Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road

A “Timbered Turnpike”

The Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road, built between 1851 and 1853, was the first all-weather route connecting Southside Virginia’s tobacco and wheat farms with the market. Pine and oak planks, 8 feet long, 1 foot wide, and 3-4 ...

Boylston House & Boxwood Gardens

The National Register

of Historic Places

South Carolina

Department of Archives

and History:

Boylston House

& Boxwood Gardens

Marker can be reached from the intersection of 829 Richland Street and Lincoln Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Forbes Field

The first all steel and concrete ballpark in the nation, Forbes Field was home to the Pirates, site of four World Series in 1909, 1925, 1927, & 1960 and two All-Star games. Hosted the Homestead Grays, Steelers, and Pitt Panthers, ...

The Old Arbor

The old arbor was the first building used by the people of Bethel. It is believed to have been built in the early 1800s. The land on which the arbor and church were built was given by John Bramlett, Solomon ...

Sultana Tragedy

On April 27, 1865 the Sultana, a 260 foot, wooden-hulled, steamboat exploded, burned, and sank on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee. Approximately 2400 people were on board, six times the ship's legal limit. More than 1700 lives were lost ...

The Garrison Defending Fort Sumter

During the Bombardment

Erected by the United States

1932

In memory of the Garrison

Defending Fort Sumter

during the bombardment

April 12-14, 1861

Major Robert Anderson

First U.S. Artillery

commandingCorps of Engineers

Captain John G. Foster

1st Lieut. George W. ...

Latimer's Battalion

Johnson's Division - Ewell's Corps

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia

Ewell's Corps - Johnson's Division

Latimer's Battalion

Brown's Carpenter's Dement's and Raine's

Batteries

Two 20 Pounder Parrotts, Five 10 Pounder Parrotts

Three 3 inch Rifles and Six Napoleons

July 1 After dark crossed Rock Creek and encamped on this ...

Old Post Road: Count Rochambeau’s Troops

Old Post Road Established 1666. Count Rochambeau’s troops camped here September 9, 1781 after having crossed the Susquehanna River on their way to the siege of Yorktown, Va.

Marker is on Lewis Lane 0.1 miles from Old Post Road (Maryland Route ...

Boydton Academic and Bible Institute

Boydton, Virginia

Boydton Academic and Bible Institute was opened in 1879 in building that had been abandoned by Randolph-Macon College when it moved to Ashland in 1868. Dr. Charles Cullis, a humanitarian from Boston, purchased the property in 1878 and opened ...

Havre de Grace

War of 1812

Here on the morning of May 3, 1813, British Forces under Admiral Cockburn landed, sacked, and burned the town. The principal defenses were two small batteries on Concord Point. The “Potato Battery” on high ground was manned to ...