Battery H, 3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Battery H

3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

1st Brigade 2d Division

Cavalry Corps

Mounted as a battery of light artillery May 6 1863

Second Section Participated in the Battle

Mustered in

January 19 1863

Mustered out July 25, 1865

Temporarily attached to

the 1st Brigade 2d Division

Cavalry Corps

from June 28 to ...

Battle of Ratcliff's Bridge

On March 6, 1781 General Thomas Sumter with a force of 250 men was attacked by a British detachment commanded by Major Fraser about 3 miles northeast at the head of Stirrup Branch. In a running fight, the Gamecock retreated ...

Green's Battery - Jones's Battalion

Early's Division - Ewell's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Ewell's Corps Early's Division

Jones's Battalion Green's Battery

Louisiana Guard Artillery

Two 10 pounder Parrotts and two 3 inch rifles

July 3 After taking part in the fighting on the previous two days at Gettysburg and Hunterstown ...

Old State Bank Building

Erected 1833, Cost $9,482. Classic Revival design. Listed on National Register of Historic Places. Decatur Branch, Bank of The State of Alabama. Chartered 1832 by state legislature, profitable until 1837, charter revoked 1842 and closed. 1842-1901 used as residence, Union ...

Breathed's Battery - Beckham's Battalion

Stuart's Horse Artillery

Army of Northern Virginia

Stuart's Horse Artillery

Beckham's Battalion Breathed's Battery

Four 3 Inch Rifles

July 3 The battery arrived here about 2 p.m. and took an active part in the fight until its ample supply of ammunition received in the forenoon ...

Steamboating on the Suwannee

In the late 19th century, steamboats docked regularly at the old depot in Branford (originally called Rowland's Bluff) when the settlement was a major port on the Suwannee River. From here the steam powered vessels carried the region's cotton, lumber, ...

A County Older Than The State, Morgan County

Alabama Territorial Legislature created this county in 1818 from lands ceded by Cherokee Indians in 1816. County first named Cotaco, for large creek in county.

Named Morgan County in 1821 for Maj. Gen. Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary hero, winner over British at ...

Ellerslie Plantation

John Greenville McNeel came to Texas in 1822 with his parents and brothers. Each of the men received land grants from the Mexican government as members of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colony.

Located near this site was the ...

Murrisk Abbey / National Famine Monument / Statue of St Patrick

Clew Bay Archaeological Trail sites 6, 7, 8

Murrisk Abbey • site 6

Muraisc - Sea Marsh

Murrisk Abbey was founded circa 1456 by the Augustinian Friars because “the inhabitants of those parts have not hitherto been instructed in their faith.” It quickly ...

George Washington at Will's Creek

Our founding father spent much time in this vicinity when a young man as surveyor, ambassador, aide-de-camp to General Braddock, and commander of Virginia military forces. This cabin served as his headquarters during part of this time.

Young George was a ...