Colonel John Banister

One mile to the south is the site of Hatcher's Run Plantation and the grave site of Col. John Banister (D. 1787), first mayor of Petersburg and prosperous entrepreneur. Banister represented Dinwiddie County in the House of Burgesses (1765-1775) and ...

Veatch's Brigade

Hurlbut's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee

25th Ind., 14th Ill., 15th Ill.,

Veatch's (2d) Brigade,

Hurlbut's (4th) Division.

On Monday, April 7, 1862, these regiments were in reserve behind the 1st brigade until noon. They were then moved via Ross' headquarters, Duncan House, to McCook's ...

Gibson's Brigade

Ruggles' Division - Bragg's Corps

C.S.

Army of the Mississippi,

4th La., 13th La., 1st Ark.,

Gibson's (1st) Brigade, Ruggles' (1st) Division,

Bragg's Corps.

These regiments were engaged here on Monday April 7, 1862 until about 10.30 A.M.

Marker can be reached from Corinth-Pittsburg Landing Road Extension ...

Blackstone College

Three blocks south is the campus of the former Blackstone Female Institute, after 1915 Blackstone College for Girls, a teacher-training school that opened in 1894 with some 75 students including 29 boarders. James Cannon Jr., a controversial Methodist bishop and ...

North Greenville Baptist Academy

North Greenville Baptist Academy

1892-1957

"A Light Set on a Hill"

Founded by

North Greenville Baptist Association

Courtesy hmdb.org

Harker's Brigade

Sheridan's Division

Harker's Brigade.

Sheridan's Division - Granger's Corps.

Col. Charles G. Harker.

Nov. 25th, 1863.

22d Illinois - Lieut. Col. Francis Swanwick.

27th Illinois - Col. Jonathan R. Miles.

42d Illinois - Col. N. Walworth.

42d Illinois - Capt. Albert M. Tilton.

51st Illinois - Maj. Charles W. ...

Old School Baptist Church

1819

The Locktown Stone Church was built in 1819 by the Kingwood Baptists, placed on the National Register in 1973, purchased in 1979 by Donald B. Jones and donated to Delaware Township, and restored in 1995 by the Friends of the ...

B.B. Comer Hall, 1908

Named for Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1927), Governor of Alabama (1907-1911).

As a member of the University's Corp of Cadets in 1865, Comer witnessed the burning of the campus by Federal troops. Later, as Governor, he strongly supported education and helped secure ...

Birthplace of the Flame of Hope

The Flame of Hope was conceived by His Honour Judge John M. Seneshen, and stands as a symbol for all persons suffering from diabetes around the world. This flame will burn continuously and only be extinguished when it can be ...

University Club

Built 1834 by James Dearing. Purchased by Arthur P. Bagby who occupied the house 1837-41 while Governor of Alabama and since known as the Governor's Mansion. Presented to the University of Alabama 1944 by Herbert David Warner and Mildred Westervelt ...