Death of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon

At or near this spot fell

Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon

Born Ashford, Conn. 1818

Graduated U.S Military

Academy, 1841. Commander

of the Federal forces

In The Battle of Wilson Creek

August 10, 1861

This marker is erected by

The University Club of

Springfield, MO. In honor of

General Lyon and ...

Cushing's Union Battery

July 3, 1863 - Third Day

"No, I stay right here and fight it out, or die in the attempt."

Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing, U.S.A.

4th U.S. Artillery, Battery A

Battery A, 4th United States Artillery, commanded by Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing, held this ...

The Oaks Plantation

The Oaks Plantation was established

on the Santee River in 1705 by a grant

from the Lords Proprietors to John

Sauseau, a French Huguenot settler.

It passed through several owners in

the prominent Buchanan and Withers

families before 1793, when brothers

Isaac and William Mazyck acquired a

tract ...

Featherston’s Brigade

Gen. W.S. Featherston’s Mississippi brigade of Loring’s div., Stewart’s A.C., [CS] together with Scott’s brigade (on his left), advanced from trenches at & near Loring’s Hill, .9 miles S.W. Traversing a broken area of tangled forest, the brigade crossed Tanyard ...

Commemorating the Raising of the First American Flag within the

Commemorating

the raising of the

First American Flag

within the Walled

City of Tucson

Dec 16, 1846

Marker can be reached from West Alameda Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old State Capitol

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A reproduction of Georgia’s State Capitol 1807-1867 stands on the original site. Wings to the main building were added in 1828 and 1837. Here the Secession Convention met Jan. 16, 1861 and after three days of bitter ...

Engagement at James City

On 10 October 1863 Confederate cavalry cormmanded by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart engaged Union

cavalry and infantry under Brig. Gen. H. Judson

Kilpatrick and Maj. Gen. William H. French at

James City (present-day Leon). The two forces

confronted each other atop the ridges on ...

Statehouse Square

On this tract of twenty acres was built the Statehouse, the original wing of which was completed in 1811. Later additions were made until 1835 when it was finished in its present form. Near the Statehouse stood the Arsenal and ...

Confederate Conference

On June 26, 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee, and staff, entered this square. After conferring with Gen. A.P. Hill, near the middle of the 'Diamond', Lee turned eastward and made headquarters at the edge of town.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Old State Capitol

Erected in 1852, this historic building was ostensibly intended for Benicia City Hall, offered as the State Capitol and promptly accepted, it had that honor from February 4, 1853 to February 25, 1854. Deeded to state in 1951, it was ...