Ross' Battery

2nd Michigan Light Artillery - Hurlbut's Division

U.S.

Ross' Battery,

2nd Michigan Lt. Art., Hurlbut's (4th) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee

This battery, with six guns, was in action here from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. April 6, 1862. It fell back to its camp ...

Confederate Counterattack

After Union troops burned the railroad bridge they began to leave the field. The Confederates decided to re-cross the river by way of a wagon bridge one half mile above the railroad and counterattack the small Union rear guard.

The ...

George Washington Statue

George Washington was born in Virginia on February 22, 1732. As a boy, he excelled in field sports, and though

his formal education was limited, he exhibited skill in mathematics and surveying.

In the French and Indian War, though ...

Powell's Battery

Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery - Unassigned

(front)

Illinois

Battery "F"

2nd Regiment Lt. Artillery

Unassigned

Army of the Tennessee

(back)

Powell's Battery, "F"

Capt. J.W. Powell, wounded.

Reached this position about 10:00 a.m., April 6, 1862, and until 4 p.m. was in action on this line. Casualties in ...

Public Latin School

1635 – 1935

On this site stood the

Public Latin School

1748 – 1844

Directly opposite stood the first

and the second school building

occupied by this school

1645 – 1748

This tablet placed here

on the 300th anniversary

April 23 1935 by the City of Boston

Marker is at the ...

Foote's Gunboat Flotilla

The gunboat flotilla that Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote launched against Forts Henry and Donelson consisted of both timberclad and ironclad vessels. The timberclads - Conestoga, Lexington, and Tyler - were commercial river steamers converted to gunboats by adding heavy ...

Boston Public Latin School

On this spot stood the

First House

erected for the use of the

Boston Public Latin School.

This School has been constantly

Maintained since it was Established

by the following Vote of the town:

At a General meeting upon Public Notice

it was agreed upon that our Brother

Philemon ...

Poteat Hall

In Memorial

Edwin McNeil Poteat, D.D., L.L.D

1861-1937

President 1903-1918

Teacher 1934-1937

Courtesy hmdb.org

Second Bank of the United States

[Top Marker]

This Building Erected in 1817

for a branch of the

Second Bank of the United States

was acquired in 1835, and has been

occupied continuously since that

date by the Bank of Charleston

whose name was changed ...

First Fighting at Fort Clinton

Erected June 25 1921

When The British Attacked Forts

Clinton And Montgomery Oct. 6 1777

The First Fighting Occurred Over

The Outworks Located At This Point

Gen. Geo. Clinton Commanded the American Forces

Sir Henry Clinton Commanded the British Forces