Lewis & Clark at Old Fort Jefferson

Long before Lewis and Clark stopped near Wickliffe in western Kentucky on their outbound trip to the west, Fort Jefferson had been built in 1780-81 by George Rogers Clark during the Revolutionary War as an outpost against British-led Indian attacks. ...

Seizing the Initiative

Come on, you volunteers, .... You volunteered to be killed for love of country and now you can be ....

Brigadier General Charles F. Smith

When the Confederates attacked the Union right flank with such force on February 15 in an attempt ...

Jackson's Virginia Battery

Buckner's Division

C.S.A.

Brigadier General

Simon B. Buckner's Division

Jackson's Virginia BatteryThis battery of four pieces occupied this position on the night of February 13, 1862. On February 15, it proceeded with the division to the left of the intrenchments where it participated in ...

Bartlett's Battery

Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery - Crittenden's Division

(front)

Ohio

Battery G

1st Light Artillery

Commanded by

Capt. Joseph Bartlett

Crittenden's (5th) Division

Army of the Ohio

(back)

This battery of 6 guns went into action here at 10 a.m., April 7, 1862, and was engaged two hours, when ...

Richardson's Battery

Battery D, 1st Missouri Light Artillery - W.H.L. Wallace's Division

U.S.

Richardson's Battery,

"D" 1st MO. Lt. Art., W.H.L. Wallace's (2d) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This battery, of two 10 pdr. and two 20 pdr. Parrott guns, was in action here from 9 a.m. ...

The Bell at Augusta State University

The Bell, donated to the College by the

Georgia Railroad Bank, came from the

last steam locomotive of the Georgia

Railroad. In 1957, the bank also funded

the building of the tower to house the bell,

which at one time ...

Mendenhall's Battery

Batteries H & M, 4th United States Artillery - Crittenden's Division

U.S.

Army of the Ohio.

Mendenhall's Batteries,

"H" & "M" 4th United States Artillery,

Crittenden's (5th) Division

These batteries, with four guns, were engaged here

from about noon to 2 p.m. April 7, 1862.

Marker is on ...

Steiger House at Mercersburg

Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart, during the first Chambersburg Raid (October 1862), stopped in Mercersburg at Bridgeside, the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Steiger. He intended to use the house as his headquarters while his troops rounded up supplies and ...

Ambush at Mercersburg

On July 3, 1863, three Confederate riders in Mercersburg’s town square were ambushed by two Union stragglers. Bullets passed through Private J.W. Alban, killing him and also the horse of the rider beside him. The third man quickly galloped out ...

Lyles Station

[Side 'One']

Settled in late 1840s by Joshua and Sanford Lyles, former slaves from Tennessee. African Methodist Episcopal Church (since 1860) and schools (1865-1958) played important roles in sustaining the community. On land donated by Joshua Lyles, railroad companies maintained a ...