Cobb’s Brigade McLaw’s Division C.S.A.

Lt. Col. Jefferson M. Lamar & Cobbs Georgia Legion

Cobb’s Brigade

McLaw’s Division C.S.A.

——•••—— At 1 P.M. on September 14, 1862, Cobb’s Brigade under Gen. Howell Cobb of Athens, GA. marched from Sandy Hook to Brownsville at the west foot of South ...

Home of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

1828 1914

Major General of United States Volunteers

Recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor for gallant conduct at

Battle of Gettysburg

Governor of Maine 1867 – 1871

President of Bowdoin College 1871 – 1888

Marked by State of Maine Society

Daughters of the American Revolution

1934

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Cedar Lawn

1½ mi. S is 1825 home of John T. A. Washington, a great nephew of the 1st president. Land part of “Harewood” plot of Sam’l Washington, a brother of George. Original site of 1780 home “Berry Hill.”

Marker is at the ...

Forest Lawn Memory Gardens Veterans Monument

[West Facade]

[Seal of the U.S. Army]

World War II

Dedicated

to the Glory of God

and to the Men of All

Wars

[South Facade]

[Seal of the U.S. Navy]

World War I

In Loving Memory

of Our Sons Who Gave

Their Lives

[East Facade]

[Seal of the U.S. Marine Corps]

Vietnam

Dedicated

to All Men in ...

Law and Order in the Carolina Backcountry

1773

The Ninety Six jail stood on this site and the courthouse was about 100 yards from it, near the Charleston Road. After the Revolutionary War, the jail fell into disrepair and its bricks were reused for other purposes. But from ...

1907 Indiana Eugenics Law

[Marker Front]:

By late 1800s, Indiana authorities believed criminality, mental problems, and pauperism were hereditary. Various laws were enacted based on this belief. In 1907, Governor J. Frank Hanly approved first state eugenics law making sterilization mandatory for certain individuals ...

Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park

Historical Significance

Dug by hand, mostly by Irish immigrants, the 66 mile D & R Canal was completed in 1834. 75 feet wide and 8 feet deep, the canal originally had 14 locks to raise and lower boat traffic.

Lincoln's Law Practice

Lincoln illustrator Lloyd Ostendorf imagined this scene in connection with Mt. Pulaski's "cast iron tombstone" case that Lincoln handled on appeal in the Illinois Supreme Court in Springfield (1859). Two local residents separately sued Reuben Miller for fraudulently selling them ...

Caddie Woodlawn

On this site during the Civil War Caroline Augusta Woodhouse, known throughout the world as "Caddie Woodlawn," experienced the excitement of growing up in pioneer Wisconsin. Her tomboy adventures with her two red-headed brothers, and her fearless trust in the ...

Norman Law Firm

Wyatt Thomas Norman and William Harrison Shook, both Cherokee County natives, opened a law office on the Courthouse Square in 1898. George Gibson became a partner in 1918. He later moved to Jacksonville and opened a branch there. Wyatt T. ...