

July 2 Arrived at Gettysburg from near Taneytown and in the afternoon was ordered to the front and by direction of ...

Vaughan's Brigade

Hindman's Division - Hardee's Corps.

Vaughan's Brigade

Hindman's Division - Hardee's Corps.

Col. Alfred J. Vaughan, Jr.

Nov. 25, 1863.

11th Tennessee - Col. George W. Gordon.

12th and 47th Tennessee - Col. Wm. M. Watkins.

13th and 154th Tennessee - Lieut. Col. R. W. Pitman.

29th Tennessee ...

20th New York State Militia

Ulster Guard

(Front):20th New York State Militia

Ulster Guard

(80th N.Y. Infantry)

From a position south of this point the 20th New York State Militia delivered a most destructive fire into the attacking southerners' right flank. As the enemy infantry moved obliquely to the ...

Gloucester Fishermen's Memorial

Gloucester Fishermen's Memorial

For nearly four centuries the history of Gloucester has been the story of America's greatest fishing port. With this memorial we commemorate the lives and the legacy of those who died at sea while fishing.

The first settlers came ...

Preserving Baymen Heritage

Industry & Trade

Local mariners or “baymen,” found that they could support themselves almost entirely from the rich harvest of waterfowl, crabs, flounder, clams, oysters, and other native resources of the back bays. To navigate the shallow depths of these intercoastal ...

Snee Farm

The country home of Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), Snee Farm stands about 0.7 mi. west of here. One of SC's signers of the US Constitution, Pinckney also served in the General Assembly and in Congress. He was elected governor of SC ...

Blynman Bridge

Blynman Bridge

1907

In Honor Of

Richard Blynman

First Minister and Leading Citizen

Of Gloucester

Who in 1643 Dug This

Canal Uniting River and Bay

G.H.S.

Marker is at the intersection of Western Avenue (Massachusetts Route 127) and Perkins Road, on the right when traveling north on Western Avenue. ...

Old Revolutionary Cannon

Mounted by

Toms River Camera Club

1908

Marker is on Washington Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Santa Rosa

Population—2,469 - Elevation—4,620 ft.

The Spanish explorer Antonio de Espejo passed through this area in 1583, as did Gaspar Castaño de Sosa in 1590. Santa Rosa, the Guadalupe County seat, was laid out on the ranch of Celso Baca y Baca, ...