Site of Columbia Female Academy

Authorized by legislature 1792, the Columbia Female Academy was located here from about 1820 to 1883, when this property was leased to Columbia Public School Commissioners, two of whom still represent the Academy Board. The remodeled academy became the first ...

Free Blacks of Israel Hill

Just to the west lies Israel Hill, settled in 1810-1811 by approximately ninety formerly enslaved persons who received freedom and 350 acres from Judith Randolph under the will of her husband, Richard Randolph, cousin of Thomas Jefferson. These "Israelites" and ...

4th South Carolina Infantry

July 21, 1861

6:30 a.m.

7th Brigade (Evans)

Army of the Potomac (Beauregard), CSA

4th South Carolina Infantry

Col. J.B.E. Sloan

"Just before day on Sunday morning those of us on post nearest the Warrenton Turnpike heard the enemy approaching. We gave the alarm, and in ...

The First Muster

On this common,

the East Regiment,

Massachusetts Militia, held

its first muster. This event

marked the beginning of

the National Guard of the U.S.

Salem

1637

Donated by

the Rotary Club of Salem

May 4, 2002

Marker can be reached from Washington Square West, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy ...

The First and Second Filipino Infantry Regiments U.S. Army

The first Filipino Infantry Regiment was activated July 13, 1942 at the Salinas California Rodeo Grounds. The Second Filipino Infantry Regiment was activated November 22, 1942 at Fort Ord. Personnel were Filipinos living in the United States then and American ...

Farm Ford

July 21, 1861

Here, about 11:00 a.m., Col. William T. Sherman led his four regiments across Bull Run and joined the Union drive toward Henry Hill. Later that day the ford was used again, this time by the retreating Union army.

Marker ...

Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association

This land and other portions of this battleground, fought over by brave men of a nation divided, is now part of Gettysburg National Military Park, through the agency of the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association and the collective generosity of patriotic ...

2nd Rhode Island Infantry

July 21, 1861

11:00 a.m.

2nd Brigade (Burnside)

Army of Northeastern Virginia, USA

2nd Rhode Island Infantry

Col. John S. Slocum

"The 2nd was hotly engaged and made so gallant a fight as to push the enemy off the plateau and partly down the hillside. In ...

Fort Sedgwick, Colorado Territory

"We have no business to put men out here unless we give them food and shelter, and all things but sand and water must be hauled from 1 to 400 miles."

Lt. Gen. William T. Sherman, Fort Sedgwick, August 1866Camp Rankin ...

U.S. Infantry Battalion

July 21, 1861

11:00 a.m.

1st Brigade (Porter), Second Division (Hunter)

Army of Northeastern Virginia, USA

U.S. Infantry Battalion

Maj. George Sykes

"As soon as we were formed, we commenced firing, and the rebels did not like the taste of our long range rifles. Our men ...