13th New York Infantry

Second Battle of Manassas

August 30, 1862

3:15 p.m.

1st Brigade (Roberts), First Division (Morell)

Fifth Corps (Porter), Army of the Potomac, USA

13th New York Infantry

("Rochester Regiment")

Col. Elisha G. Marshall

"The Rebel infantry poured in their volleys, ...

Site of San Agustín Springs

Here on July 27, 1861, less than 300 Confederate troops intercepted 500 Union soldiers retreating from Fort Fillmore to Fort Stanton. Exhausted from the heat and famished for water, the Union troops straggled across the desert in a five-mile evacuation ...

Wick Farm Garden

These plants and plots recreate a farm garden during the American Revolution.

This year's garden has been researched, worked, and interpreted by the Herb Society of America, Northern New Jersey Unit, in cooperation with---

Morristown National Historic Park.

Marker is on Cemetery Road, ...

Railroads: Union Pacific & Burlington Northern

Railroads played a key role in the development of the Heritage Highway corridor. Trains brought settlers and goods west to the new towns and took farm products back to market. As times have changed and transportation has evolved, many ...

Homesteading: The Cry was Free Land!!!

The Homestead Act of 1862 was one of the most significant and enduring events in the westward expansion of the United States. By granting 160 acres of free land to claimants, it allowed nearly any man or woman the chance ...

Fork Union Military Academy

Founded in 1898 by Dr. William E. Hatcher with the assistance of Charles G. Snead, Fork Union Academy established military training as part of the curriculum in 1902. It served as a coeducational school until 1909, when the trustees transformed ...

Bradford Fire of 1920

On the evening of August 3, 1920, at 10:30, two men hurrying home after working at the local Railway Y.M.C.A. discovered smoke and flames at the D. Arnold & Sons Lumber Company. Bradford firemen, with the help of area ...

Tale of Ensign James Liggett / Major Adam Charles Muir, 41st Reg

[Front Side of Marker]: "Tale of Ensign James Liggett"

After American militia troops forcibly ended the 1812 siege of Fort Wayne, General James Winchester's Army of the Northwest marched down the north side of the Miami [Maumee] River to stop or ...

Bradford

Bradford began in 1852 as a construction camp of the Columbus, Piqua, and Indiana Railroad. When the Richmond and Covington Railroad made a junction here in 1864, the village grew with the railroad yard. There were 60 miles of ...

Replica of the Statue of Liberty

With the faith and courage of

their forefathers who made

possible the freedom of these

United States

The Boy Scouts of America

dedicate this copy of the

Statue of Liberty as a pledge

of everlasting fidelity and

and loyalty

The Crusade to Strengthen Liberty

Marker is on 2nd Street near ...