28th Signal Battalion

Dedicated to the honor and the men and women

of

the 28th Signal Battalion

and

the lineage organizations

103rd Field Signal Battalion

28th Signal Company

They have proudly served since 1908

demonstrating skills as soldiers

and

communicators

during war and peace

each has given an unselfish measure

of their lives

while being ever vigilant

guardians ...

Gathering

On June 15, 1897 John and Maggie Simpson donated land on which to build a Gathering place for residents of the valley.This structure became known as the Clubhouse and originally housed the gun club. The Clubhouse also became a community ...

Henry Pattillo

1726-1801

Presbyterian minister, legislator, author of textbooks. Served many churches in Virginia & North Carolina. Home & school ¼ mile West.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 15 and Stovall Road (Local Route 1506), on the left when traveling north on ...

The Jackson State Bank

was organized by Robert Miller in 1914 and was located on Crabtree Corner. Most of the initial capital of $10,000 was subscribed to by local citizens. Mr. Miller's nickname was "Old Twelve Percent" due to the high interest rate he ...

John Muir at Cedar Key

John Muir, noted naturalist and conservation leader, spent several months in Florida in 1867. He arrived at Cedar Key in October, seven weeks after setting out from Indiana on a "thousand-mile walk to the Gulf." Muir's journal account of his ...

Altamont – Confederate Railroad Raid

On April 26, 1863, a detachment of Confederate Capt. John H. McNeill’s partisan rangers attacked the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad facilities here at Altamont. They were part of a larger group that entered Oakland that Sunday as Confederate Gen. William ...

The Observatory

Latitude Observatory Park

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Assistant, Edwin Smith or Rockville, Maryland, was assigned to oversee construction and operations at the Gaithersburg Observatory. Original plans for the Ukiah and Gaithersburg Observatories, prepared by the Central Bureau in Germany, specified ...

Sumter District Confederate Dead

(East face)

Decr 20

1860

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The

Women

of

Sumter District

to their

Confederate

Dead

— • —

Erected 1876

by

The Ladies Monumental Assoc.

of Sumter District

Deeded to Dick Anderson

Chapter no. 75, Inc.,

United Daughters ...

McGregor's Battery - Beckham's Battalion

Stuart's Horse Artillery

Army of Northern Virginia

Stuart's Horse Artilery

Beckham's Battalion McGregor's Battery

Two Napoleons and two 3 inch Rifles

July 3 The Battery took an active part in the fight arriving about 2 p.m. and keeping up its fire until the ample supply ...

Battle of Mount Elon

Three miles south of Mount Elon on the night of Feb. 27, 1865, a mounted Union detachment led by Captain William Duncan encountered a superior force of Confederate cavalry commanded by Colonel Hugh K. Aiken. After a sharp hand to ...