Blocher's Arkansas Battery

Blocher's Arkansas Battery was the focal point of the Union attacks. A sergeant in the battery reported:

"...The enemy advanced upon us with their artillery, under cover of their infantry, until within range of our battery when they opened a most ...

The Battle of Harmon Road

The Breakthrough Trail

On the final day of the Battle of Peebles’ Farm, October 2, 1864, Union troops of Brigadier General Gershom Mott’s Third Division, Second Army Corps, moved against the Confederate breastworks at the Hart Farm. Mott had orders to ...

Patrick Joseph Lucey

Governor of Wisconsin, 1971 – 1977

Patrick J. Lucey was born in La Crosse on March 21, 1918, to Ferryville parents, Gregory C. and Ella McNamara Lucey. He was educated at Campion Academy, College of St. Thomas, and the University of ...

The Gadsden Purchase Celebration

The Gadsden Purchase celebration held at Mesilla New Mexico in 1854.

By A. J. Fountain Sr.

Marker is on Calle de Parian, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Summer Retreat

In 1849 Mary Jane Walker Caples, along with her brother, husband James, and baby daughter Isabella, traveled overland by wagon to the gold fields of California. The Caples went to “Hangtown,” (Placerville,CA) to seek their fortune. James became ill in ...

Manila Cathedral

Roman Catholic Cathedral of Manila

First cathedral built in 1581. Damaged by a typhoon, 1582 and destroyed by fire, 1583. Second Cathedral built of stone in 1592 and partially destroyed by earthquake, 1600. Third Cathedral built in 1614 and destroyed by ...

Skirmish at Rolling Fork

(Side One):

Advancing Federals fired on Confederate troops led by Gen. John Hunt Morgan on Dec. 29, 1862, during a rear-guard action. Acquaintances Col. John Harlan and Col. Basil Duke fought on opposing sides. Wounded during the clash, Duke recuperated ...

Hungry Mother State Park

In 1933 local residents assisted in the creation

and donated 2,000 acres of land to Virginia

for the establishment of a state park in Smyth

County along Hungry Mother Creek. The

unusual name comes from the legend of a

nearby Indian settler conflict that resulted

in ...

The Breakthrough at Hart Farm

The Breakthrough Trail

“… after going through a leaden and war hail storm, thanks to the God of Battles, I am alive and happy. Our Corps charged the enemy’s lines last night, broke their line and drove them out of sight ...

Battery Saxton

(Front Text):

Battery Saxton, constructed here in 1862, was in the second line of earthworks built by Federal troops occupying Beaufort during the Civil War. Laid out by the 1st New York Engineers with the assistance of black laborers, it held ...