Frederick Hambright

[Front]:

Col. Frederick Hambright (1727-1817), a prominent militia officer of the American Revolution, lived his last 25 years in a house which stood 200 yds. NE. Hambright, born in Germany, emigrated to America as a boy, and settled in N.C. by ...

Frederick W. Schmidt

This monument has been placed here in memory of Frederick W. Schmidt

1865-1926

By the trustees of his estate

Mr. Schmidt owned and operated the nearby Millington Quarry which opened in 1895. He later organized the North Jersey Quarry Company which in 1950 ...

Fredericksburg Campaign, December 1862

The Battle of Fredericksburg began on the morning of December 11, 1862, when Confederate sharpshooters opened fire on Federal engineers building a pontoon bridge by which the Union Army of the Potomac planned to cross the Rappahannock River. Fredericksburg's defenders ...

Prince Frederick's Chapel

[Front]

The first church on this site, known as Prince Frederick's Chapel, Pee Dee, was built in 1848 on a site donated by the Rev. Hugh Fraser in 1834. Most of its parishioners were rice planters along the Pee Dee ...

James Frederick Hanley

Side A:

Born February 17, 1892 in Rensselaer; became part of New York Tin Pan Alley music scene. Wrote for Broadway musicals such hits as "Second Hand Rose" (Grant Clarke, lyrics) for Fanny Brice (1921 Ziegfeld Follies) and "Zing! Went the ...

Col. Frederick Hambright

This Tablet

Marks the spot where

Col. Frederick Hambright

was wounded

Marker can be reached from Kings Mountain Park Road, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Frederick County / Shenandoah County

Frederick County. Area 485 Square Miles. Formed in 1738 from Orange, and named for Frederick, Prince of Wales, Father of King George III. Several battles were fought in the vicinity of Winchester, 1862–1864.

Shenandoah County. Area 510 Square Miles. Formed ...

Carl Frederick Zeidler

January 4, 1908 – November 7, 1942

Milwaukee born and educated, lawyer Carl F. Zeidler became Milwaukee’s 33rd mayor in April, 1940, when he defeated Daniel W. Hoan, Socialist mayor since 1916. In April, 1942, Zeidler left office to enter ...

Fredericksburg

Where 100,000 Fell

Because of the immense amount of fighting that occurred here, the Fredericksburg area has been called the vortex of the Civil War. Four major battles - Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House - resulting in approximately 100,000 ...

Fredericksburg

Civil War Sites

For 18 months Fredericksburg was at the heart of the Civil War. Union and Confederate soldiers camped here, fought here and died here. Today there are many sites within the city. Civil War walking tour information is ...