Pettigrew and Trimble's Attack

July 3, 1863 - Third Day

"On and on they move, the Yankee lines pouring in their fire at every stop, men falling on every side."

Pvt. William F. Fulton, C.S.A.

5th Alabama Battalion, Pettigrew's Division

The bloody Confederate attack here on July 3 ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- The Last Transcontinental Railroad

The Last Transcontinental Railroad

“It was the finest railroad in America.”

Those were the words of many former employees of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific (Milwaukee Road). This trail follows the route of that glorious railroad. The rails are gone ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- The End of the Road?

Time Runs Out for “America s Resourceful Railroad”

Never-ending financial problems, speedy new interstate highways and jets killed Milwaukee's passenger service to the Pacific Coast by 1961. Stiff freight competition and corporate mismanagement put an end to railroad service altogether in ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Bumps on the Milwaukee Road

In 1925, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company suffered the largest business failure in the history of the United States up to that time.

The bankruptcy resulted from a combination of problems related to the construction of its ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Rough Roads & Wrecks

High steel trestles, long curved tunnels and steep rocky embankments could be accidents waiting to happen…

But diligent, hard-working Milwaukee Roaders saw that relatively few wrecks shattered the quiet beauty of the Bitterroots. Occasionally destructive wrecks did occur.

Two steam ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Laboring in Luxury

For the price of a Pullman ticket, a common rail passenger could be waited upon and pampered in the grand manner of privileged gentry.

The Pullman porter provided the labor for that luxury…

After the Civil War, the Pullman Palace Car Company, ...

History At Stony Creek

In 1864, supplies for Lee's army were

carted from the Weldon Railroad here

to Petersburg. Here the Union Cavalryman,

Wilson, returning from his raid in Burkeville,

fought an action with Lee's cavalry, June 28-29,

1864. The place was raided by the Union

Cavalryman, ...

This Monument Marks The Old Natchez Trace

over which pioneers traveled through Lawrence County, Tennessee, which was organized Oct. 21, 1817.

The county seat, Lawrenceburg, was created on Nov. 23, 1819, and named in honor of Capt. James Lawrence, naval hero of the War of 1812.

Erected May 15, ...

Confederate Fort Gregg

“Men, the salvation of Lee’s army is in your keeping.”

– Maj. Gen. Cadmus Wilcox to the defenders of Fort Gregg, April 2, 1865

On the afternoon of April 2, 1865, after a morning of bludgeoning attacks all along the Petersburg ...

The Battle of Trent’s Reach

On Jan. 23, 1865, the ironclads Virginia II, Richmond, and Fredericksburg, with five smaller vessels, descended the James River in an effort to attack the Union supply depot at City Point. A reliable report indicated that recent floods had washed ...