Confederate Civil War Monument

[Marlboro County]

[Inscriptions: South face]

1861

UDC

303

of Marlboro’s noble sons sacrificed

their lives on the battlefield, in

prison, and by disease.

“God’s peace is everlasting”

are the dream-words of their sleep.

Erected A.D. 1907

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No country ever had truer sons ;

No cause - ...

Frederick County / Shenandoah County

Frederick County. Area 485 Square Miles. Formed in 1738 from Orange, and named for Frederick, Prince of Wales, Father of King George III. Several battles were fought in the vicinity of Winchester, 1862–1864.

Shenandoah County. Area 510 Square Miles. Formed ...

Confederate Veterans

In honor of each Confederate Veteran, known and unknown, buried in East Volusia County

Jasper J. Allman • Jesse Bennett • Simmons Bennett • Z. H. Bennett • Jackson D. Brooke • Rufus D. Brooke • Wm. W. Carter • ...

First Brigade

Second Division - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps Second Division

First Brigade

Col. John B. McIntosh

1st Md. (11 Cos.) Purnell Legion, 1st Mass. Co. A.

1st New Jersey, 1st, 3rd Penna. Cavalry

Section Battery H, 3rd. Penna. H. Artillery

July 2 After an exhausting ...

The Flood of 1771

On May 27, 1771, a wall of water came roaring down the James River valley following ten to twelve days of intensive rain. As water swept through Richmond, buildings, boats, animals, and vegetation were lost. About one hundred fifty people ...

Engagement at Malvern Cliffs

On 30 June 1862, as Gen. Robert E. Lee concentrated his troops to attack Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's retreating Union army at Glendale, Maj. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes brigade of Confederate troops moved down New Market Road on Lee's ...

The Birth of Aviation

In 1899, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton built a kite to test a revolutionary flight control system, and in 1900, built their first airplane (glider). With promising results, the Wrights built man-carrying gliders and airplanes to refine their ideas. ...

Hokenson Brothers Fishery

Harvesting the Waters

In 1927, the Hokenson brothers (Leo, Roy, and Eskel) began life as fishermen. For more than 30 years, they met the challenges of fishing the largest lake in the world, relying on their skills, strength, and ingenuity to ...

Liberty County Confederate Monument

1861-1865

War Between The States

"Lord God of hosts

defend us yet

Lest we forget.

lest we forget."

Marker is on Court Street near South Commerce Street, in the median.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Richfield Pioneer Homestead

General Riley Lucas Bartholomew

Born the son of 1812 War Veteran, Benjamin Bartholomew, and a grandson of Revolutionary War heroes, Benjamin Bartholomew and Abigail Patchen Bartholomew, Riley was the oldest of 12 siblings living on a frontier farm in Harpersfield, Ashtabula ...