Battle of Westport

Position of Opposing Forces - 11a.m. Oct. 23, 1864

Gen. Sterling Price was on this spot at 11:00 a.m. but retired before the armies had reached this disposition.

Positions after the Union flank attack. Lines moved back and forth with ...

United States Customhouse

United States Customhouse

Has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the

history of the

United States of America

Marker is at the intersection of Canal Street and Decatur/Magazine Street, on the right when ...

Athens Big Spring Memorial Park

Dedicated to the early settlers, men and women who served in the armed forces and kept our country free. August 12, 1989.

Marker can be reached from Beaty Street North east of Market Street/Buck Island Road.

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March to Appomattox

Part of Lee's army passed here retreating westward, April 8, 1865. The Sixth (Wright's) Corps of Grant's Army passed here, in pursuit, in the afternoon of the same day, moving on toward Appomattox.

Marker is at the intersection of James Madison ...

Retreat from Chinn Ridge

Expecting to outflank the Rebels, Col. Oliver O. Howard's Maine and Vermont regiments reached the top of this rise in two lines of battle. Suddenly the air exploded with shell fragments. A Confederate battery had opened fire from the Chinn ...

West Point Monument at Elmwood Cemetery

In the Memory of Our Heroes, 1861 - 1865

Erected by the Norfolk Memorial Association in the memory of our heroes, 1861 - 1865

Marker can be reached from East Princess Anne Road.

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Battle of Westport

Action on the Third Day

Near this point on the morning of October 23, 1864, Capt. Richard A. Collins' Confederate battery of Shelby's Brigade went into action, supported by two cavalry battalions. for two hours this battery dueled with the ...

Athens, Alabama

(Side A):

Athens was incorporated in 1818, one year prior to the admission of Alabama as the 22nd state. It is the seat of Limestone County, created by an act of the Alabama Territorial Legislature. Athens has a legacy of providing ...

Death of Fletcher Webster

On the morning of the 30th, Col. Fletcher Webster wrote his wife:

"If a fight comes off, it will be to-day or to-morrow & will be a most dreadful & decisive one. This may be my last letter, dear love, for ...

The First United States Soldiers to Be Stationed at the Pass of

1848 – 1948

By authority of War Department Orders of

November 7, 1848

The First United States Soldiers

to be stationed at the Pass of the North

Camped in this Area

Regimental Headquarters and Six Companies

of the Third Infantry

Major Jefferson Van Horne Commanding

arrived in El ...