Confederate Gun Shop

When the states of Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee grew short of arms in 1863, Governor Shorter of Alabama and President Jefferson Davis persuaded Major O. O. Nelson of Tuscumbia, Alabama, to organize a company to erect a Gun Shop. ...

Battle of Piqua

August 8, 1780

Within this park and immediate vicinity, former site of the Shawnee Indian Village of Piqua. The Shawnees and their British Allies were defeated by General George Rogers Clark with his army of Kentucky Frontiersmen. This battle greatly advanced ...

Olustee Battlefield

(Right Panel)

Welcome to the Olustee Battlefield

Battlefield Map included with Park

rules and regulations

(Center Panel)

How Many Would Die ?

The morning of February 20, 1864,

dawned clear and cool. The Union army,

commanded by Brigadier General Truman Seymour,

set his force into motion at6:00 ...

Hopewell Treaty Site

The Hatchet Shall be Buried

The Hopewell Treaties were the first formal treaties after the battles between the United States and the Southern Native American tribes. Gen. Andrew Pickens, also known as "Skyagunsta" or "Border Wizard Owl," negotiated the treaties with ...

In Memory of Those Men Who Died in the Battle of Piqua

"In memory of those men who died in

the Battle of Piqua, August 8, 1780,

the largest Revolutionary War battle

West of the Alleghenies."

Marker can be reached from Tecumseh Road (Ohio Route 369) north of Lower Valley Pike.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battery A, Second U.S. Artillery

Second Brigade - Horse Artillery - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps

Second Brigade Horse Artillery

Battery A Second U.S. Artillery

Six 3 inch rifles

Lieut. John H. Calef commanding

June 30 Arrived in the evening from Emmitsburg ...

Pennsylvania National Guard Troop Train Accident, September 1950

In the early morning hours of September 11, 1950, Pennsylvania National Guard Troop Train #4, disabled 3/4 mile east of this monument, was struck in the rear by the passenger train, Spirit of St. Louis, resulting in the deaths of ...

Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge

Ardennes

Dedicated

to the men and women

of the United States Army

who participated in

the Battle of the Bulge

during World War II

in Belgium and Luxembourg

the greatest land battle

fought by the United States Army

under extreme ...

Battery B, First Pennsylvania Artilery

Battery B

First Pennsylvania Artillery

P.R.V.C.

Commanded by Capt. James H. Cooper

4-3 inch rifled guns

July 1, 1863 the Battery arrived here about noon and engaged Confederate artillery on Herr's Ridge. About 1:30 p.m. moved to the rear. Changed front, engaged Carter's Artillery and ...

Mosby Attacks Annandale

Shortly before 5 A.M. on Wednesday, 24 August 1864, Lt. Col. John Singleton Mosby with about 300 Confederate Rangers and two field artillery pieces opened fire from the west side of the Accotink Creek valley on a Union stockade located ...