National Register of Historic Places – City of Norcross

The Norcross Historic District has been preserved as a 19th century railroad town, and its historical significance has been recognized by the U. S. Department of the Interior through its listing on the National Register of Historic Places on November ...

Battery Ridge

Located 40 ft. south of this

location is the Flagler and

Forsyth Family Cemetery, 1866.

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Located 80 ft. to the north is

a Civil War Fortification, 1861-

1862. This was a part of a large

military complex that extended

from Centreville to Manassas.

Marker is on Battery Ridge ...

Battle of Petersburg

From Blandford Heights

to Pocahontas Bridge

April 25, 1781

Here was fought the opening engagement of the decisive campaign of the revolution. 1000 American militia under Steuben, Muhlenberg, Dick and House opposed 2500 British under Phillips, Arnold and Abercrombie.

Erected by Frances Bland Randolph ...

Battle of Petersburg

Here was fought the Battle of Petersburg, April 25, 1781. The Southside Militia, 1000 strong and commanded by Baron Steuben and General Muhlenberg, made a brave resistance to 2500 British Regulars under Phillips and Arnold.

Marker is on Crater Road (U.S. ...

1st & 2nd Regiments United States Cavalry

Position Occupied

by

Detachments

of the

1st. & 2d. Regiments

United States Cavalry

During July 3d. 1863.

Marker can be reached from Ridge Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

This Plot is Dedicated to Public Use

By the citizens of the Funkstown District in grateful appreciation of the services of those of her citizens who were engaged with the military, navy and marine forces of the United States in the World War.

1914-1918

E. Blanche Hoffmaster, Army ...

Seven Days’ Battles

Gaines’s Mill

Half a mile south is Boatswain Creek. The battle that was begun at Gaines’s Mill by A. P. Hill, following Porter’s rear guard, culminated at the Union position on Boatswain Creek. There A. P. Hill and Longstreet, moving eastward, ...

Seven Days Battles

Gaines’s Mill

This is the site of Gaines’s Mill, which gave its name to the Battle of June 27, 1862. Here A. P. Hill’s advance guard, following Porter, came in contact with the Union rearguard. After a short action the Unionists ...

Seven Days Battles

Porter’s Withdrawal

Along this road Fitz-John Porter withdrew from Beaver Dam Creek in the early morning of June 27, 1862. McClellan, having learned that Stonewall Jackson was approaching Porter’s rear, late at night ordered the withdrawal to another position. This was ...

The Owen Stratton House

Owen Stratton, born in 1769 on

his family’s farm south of the

village, purchased this home in

c. 1835 to be nearer the Union

Street Friends Meeting House.

Marker is at the intersection of S Main Street (County Route 541) and South Street, on the ...