Civil War and Spanish War Memorial

Soldiers

of the Civil War 1861-1865

[and]

Spanish War, 1898-1901.

[Honor Roll of Names]

Rawlins Post No. 35.

Department of Nebraska

Grand Army of the Republic

Organized in

Fraternity, Charity & Loyalty

A.D. 1879

Rawlins Relief Corps No. 92

Auziliary

Grand Army of the Republic

Organized in

Fraternity, Charity & Loyalty

A.D. 1889

Marker is on Grant ...

Powhatan Courthouse

The first courthouse was built here about 1783 and around it grew the village of Scottville. Named for Revolutionary War Gen. Charles Scott, who was born in the area, the town eventually became known as Powhatan Court House. The present ...

Powhatan Court House

April 4, 1865

(preface)

After Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant broke through Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s lines at Petersburg on April 2, 1865, Lee ordered the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond. The Army of Northern Virginia retreated west on several roads, ...

Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church

(Front text)

This church was established in 1809. Its first building, a frame church, was built 1.5 mi. N on Broad Branch. The congregation moved to this site in 1829 and built a second church, also a frame building, in ...

Transfer Point

After the occupation of Atlanta by Federal forces, Sept. 2, 1864, the remaining civilians were required to register for transportation to points north or south as desired.

Those electing to go south were carried, with household goods, in army wagons from ...

Pratt's Artillery

On the morning of Oct. 23, 1864 Clarke's Confederate Brigade of Marmaduke's Div. was in line on this hill from 63rd St. Trafficway north across 59th St. facing east to stop Pleasonton's Cavalry. Pratt's two Batteries, Harris' Mo. and Hynson's ...

Grand Army of the Republic / The G.A.R. Hall

(Front):

In 1866 northern Civil War veterans organized the Grand Army of the Republic to fight for veterans' pensions and other benefits. Michigan's first chapter was formed the next year. National membership peaked in 1890 with 409,489 men, while Michigan's ...

First Presbyterian Church

(Front)

In February 1837 the Reverend Calvin Clark, a circuit riding pastor sent by the American Home Missionary Society, met with twenty-four persons and organized the Albion Presbyterian Church. The first church was built in 1840 on the corner ...

First Baptist Church

The Reverend Thomas Z.R. Jones, a traveling missionary, began visiting the Marshall area in 1838. On January 16, 1840, he helped organize the First Baptist Church of Marshall with eight members. The group erected this church in 1850-51. They enlarged ...

Phillips Veterans Memorial

Honor the dead by

serving the living.

This memorial is

dedicated to

all members of the

armed forces

who served their

country honorably

in peace and in war.

May their shadows

always fall in

peaceful surroundings.

1995

Marker is on South Lake Avenue (State Highway 13) north of Walnut Street, on the right ...