York Under Siege 1781

Early in October French-American forces closed their grip on the besieged British army in Yorktown and bombarded the town with their combined artillery. Incessant shellfire drove townspeople to seek shelter under this bluff and forced the British commander, Lord Cornwallis, ...

Murphy Settlement

Side 1

The Murphy families were among early pioneer settlers who migrated from Duplin and Sampson Counties, North Carolina to this area between the 1790’s and early 1800’s. This area and surrounding land was inhabited by Lower Creek Indian tribes with ...

Boydton

County Seat of Mecklenburg

Mecklenburg County was established March 1, 1765, and named for George III’s consort, Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The first court met on March 11, 1765, at the home of Mr. Richard Swepson in the new county seat, ...

General George A. Custer

Born Dec. 5, 1839, New Rumley, Ohio.

Graduated U.S. Military Academy, June 1861.

Brigadier General Volunteers June 29, 1863.

Brevet Major General Volunteers Oct., 1864.

Commanded Michigan Brigade of cavalry at Battle of Gettysburg, and 3rd Division of Sheridan's Cavalry ...

Babb's Settlement

Ante-bellum domain of Joel Babb (1809~1882) - on Mill Cr., foot of Rocky Face at Dug Gap.

May 8, 1864. 1 A. M.: Col. W.C.P. Breckinridge’s 9th Ky., Grigsby’s brigade, Wheeler’s cav., descended from Dug Gap & patrolled the roads N. ...

Battle of Dug Gap

May 8, 1864. Maj. Gen. J.W. Geary, with Buschbeck`s & Candy`s brigades of the 2d div., 20th A.C., moving from near Gordon`s Springs, reached this, the Babb Settlement, at 3 p.m.

Planting McGill`s Penna. Battery (3 inch Rodman guns) near Joel ...

General U. S Grant took Command

General U. S Grant

near this spot on June 15, 1861

took command of his first

troops in the Civil War

21st Ill. Inf.

Marker is on Broadway Avenue west of South 17th Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Spanish-American War Veterans Monument

[West Plaque]:

Spanish War Veterans Insignia

[South Plaque]:

South Carolina Troops

in the Spanish-American War

First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry

Second South Carolina Volunteer Infantry

Anderson's Battery Heavy Artillery

South Carolina Naval Militia

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South Carolinians who volunteered for

The Yellow Fever Test in Cuba

were honored by the United States Congress

with ...

Sophia’s Dairy

(Probably Sophia’s Dowry)

Left by Captain Hall of Cranberry in 1737 to his daughter Sophia, who married Colonel Thomas White, father of Bishop William White of Philadelphia, Mrs. Robert Morris and Sophia, who married Aquilla Hall. He built this house in ...

National Historic Landmark - Howard High School

First Secondary School for Blacks in Delaware

Founded in 1867 by the Association for the Moral Improvement and Education of Colored People and named for Civil War General Oliver Otis Howard, the original school was located at 12th and Orange Streets.

Pierre ...