Lee at Violet Bank

Siege Headquarters

Lt. Col. Walter H. Taylor, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s aide, established Lee’s headquarters here at Violet Bank on June 17, 1864, at the beginning of the siege of Petersburg. The city, protected by Confederate defensive works to the ...

The Fur Traders and the Military at Fort Wayne

The French built Fort St. Philippe (Fort Miamis) west of this area by 1722, to command the land portage here between the Maumee and Wabash Rivers. It was important to the French to protect the area in their political competition ...

Logan's 15th & Blair's 17th A.C. to Decatur

July 19, 1864. Logan's troops, in "light fighting order" left camp at Henderson's mill (0.8 mile N.E.), at 5 A.M. & marched to Decatur. They were joined at this point by Blair's corps which had camped at Blake's Mill, 2 ...

Dodge's & Blair's Columns Seperate

July 19th, 1864. Blair's 17th A.C. followed by Dodge's 16th (US), having camped near Blake's Mill, 6 mi. N. on the old Shallow Ford Rd. the night before, moved S. to this point where their lines of march diverged.

Dodge's ...

Battle of Decatur

During the Battle of Decatur on July 22nd 1864 there was hot fighting in and around the old courthouse which stood on this square.

Wheeler's Cavalry made a gallant charge here and captured a battery of federal artillery with officers and ...

Perryville Confederate Memorial

(front, south)

Confederate Memorial

Nor braver bled for a brighter land, no brighter land had a cause so grand.

(side, east)

On flames eternal camping ground their tents are spread. And glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead.

Capt. Cogar • Capt. ...

10th Maine Battalion

10th Maine

Battalion,

Provost Guard.

12th Corps Hd.qrs.

Maj. Genl. Slocum.

Marker is on Baltimore Pike (State Highway 97), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Steatite Boulder

This steatite boulder was found on the site of a prehistoric quarry along Soapstone Ridge 8 miles south of Decatur. It shows the methods of Indians in making stone bowls, with the first girdling of the stone to remove workable ...

Plattsburg Bay

Plattsburg Bay

has been designated a

REGISTERED NATIONAL

HISTORIC LANDMARK

under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating and illustrating

the history of the United States

Marker can be reached from Cumberland Avenue. ...

Andrew Atkinson Humphreys

Cadet U.S. Military Academy July 1 1827, Brevet Second Lieutenant 2d U.S. Artillery July 1 1831, Second Lieutenant July 1 1831, First Lieutenant August 16 1836, Resigned September 30 1836, First Lieutenant Topographical Engineers U.S. Army July 7 1838, Captain ...