Battery H, 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

First Brigade - Second Division - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps

Second Division First Brigade

3rd Penna. Heavy Artillery

Section Battery H

Two 3 inch Rifles

Captain William D. Rank

July 2 Marched with the 2d. Cavalry Division and went into position on the Hanover ...

The Battle of Lexington

Sept. 18, 19 and 20, 1861

At the onset of the Civil War Missouri was of particular importance as the westernmost border state, gateway to the western territories and bordered by the Mississippi River. Militarily the situation was grave. On Aug. ...

Montgomery Theatre

Opened in Oct. 1860 as the South moved closer to secession, the theatre was significant in the social, cultural and political life of the city. In the early months, John Wilkes Booth performed here, Bryant Minstrels introduced "Dixie," which was ...

Wisconsin State Fair Park

In 1892, this site became the permanent home of the Wisconsin State Fair after its purchase a year earlier by the State Agricultural Society. Until then, the Fair had moved annually since the first one in Janesville in 1851.

Over ...

Battle Park

During the Battle of White Plains, the Americans under General Washington were forced off Chatterton’s Hill after inflicting heavy casualties on British troops, checking their advance into Westchester.

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

Marker is on Battle Avenue, on the right when traveling ...

15th Battery New York Light Artillery

First Brigade - Artillery Reserve

Army of the Potomac

First Brigade Artillery Reserve

New York Light Artillery

15th Battery

Four 12 pounders

Captain Patrick Hart commanding

July 2 Engaged in the Peach Orchard retired about dark and reported to Brig. Gen. R.O. Tyler Artillery Reserve.

July 3 Ordered ...

The Battle of Lexington

Sept. 18, 19 and 20, 1861

Col. James Mulligan knew that his men in the outer entrenchments were easy targets for the Southern soldiers who had scampered to the second floor and roof of the Anderson House. It was from this ...

Battle of White Plains

Chatterton’s Hill, October 28, 1776

The American Revolutionary War

1776 2001

Phases of Action

October 28th

Morning

1. Americans Occupy Chatterton’s Hill

2. British Approach from the South

3. American Pickets Retreat

4. Hessians Under Rahl Seize Hill

5. British Bombard Chatterton’s Hill

Midday

6. British and Hessians Cross Bronx River

7. Hessians ...

Battery E, 5th Massachusetts Light Artillery

First Brigade - Artillery Reserve

Army of the Potomac

First Brigade Artillery Reserve

Massachusetts Light Artillery

5th Battery E

Six 3 inch Rifles

Captain Charles A. Phillips Commanding

July 2 Withdrew at 5 p.m. from the field near the Peach Orchard and went into Battery here.

July 3 ...

The Battle of Lexington

September 18, 19, 20, 1861

William Oliver Anderson (1794-1873) and his son-in-law, Henry Howard Gratz, had built a prosperous business in Lexington around hemp production and rope making in the 1850’s. Prior to the Civil War, Anderson became one of the ...