Shackelford Hall

Built during 1929, Shackelford Hall opened to students in September 1930. It was named for the institution’s president Edward Madison Shackelford, who served from 1899 to 1936. Adjoining this building was the original dining facility for the campus. The magnolia-lined ...

Mason Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Side A:

In spite of small numbers and being welcomed by the mostly white congregation of First Methodist Episcopal Church, African Americans in Findlay in the 1880s wanted to express their faith in ways that best reflected their freedoms and traditions. ...

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

State of Ohio, Hancock County

United States of America

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

State of Ohio, Hancock County

Civil War

Bensinger, William Captain Georgia 1862

Porter, John R. 1st Lt. Georgia 1862

Scott, John M. Sergeant Georgia 1862

Vance, Wilson J. Brevet Capt. Tenn. 1862

Williams, William H. ...

Union Raid On Coalfield Station

On the first day of Union Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz's second raid (12-17 May 1864) on Confederate railroads around Richmond, 3,000 cavalrymen rode northwest from Bermuda Hundred and passed Chesterfield Court House at 1:00 P.M. Arriving about midnight at ...

The Glass Industry of Findlay, Ohio

In 1884, the first natural gas well was successfully drilled in Findlay, and when The Great Karg Well, then the largest in the world, was drilled in 1886, the boom was on. Many industries, especially glass, were attracted to Findlay, ...

The Construction of Fort Griswold

Stabilization and Preservation of Fort Griswold

In November 1775, Colonel Jedeiah Elderkin was directed by the Governor and the Council of Safety “to view the circumstances of the harbor at New London and neighboring places, and consider of the most proper ...

6th Iowa Infantry

McDowell's Brigade - Sherman's Division

(front)

Iowa

To Her

6th Infantry,

McDowell's (1st) Brigade,

Sherman's (5th) Division,

Army of the Tennessee.

(back)

Iowa

6th Regiment Infantry Volunteers

Commanded by Capt. John Williams (wounded)

Capt. Madison M. Walden

This regiment held a position near its camp on the Purdy road, the extreme right of ...

6th Iowa Infantry

McDowell's Brigade - Sherman's Division

(front)

Iowa

To Her

6th Infantry,

McDowell's (1st) Brigade,

Sherman's (5th) Division,

Army of the Tennessee.

(back)

Iowa

6th Regiment Infantry Volunteers

Commanded by Capt. John Williams (wounded)

Capt. Madison M. Walden

This regiment held a position near its camp on the Purdy road, the extreme right of ...

Confederate Burial Trench #2

To the Confederate Dead

in the Trenches

Erected by Tenn. Division

U.D.C. 1935

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Sherman Road and Corinth-Pittsburg Landing Extension Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

13th Missouri Infantry

McArthur's Brigade - W.H.L. Wallace's Division

U.S.

13th Missouri Infantry,

McArthur's (2d) Brig., W.H.L. Wallace's (2d) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This tablet marks position held by 13th Mo. Sunday night April 6, 1862.

The regiment was engaged with Sherman on Monday.

Marker is on Hamburg-Savannah ...