A County Older Than The State, Greene County

Named for Revolutionary hero,

General Nathaniel Greene,

who drove British from Southeast.

Area explored by DeSoto, 1540.

Claimed as French Louisiana, 1699.

Ceded to England, 1763.

Ceded by Choctaw Nation, 1816.

Made a territorial county, 1819.

Eutaw, county seat, is named

for Greene’s victory at

Eutaw Springs, South Carolina.

Marker is ...

Federal Troops and Casualties at Fort Donelson

U.S.A.

McClearnand's Division strength 8000, killed 311, wounded 1058, missing 183 - Aggregate 1552

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Oglesby's Brigade killed 184, wounded 603, missing 66 - Aggregate 853

• Wallace's Brigade killed 99, wounded 350, missing 98 - Aggregate 547

• Morrison's Brigade killed 28, wounded ...

Asa Chatfield Farm

The farmhouse which stood near here was used as an American observation post. Between the engagements, Patriot pickets held the near side of the Middle Ravine; British pickets, the far side.

Marker is on Park Tour Road, on the right ...

Site of Chatfield Farm

American and British advance pickets often exchanged musket fire across Middle Ravine during the weeks that followed the Battle of September 19, 1777.

Then, on the afternoon of October 7, excited American pickets reported large formations of Crown Forces advancing ...

"...the pathos of those poor wounded men..."

Completed in 1836, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church's building is the oldest in Gettysburg used continuously for religious worship.

During the battle of Gettysburg it became a haven for serving humanity. When the first wounded appeared along Chambersburg Street, the church's doors ...

Great Ship Lock

The first Great Ship Lock was built in 1816. It connected the navigable part of the James River with the Richmond city dock, which extended for 10 blocks to the west. The lock raised sailing ships and steamboats approximately 13 ...

Army and Air National Guard Veterans Memorial

Dedicated in honor and memory of all past, present and future members of the Army and Air National Guard

[ Obverse Side ]

Monument inspired by Family Readiness Group Co C 1st BN 152nd Infantry

Tell City, Indiana

May 24th, 2003

Marker is at ...

Stephen Tyng Mather

July 4, 1867 - Jan. 22, 1930

He laid the foundation of the National Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to ...

The Observatory Mound

The form of this mound is unique among all the known Hopewellian mounds. Some 19th century archaeologists thought that the builders had planned to extend a set of parallel walls from the circle, bu thene changed their minds and blocked ...

National Grange

Near this site

The National Grange of

the Patrons of Husbandry

was organized on December 4, 1867

in the office of the

Superintendent of

the Propagating Gardens

Department of Agriculture

The founders of the Grange were:

Oliver H. Kelley, ...