When the Iron was Hot: African America Ironworkers of Muirkirk

The Snowden family owned Patuxent Ironworks until 1847 when Andrew and Elias Ellicott purchased land from the Snowdens and erected the Muirkirk Furnace. The Ellicotts operated the Furnace until 1860 when it was purchased by one of Boston’s leading iron ...

Colonial Craftsmen

Until a few decades before the American Revolution, Boston was the largest port in the British colonies. It thrived on maritime trade, shipbuilding, and the work of hundreds of craftspeople. While the tombs of the rich merchants and politicians ring ...

Freemasons of Pennsylvania

“In remembrance of the Continental Army led by George Washington, a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and in honor of the many Freemasons who were part of the encampment at this site, the Freemasons of Pennsylvania place this monument so ...

A Government Factory Town

Harpers Ferry owed its existence principally to the United States armory, which began producing small arms here in 1801. At its height, this factory produced more than 10,000 weapons a year and employed 400 workers.

The armory affected the everyday lives ...

52d Ohio Infantry

McCook's Brigade - Davis' Division

52d Ohio Infantry.

McCook's Brig., Davi's Div., 14th Corps.

Maj. James T. Holmes.

Nov. 25, 1863.Davis' Division, in which this regiment served, was concentrated at Caldwell's crossing opposite the mouth of the west Chickamauga, previous to the arrival of ...

Jefferson Rock

Twenty years before Lewis came to town, his mentor, Thomas Jefferson, wrote about the view from this rock. Jefferson's comments on the landscape were published in Notes on the State of Virginia. That book provided a model for Lewis as ...

74th Ohio Infantry

Starkweather's Brigade - Johnson's Division

74th Ohio Infantry.

Starkweather's Brig., Johnson's Div., 14th Corps.

Maj. Michael H. Locher.

Nov. 25, 1863.At the opening of the battle this regiment, with its brigade, occupied the right of the line of earthworks in ...

First County Courthouse

The first court house where Alameda County government began, June 6, 1853. Officials met in two-story wooden building erected by Henry C. Smith and A. M. Church as merchandise store. Seat of government moved to San Leandro in 1856 following ...

18th Ohio Infantry

Stanley's Brigade — Negley's Division

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18th Ohio Infantry

Stanley's Brigade, Negley's Division, Thomas Corps.

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This regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Grosvenor, moved to the support of General Beatty at Glass' Mill September 19, 1863, at 9:00 A.M. ...

Captain Benjamin F. Eddins

Born in South Carolina in 1813, Benjamin Farrar Eddins raised and led a company of volunteers that served in the 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment.

Retired due to ill health, he returned to lead the Home Guards, a militia made up of ...