Battle of Balls Bluff

October 21, 1861

6 AM - After crossing the river, the 15 MA (Colonel Devens) advanced to the area near the Jackson house, leaving the 20 MA (Colonel Lee) on the bluff to guard the exit path to the river.

8 AM ...

Chicago Board of Trade Battery

December 31, 1862

Panic-stricken Union troops bolted out of the woods, closely pressed by cheering Texans. Canister from the battery's six guns, placed on this rise, forced back the attackers. Reinforced by a second battery, the Union artillerymen repulsed a second ...

Founding of Griffin

>>>>--- 2 Bl. --->

Near the present junction of the Central and Southern Railways, from a stump near the town spring, on June 8,1840, Gen. Lewis Lawrence Griffin sold lots to the highest bidder, thus establishing the City of Griffin. William ...

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Fort Smallwood Post 2462

Dedicate this monument Nov. 11, 1983

To all who made the supreme sacrifice.

To those of us who carry the wounds of war.

To those who's memories will live forever.

Let us with God's help never forget.

Marker can be reached from ...

So We Will Not Forget

With God's blessing, we dedicate this emblem of liberty to the men and women of this community who served and those who gave their all so that we, their children, and our childrens children can live in freedom, peace and ...

In the Confederacy

CONFEDERATE FORT - To protect Fort Gaines from Federal gunboats, Confederate Army engineers in 1863 laid out a fort here, commanding a full view of the river for two miles below. A large magazine of lumber and sand was built ...

Murrisk Friary / Mainistir Mhuraisce

Murrisk - from Muraisc (Sea-marsh)

Murrisk Friary

This small house of Augustinian friars, located here on the south shore of Clew Bay in the shadow of Croagh Patrick, was founded in 1457 by Hugh O'Malley. It was dedicated to St Patrick, some ...

Fort Anne

"Gateway to North"

Here stood five forts

1680 – 1777

on route between Lake

Champlain & Hudson River.

Marker is at the intersection of George Street (U.S. 4) and Charles Street (County Route 16), on the right when traveling south on George Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Santa Fe Trail

Father of the Santa Fe Trail

William Becknell led a small group out of Franklin in 1821 on the first trip along what would be known as the Santa Fe Trail. If his trip across the Great Plains was ...

Why Fight Here?

Here in the quiet fields and forests along Stones River outside Murfreesboro, two great armies fought - and spilled the blood of tens of thousands of Americans in one of the most costly battles of the Civil War. Why here?

The ...