Simbahan at Kumbento ng Recoletos

Church and Convent of the Recollects

In Tagalog:

Sa pook na ito ipinatayo ang simbahan at kumbento ng San Nicolas de Tolentino ng Order of Augustinian Recollects (OAR)sa kagandahang-loob ni Bernardino del Castillo Maldonado, 1608. Nagsilbing pangunahing kumbento ng mga Recoletos sa ...

Confederate Counterattack

After Union troops burned the railroad bridge they began to leave the field. The Confederates decided to re-cross the river by way of a wagon bridge one half mile above the railroad and counterattack the small Union rear guard.

The ...

Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus

On this site stood the house of the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, first Filipino congregation of religous women. Founded in 1684 by Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, a Chinese mestiza from Binondo. The Archbishop of Manila approved the rules ...

Horse Batteries and Reserve Artillery

U.S.A.

Horse Batteries and Reserve Artillery,

Army of the Potomac.

(September 17, 1862)

Horse Batteries A, B and L (Consolidated) and M, 2nd U.S. Artillery, C and G (Consolidated) of the 3d U.S. Artillery, were established on the crown of the ridge to the ...

U.S. Forces Liberate Manila

To the Heroes of Manila

Late in the afternoon of February 3, 1945 two groups of the flying column of the 1st Cavalry Division, including the attached 44th Tank Battalion, entered Manila, with the first group taking possession of Malacanang Palaca ...

Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery

U.S.A.

Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery,

Lieut. William E. Van Reed, U.S.A., Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)

Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam, by the Middle Bridge and about 2 p.m., September 17, relieved Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery, taking position on the ...

Carter's Battalion

Rodes's Division - Ewell's Corps

C.S.A.

Army of Northern Virginia

Ewell's Corps Rodes's Division

Carter's Battalion

Carter's, Fry's, Page's, and Reese's Batteries

Four 10 pounder Parrotts, Six 3 inch Rifles and

Six Napoleons

July 1 Arrived on the field soon after noon and rendered very effective service in ...

King and Queen County Confederate Monument

To the Confederate soldiers

and sailors of King and Queen

County Virginia 1861-1865

Fate denied them victory but gave

Them the love and veneration of

Their native land. The wonder

And admiration of the world.

Marker is at the intersection of Courthouse Landing Road (Route 655) and ...

The Crater

“There was utmost consternation. Some men scampered out of the lines; some, paralyzed with fear, vaguely scratched at the counterscarp as if trying to escape. Smoke and dust filled the air.”

- Col. William McMaster, 17th South Carolina Infantry

At 4:40 ...

Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery

U.S.A.

Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery.

Lieut. Peter C. Hains, U.S.A. Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)

Horse Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge, in the forenoon of the 17th and, preceded by the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Colonel Childs Commanding, ...