Byrne's Mississippi Battery

Trabue's Brigade - Breckinridge's Corps

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Byrne's Mississippi Battery,

Trabue's (1st) Brig., Breckinridge's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battery was engaged here Sunday afternoon from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. April 6, 1862.

Marker can be reached from Corinth-Pittsburg Landing Road, on the left when ...

Meadowmere

This tract of land was once a part of the estate on which General William (Billy) Mitchell (1879-1936) lived as a boy. His fearless and inquisitive personality as a youth carried over into his military career when he spoke out ...

In Memory of Richard Owings

First native born Methodist local preacher, born November 13, 1738, Baltimore County, Maryland. Died October 7, 1786, Leesburg, Virginia and was buried on this spot.

He was converted under the ministry of Robert Strawbridge and Received on Trialin 1775. He ...

Smith's Mississippi Battery

Stephen's Brigade - Cheatham's Division - Polk's Corps

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Smith's Mississippi Battery,

Stephens' (2d) Brig., Cheatham's (2d) Div., Polk's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battery, of six guns, was in action here from about 10 a.m. to 12 m. April 6, 1862.

On Monday it ...

Taras Shevchenko Memorial

[Inscription on south face of the Shevchenko statue base:]

Taras

Shevchenko

1814-1861

Bard of Ukraine

[Inscription on north face of statue base:]

Dedicated to the Liberation, Freedom and Independence of all Captive Nations

This monument of Taras Shevchenko, 19th century Ukrainian poet and fighter for the independence ...

John Wilkes Booth

This is the Garrett Place, where John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Lincoln, was cornered by Union soldiers and killed, April 26, 1865. The house stood a short distance from this spot.

Marker is on U.S. 301 2.5 miles south of U.S. ...

Lee's Stopping Place

Here at Flannagan's (Trice's) Mill, Robert E. Lee spent the night of April 13-14, 1865, on his journey from Appomattox to Richmond.

Marker is at the intersection of Columbia Road and Flanagan Mill Road, on the left when traveling east on ...

First Milwaukee Cargo Pier

Near here, at the foot of Huron (now Clybourn) Street, the first cargo pier in Milwaukee harbor was built by Horatio Stevens, Richard Owens, Amos Tufts and J.G. Kendall during the winter of 1842-43. The first vessel to dock at ...

Campo Stone Store

The pioneer Gaskill brothers of 1868 built a frame store which was raided on December 4, 1875, by border bandits. This fort-like replacement of summer, 1885, was bought in 1896 by E.T. Aiken, resold to Klauber Wangenheim, 1889, and operated ...

William Hooper

One of North Carolina’s three signers of the Declaration of Independence. His home is 150 yds. W. Was buried a few yds. W.

Marker is on Churton Street (Business U.S. 70) near West Tryon Street, on the left when traveling north. ...