Captain Ulric Dahlgren

Commanded a detachment of Union cavalry that made a surprise attack on a larger force of Confederate cavalry on this square, July 2, 1863. Important papers for General Lee were taken from the men who were captured.

Marker is at the ...

Cooper County World War Memorial

They died that Freedom might

not perish from the Earth

1917-1919

Stanley Ira Bell • Oscar H. Bishop

Merritt H. Boswell • Mack L. Blackstone

William O. Diel • John Edwards

Sidney E. Emery • Harry English

Lon S. Fairfax • Richard Wm. Haller

Emmett W. Hamilton • ...

Clock Tower

Built in 1859

The first stone fortress in the far west. Originally had two towers, but following an accidental explosure in 1912, it was rebuilt with only one tower and the present clock was installed. Buring the building’s history, it has ...

Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument

[ North Side ]

A Tribute

To the Memory of the Men

Who Risked Their Lives That

The Nation Might Live

1861-1865

[ South Side ]

Erected By

George Van Horn Post

No. 39. G.A.R.

And Friends

[ Battle ...

Gettysburg Campaign

Gen. Robert E. Lee reached Chambersburg June 26, 1863. Hearing June 28 that Union troops under Gen. Joseph Hooker had crossed the Potomac to Frederick, he decided to unite his forces at Cashtown; and left the city by this road.

Capture of Boonville

To commemorate the battles

June 17th. and Sept. 13th. 1861

and capture of Boonville

Oct. 16, 1864

See marker four blocks south

Monument Committee G.A.R.

C. C. Bell, Commander

F. J. Boller, Quartermaster.

1931

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Missouri Route 5/87) and Court Street, on ...

Naval Assault at Drewry’s Bluff

On May 15, 1862 a small federal fleet including the ironclads, the Monitor, the Galena, and three wooden war ships sailed up the James River to try to enter the Confederate capital at Richmond. Their efforts were blocked at Drewry’s ...

Veterans Memorial

[center panel]

June 24, 1989

Dedicated to those from

Pierce County

who gave their lives

in service to their country.

Given by

Bob and Evelyn Young,

Ellsworth Class of 1939,

Pierce County Posts,

Chapters and Auxiliaries.

American Legion

Bay City 357 · Plum City 365

Ellsworth 204 · Prescott 61

Elmwood 207 · River ...

Freedom Road

Michigan Legal Milestone

Beginning in 1829, Penn, Calvin, and Porter townships in Cass County were settled by Quakers who migrated there. Free Blacks also settled there, and both groups lived in harmony. Blacks in Cass County enjoyed many rights, such ...

Osborne Landing

Captain John Smith’s Adventures on the James

The Arrohateck Indians lived along the James River north of the Appomattox. They met Smith and his comrades on their initial journey up the James, paddling out to meet the English on a small ...