Humphrey Station

This site was originally called Mechanicsville, gradually changing to Humphrey Station after Miles Humphreys' store. Miles Humphreys came to California to join his brother John after the Civil War and saw an opportunity by opening his store at this crossroads. ...

Fort Donelson Confederate Monument

(Front):This shaft is dedicated

as an altar of remembrance

to the Confederate soldiers

who fought at Fort Donelson

February, 1862

by the

Daughters of the Confederacy

of Tennessee

"There is no holier spot of ground

than where defeated valor lies"

(Left):

"______________ here was the place of battle. You who have ...

United States Naval Training Station

Great Lakes, Illinois

Land donated, 1905,

by

The Commercial Club of Chicago,

Theodore Roosevelt, President,

Paul Morton, Secretary of the Navy,

F. A. Delano, President, Commercial Club, Chicago,

Graeme Stewart, Member, Commercial Club, Chicago.

Station Dedicated 1911.

William H. Taft, President,

George Von L. Meyer, Secretary of the Navy,

George C. ...

Alamance County Confederate Memorial

To Commemorate With Grateful Love the Patriotism, Valor, and Devotion to Duty, of the Brave Soldiers of Alamance County.

(Back):

"On Fame's Eternal Camping Ground, Their Silent Tents are Spread, and Glory Guards, with Solemn Round, the Bivouac of the ...

The Silver Brook Gateway

This 15 acre property was purchased by Harding Township and the Harding Land Trust in 2003 in partnership with the Morris County Open Space Preservation Trust and the State of New Jersey Green Acres program. It is a key link ...

Porter's Battery

Brown's Brigade

C.S.A.

Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner's Division

Colonel John C. Brown's Brigade

Porter's BatteryThis battery of 6 guns occupied the salient sweeping all approaches to the front and flanking the trenches to the right and left.

On February 13, 1862, the battery assisted ...

“Captain, We’ve Got It At Last” - The Charge of the 14th U.S. Co

“A Hard Nut To Crack”

As sharp shooting and artillery fire continued throughout the morning of October 28, Granger and Doolittle determined to launch an attack upon the Confederate battery at the edge of the Tennessee River, whose fire threatened the ...

The Great Lakes Football Team

Great Lakes History Trail Stop 9

Throughout WWI and WWII, athletic opportunities for recruits included swimming, basketball, hockey, water polo, boxing, wrestling and track & field. But, it was in WWI football that Great Lakes achieved national prominence. Among the thousands ...

Rededication of Naval Training Center Great Lakes

To commemorate the rededication of

Naval Training Center Great Lakes

in honor of all who served here

from 1911 to 1986

Marker is on Decatur Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Confederate Leadership at Decatur - McCartney Hotel Site

“A Hard Nut To Crack”

You are facing the site of the McCartney Hotel, where Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston established his headquarters while reorganizing the Confederate Army of the West in March, 1862. Johnston spent almost two weeks here after ...