Georgia Militia at Griffin

On Nov. 15, 1864. Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith, CSA, was at Lovejoy’s Station (13 miles N) with 2800 infantry of the First Division, Georgia Militia, 3 batteries, and about 250 local reserve cavalry, to support Iverson’s division of Wheeler’s ...

Ohio County / State of Pennsylvania

Ohio County. Formed in 1776 from West Augusta. Named for the river which bears an Indian name meaning “Beautiful River.” Scene of last battle of the Revolution, 1782. Visited by La Salle, Celoron, Gist, Washington, and later explorers.

State of ...

Colonel Patrick Ferguson Memorial

To the memory of

Col. Patrick Ferguson

Seventy-First regiment.

Highland light Infantry.

Born in Aberdeenshire.

Scotland in 1744.

Killed October 7, 1780

in action at

King's Mountain

while in command of

the British Troops.

A soldier of military

distinction and Honor.

This memorial

is from the citizens of

The United States of America

in token ...

Saratoga 1777

The Great Ravine

Here the battle raged

back and forth on

Sept. 19 and Oct. 7.

Here Major Acland

was wounded

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The gift of

Mrs Estelle Willoughby

Marker is on Park Tour Road, on the right when traveling north.

Saratoga 1777

Here Morgan, reluctant to destroy so noble a foe, was forced by patriotic necessity to defeat and slay the gentle and gallant Fraser.

To commemorate the magnanimity of Morgan’s heroic nature and his stern sense of duty to his country, ...

Battery Bailey

During the Civil War, fortifications were constructed around the perimeter of Washington to defend the city from attack by the Confederate Army. Paramount to survival under siege was protection of the city's water supply. Forts Sumner and Mansfield and a ...

Battle at Stones River

December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863

Stones River National Battlefield preserves some key portions of the ground where two great armies of Americans - some 81,000 men - clashed with each other. Their bitter, three-day struggle erupted on New Year's ...

Mather Academy

[Front]

Mather Academy was founded in 1887 by the New England Southern Conference of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. It succeeded a freedmen's school opened during Reconstruction by Sarah Babcock, who returned to Massachusetts, married Rev. James ...

Ancient Trading Path

In past times the ancient paths in Connecticut were formed by large animals as they moved with the seasons and migrated to salt deposits. The Native Americans followed these same paths as they hunted these animals, traded with other tribes ...

Ad Astra Dedication Ceremony

The Ad Astra sculpture on the Capitol dome was dedicated on Monday, November 4, 2002.

The ceremony began with the blessing of the sculpture by Badger Wahwassuck of the Potawatomi Nation. Anna Bergen-Kamerer, granddaughter of the sculptor, followed with a narrative ...