Jefferson Davis' Flight

Having crossed the Catawba at Nation Ford, April 27, 1865, the President of the Confederacy fled south along this road following the fall of Richmond. He was accompanied by the remaining members of his cabinet and a detachment of cavalry ...

Major General Joseph Bradford Carr

1828 – 1895

[Left of Monument: ]

United States Volunteer Service.

Mustered in United States Service   May 14, 1861.

Commissions.

Colonel   Second New York Volunteers, May 10, 1861.

Brigadier General United States Volunteers, Sept. 7, 1862.

Major General ...

Ebenezer Confederate Memorial

[West side]

Remembering how they resisted oppression and injustice, defended truth and the right, fought for their native land, enduring hardship and sacrifice. We assume the sacred trust of perpetuating their memory with love and devotion.

Comrades

[East side]

To our Confederate soldiers.

Erected by ...

Town of Ebenezer

This former farming community grew up around Ebenezer Presbyterian Church which had been organized by 1785. Here was located the famed Ebenezer Academy often called "The Athens of York." The first post office was established as Ebenezer Academy in 1822. ...

Birthplace of Daniel Harvey Hill

Hill's Iron Works

[South side]

Birthplace of Daniel Harvey Hill

Lieutenant General in the Confederate States Army

Soldier, Educator, Author

A worthy son of the land we love.

[East side]

S.68.44 W. 737 feet from this point was the site of Hill's Iron Works.

The original corner stone ...

J.F. Kinney House / P.M. Kinney House

J.F. Kinney House

This house was built as a one-story residence in 1902 for Dr. John Frank Kinney (1870-1928) and his wife Florence McLeod Kinney (1874-1936). They added a second story and wraparound porch in 1907 and raised their five ...

“a place of importance” - Union Leadership at Decatur

“A Hard Nut To Crack”

The Decatur crossing of the Tennessee River was used extensively by Union forces. In the Fall of 1863, elements of Major General William T. Sherman’s Army of the Tennessee passed through Decatur on their way from ...

A Bit of Swiss

In the early 1800s, the Ohio River was the font of Midwestern settlement. Easy river travel helped spur colonization. German speaking Swiss people were among the many ethnic groups who migrated to America seeking economic opportunity and freedom from European ...

Baltimore Infirmary

On this site in 1823 the faculty of the University of Maryland College of Medicine erected the Baltimore Infirmary, the first teaching hospital associated with a degree-granting school of medicine and the original residency program in medical education. The Infirmary, ...

First Methodist Church of Diboll

This congregation was founded about 1897, soon after Diboll was established as a sawmill town. Early worship services were held in a local schoolhouse and in a two-story structure shared with the local Baptist congregation and fraternal organizations. Church leaders ...