Battle of Bennington Second Engagement

August 16th 1777

Battle Of Bennington

Second engagement

At this point occurred the defeat of Colonel Breyman, who commanded a force of 600 men sent by General Burgoyne to reinforce Colonel Baum. Seth Warner and his regiment of Vermont rangers ...

Battle of Bennington First Engagement

General John Stark with New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts militia defeated and captured an expeditionary force sent by General Burgoyne and commanded by Colonel Baum.

This was one of the first decisive victories in the War of the Revolution.

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Gänseviertel (Goosetown)

Goosetown began forming around the flour mills, brewery, and railroad tracks circa 1870. Settlers were largely German-Bohemian Catholics of peasant stock who farmed and worked in nearby industries. Inhabitants kept geese which were free to roam, thus the name "Goosetown." ...

The Flagstaff

The U.S. Army built the original flagstaff at the second Fort Smith in 1846. As with many western military posts, the flagstaff stood tall so that its flag could be seen for miles. To attain a height of nearly 100 ...

Preserving the President’s Legacy

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

“ . . . I believe that my Father was the greatest man this country ever produced!”

Martha Johnson Patterson

Three generations of Andrew Johnson’s family devoted time and effort to preserve his memory and legacy. In ...

The Heart of the Household

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

“At four in the morning I had to be up. I went up and made the fire in [Johnson’s] room, shined his boots, and then made a fire in the kitchen stove. I stood by ...

96th Illinois

Illinois

96th Infantry

2d Brigade.

1st Division.

4th Corps.

Nov. 25, 1863.

Marker is at the intersection of Point Park Road and East Brow Road on Point Park Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

An Early Home

Andrew Johnson National Historic Park

Andrew Johnson and his family lived in this two-story brick house from some time in the 1830s until 1851. During these years, Johnson’s life changed drastically as he ventured from the tailoring trade into politics. After ...

The Metropolitan Branch and Takoma Park

Geology

This section of the trail is on the border of two physiographic provinces, the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont Region, display traces of two different times on Earth.

The Coastal Plain stretches south and east from where you are standing ...

Greenville Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Founded 1841

The original log church on Irish Street served until 1860 when the present structure was begun on land purchased from Andrew Johnson.

The War Between the States saw the church used as a hospital and stable.

The cannon ball in the ...