Leslie's Retreat

Feb. 26, 1775

Here, in defiance of King George III, local minutemen hid 17 cannons, and were confronted by 300 British troops under command of Colonel Leslie. The Redcoats were routed, with only Joseph Whicher of Salem being wounded. This was ...

Natives, Explorers, Tobacco and Buccaneers

The Early History of Gloucester Point

“I made a draughte of our river…by us discovered.” Robert Tyndall to Henry, Prince of Wales

In 1600, this tidewater land was part of a vast American Indian empire ruled by the Powhatan nation. English mariner ...

Watts' Cellar

1630 - 1930

Near this spot was "Watts Cellar," a landmark before the settlement of Newbury in 1635. An excavation used for the storage of fish by fishermen who visited the New England coast.

Marker is on Merrimac St., on the left ...

After the Surrender at Yorktown

Near this place on October 19, 1781, a surrender occurred one hour after the Surrender at Yorktown. The British troops under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton surrendered to the French Brigadier General M. de Choisy, Commander of the French and American ...

Christ Church Cathedral/Old Christ Church (1831~1890)

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Organized in 1829, Christ Church was Nashville's first Episcopal parish. The present Victorian Gothic church designed by Francis Hatch Kimball of New York, opened for service on Dec. 16, 1894; the tower , by local architect Russell E. Hart was ...

McAllister's Battery

Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery - McClernand's Division

U.S.

McAllister's Battery,

"D" 1st Ill. Lt. Art., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This battery, with 24 pdr. Howitzers, was engaged here from 2 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. April ...

Teatro Grande e Quadriportico/

Great Theatre and Quadriporticus

Il Teatro Grande fu costruito nel II secolo II a.C., addossando la struttura ad una collina lavica e ristrutturato in epoca augustea. La cavea costituita da gradini in tufo o calcare, ospitava circa 5000 persone in tre ...

The Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway

From 1887-1915, seventeen locks and dams were constructed on the Warrior - Tombigbee Rivers. The first 3 were built on the fall line in Tuscaloosa. This was the site of No. 3, later No. 12.

The Warrior - Tombigbee Development Association, ...

Thurber's Battery

Battery I, 1st Missouri Light Artillery - L. Wallace's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee.

Thurber's Battery,

"I" 1st Missouri Artillery,

L. Wallace's (2d) Division.

This battery, with five guns, was engaged here from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. April ...

Affair at Madison Station / Affair at Indian Creek Ford

May 17, 1864 / December 23, 1864

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The largest engagement of the Civil War in Madison County was fought during a driving rainstorm here at the site of the railroad depot. Under the command of Col. Josiah Patterson, the Confederate forces ...