Joseph Bailey / Jeremiah Rusk

Civil War 1861 - 1865

(Front):

Joseph Bailey

U.S. Major General

Born: 1825, Penn Township, Morgan County

Awarded the “Thanks of Congress” citation

Jeremiah Rusk

U.S. Brigadier General

Born: 1830, Deerfield Township, Morgan County

W.I.A. 1865

U.S. Sec. of Agri. Governor, Wisconsin

(Rear):

Placed by:

The help of generous donors

to Camp Governor William ...

J. Frank Demster Memorial Park

Malta Village Mayor

January 1, 1976 to July 19, 1988

Malta Village Clerk-Treasurer

November 1, 1973 to December 31, 1975

Marker is at the intersection of Front Street and 5th Street, on the left when traveling south on Front Street.

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Trooper Jessica Jean Cheney

State Police

— In Memory of —

Jessica Jean Cheney

January 17th 1998

"What she lacked in experience, she made up for in hard work and spirit."

-E. Futrell

Marker is on Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling south.

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SS Savannah and SS John Randolph

The first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, the SS SAVANNAH, sailed from this harbor on May 22, 1819 and reached Liverpool 27 days later. The anniversary of her sailing, May 22, is celebrated as National Maritime Day. Captain Moses ...

John Wright Stanley House

Home of Revolutionary War leader; and his son John, Congressman & state legislator. House moved and restored 1966-70 by the Tryon Palace Commission.

Marker is on George Street just north of Pollock Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Jefferson Davis Dined in This House

Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederate

States of America

Dined in this House,

The former home of

Brigadier General

William H. Wallace

April 28, 1865

Marker is on East Main Street, on the right when traveling east.

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The Battle For Iwo Jima

Iwo Jima's location midway between Japan and American bomber bases in the Mariana Islands was key to both countries strategies. Since the summer of 1944, American long-range B-29 bombers had been flying 2,700 miles to strike the Japanese Home Islands. ...

Major "Dick" Bong

"America's Ace of Aces"

It was here that Major Richard I. Bong was born, received his education, and grew to manhood. After attending Superior State College where he received his first pilot training, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps on ...

Major General William Sooy Smith

Side A:

Major General William Sooy Smith was born in Tarlton on July 22, 1830. He attended Ohio University and supported himself throughout his college undergraduate career, graduating in 1849. He then entered the United States Military Academy at West Point ...

John McQueen Taylor

April 24, 1812 – March 14, 1887

Tennessee native John McQueen Taylor came to Texas with his family in 1829 as a settler in the Empresario Grant of Lorenzo de Zavala. Taylor fought in the Anahuac disturbances of 1834 and later, ...