The Burning of Darien

On June 11, 1863 the seaport of Darien was vandalized and burned by Federal forces stationed on nearby St. Simons Island. The town was largely deserted, most of its 500 residents having sough refuge inland. Lost were public buildings, churches, ...

Battle of Blue Savannah

One fourth mile south of this site General Francis Marion defeated a band of Tories under Captain Barfield on August 13, 1780, by feigning retreat and drawing them into a trap.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 501 and South ...

Fr. Michael J. McGivney

In Loving Memory Of

Fr. Michael J. McGivney

1852 – 1890

Founder of the Knights of Columbus

March 29, 18882

Pastor of St. Thomas Church, Thomaston

1884 – 1890

Founder of the Atlantic Council No. 18

April 8, 1885

This Plaque Presented By The Supreme Council On The 100th

Anniversary ...

Fort Ferree - Overland Inn - Indian Spring

Fort Ferree

built by Gen. Harrison's Army, 1812.

Overland Inn

1814 until 1846, on site Elks Lodge.

Indian Spring

used by Indians 1730 to 1843.

Col. Crawford's Army drank at Spring June 4, 1782.

Charles Dickens stopped at Inn and Spring, 1842.

Scioto Trail led past the Indian ...

Early Settlers / Potatoe Ferry

Early Settlers

Among the first settlers of Williamsburg County, members of the Witherspoon family sailed from Belfast to Charleston in 1734, arriving about December 1. With a year's provisions, they embarked on an open-boat voyage. Traveling up the Black River, the ...

Ohio in the Civil War / Defending Ohio

The Ohio National Guard and the 37th (Buckeye) Infantry Division

Ohio in the Civil War. With five army camps in Columbus, Capitol Square was a military crossroads from 1861 to 1865. Ohio troops were mustered, paid, and on some occasions garrisoned ...

Northfield Soldiers Memorial

[ south side ]

"That the generations to come

might know them."

Lincoln

Lieut. Horace Hubbard

Co. H. 2. C.H.A.

killed Bat. Winchester Va.

Sept. 19, 1864 Æ. 33.

Hiram T. Cooley

Co. D. 2. C.H.A.

killed Bat. Winchester Va.

Sept. 19, 1864 Æ. ...

5th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry

Duryee Zouaves

Erected by the State of New York

September 29, 1906,

to commemorate the heroic services of the

5th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry

(Duryee Zouaves)

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Here, about 4 p.m. August 30, 1862, the regiment, 482 strong, supported ...

The First Presbyterian Church

Organized by the Rev. Washington McKnight, rector of Richmond Academy, in 1804. Met at first at site of St. Paul`s Church, incorporated by the Georgia General Assembly and given a lot on the common by Richmond Academy Trustees. Cornerstone of ...

Site of C.W. Morris Cotton Gin

As was the case in so many small Texas towns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the cotton gin in Edom was a major element in the economy. First opened at this site in 1918 by Ro Dike, ...