The Cattle (Beefsteak) Raid

One mile southwest, on September 16, 1864, General Wade Hampton's Confederate Cavalry herded about 2500 head of captured cattle across the Nottoway River, while two miles northwest, at Belsches' Mill, Federal troops sent to recapture the cattle were intercepted and ...

General Thomas' Birthplace

General George H. Thomas, "The Rock of Chickamauga," was born on July 31, 1816, about five miles to the south. A graduate of West Point, Thomas sided with the Union during the Civil War and won distinction in the campaigns ...

Black and White

In the early months of World War II, the Navy Department designated Great Lakes as the only site for training African-American recruits. Since recruit training camps were named after naval heroes, it was thought fitting to do the same for ...

White Bluff

Composed of limestone or “Selma

chalk” which abounds in fossils.

Called “Ecor Blanc” by

eighteenth-century French explorers

and cartographers.

Named “Chickasaw Gallery” because

early Indian inhabitants harassed

boats from here.

Landing site of Bonapartist exiles

who established the

“Vine and Olive Colony” in 1817.

Marker is on West Monroe Street.

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Gov. Troup’s Tomb

George Michael Troup, twice Governor of Georgia, lies buried here beside his brother. He died Apr. 28, 1856 while visiting here at Rosemont, one of his many plantations. Troup was born Sept. 8, 1780, at McIntosh’s Bluff on the Tombigbee ...

Lamar Electric Membership Corporation

Dedicated August 11, 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Rededicated to service 1988

E.J. Martin, Jr., President

W.H. Averett, Jr., V. President

J.H. Gunnels, Secretary

H.B. Cromer, Treasurer

J.H. Barnes, Jr. J.C. Caldwell

F.C. Chapman W.C. Elliott

B.A. Garner, Jr. S.R. Pippin

Harvey J. Kennedy, Jr., Attorney

Thomas M. Weldon, ...

Battery I First U.S. Artillery

Artillery Brigade - Second Corps

Army of the Potomac

Second Corps

Artillery Brigade

Battery I First U.S. Artillery

Six 12 pounders

Lieut. George A. Woodruff Commanding

Lieut. Tully McCrea Commanding

July 2 & 3 Arrived and took position in Ziegler's Grove on the left of Evergreen Cemetery. Actively ...

Gable Mansion

The Gable Mansion is an outstanding example of 19th Century Victorian Italianate architecture, one of the last of its style, size, and proportion in California. This structure was built in 1885 for Amos and Harvey Gable, pioneer Yolo County ranchers.

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William Mahone's Birthplace

Three and a half miles southwest, at Monroe, Major-General William Mahone was born, December 1, 1826. He served brilliantly in the Confederate army throughout the war, and won the title, "Hero of the Crater," at Petersburg, July 30, 1864. He ...

Redoubt

Here stood one of the strongest units of the American river fortifications. It was strengthened by the water batteries along the river.

Marker is on Park Tour Road, on the right when traveling south.

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