Batteries B and L, 2d U.S. Artillery

U.S.A.

Batteries B and L, 2d U.S. Artillery.

Captain Jas. M. Robertson, U.S.A., Commanding

(September 17, 1862.)

Horse Batteries B and L (Consolidated), 2nd U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge, in the forenoon of September 17, and went into position on ...

Essex County Confederate Monument

Erected

To soldiers of Essex and those who fought with them.

They fought for the principles of state sovereignty

And in defense of their homes.

To maintain these rights the gallant sons of this

Gallant county marched gladly to the front and

Did their duty like ...

Standing Stone National Bank

Established 1989

Named after Lancaster's most famous landmark, Mt. Pleasant, once called Standing Stone by Native Americans

Courtesy hmdb.org

Prelude to the Crater

“The mine is all finished, the powder in, the fuse all ready. I hope that the attack will be successful, for if it is, we shall have Petersburg in our possession.”

- Col. Stephen M. Weld, 50th Massachusetts July 28, ...

A Fatal Error

A division of African-American troops in Burnside’s Ninth Corps was to have led the attack that followed the explosion of the mine. But just hours before the assault, Union army commander George G. Meade changed the plan. The result: chaos ...

Burial Place of Twenty-Nine Confederate Soldiers

Erected by the United States

to mark the burial place of

twenty-nine Confederate soldiers

who died at Fort McHenry, Maryland,

while prisoners of war,

and whose remains were there buried,

but subsequently removed to this section,

where the individual graves

Cathedral of Immaculate Conception

Oldest church structure in continuous use in Fort Wayne area and seat of Catholicism in Northern Indiana.

Christianity carried to this part of the New World in 1600's by Catholic missionaries. Land formerly part of burial ground for Miami Indians.

Major ...

"Surratt Boarding House"

A historical landmark

“Surratt Boarding House”

604 H Street N.W. (then 541)

is said to have been where

the conspirators plotted

the abduction of

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln

in 1865.

Plaque by Chi-Am Lions Club

Marker is on H Street, ...

Wilderstein's Boathouse

You are looking at the sight of Wilderstein's boathouse (pictured above) and the Ellerslie dock (formerly Lewis Landing) owned by Governor Morton. In 1888 Arnout Cannon Jr., an architect from Poughkeepsie, NY, designed the boathouse for Robert Suckley's fleet. It ...

Field Fortifications

The Military Encampment

Pamplin Historical Park has created these replica earthworks to suggest how this area might have looked during the winter of 1864-65. Both armies at Petersburg constructed long lines of field fortifications. Engineer officers used standard manuals in ...