Battle of Drewry’s Bluff

From this point the Confederates, on May 16, 1864, moved to attack the Union Army of the James under Butler advancing northward on Richmond.

Marker is on Jefferson Davis Hwy (U.S. 1 / 301), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

Jonathan Bass House Museum

Circa 1863

Jonathan Bass was born January 30, 1837, in Jefferson County. His father arrived in Jefferson County in 1816, and Jonathan was a life-long resident. Although the Bass House was under construction as early as 1863, Jonathan left the farm ...

Camp at Sanderson

This site was used by both Union and Confederate soldiers as a camp during the campaign of 1864. The camp was used as a Confederate supply depot but it was abandoned on February 9, 1864. From the 9th to the ...

Replica of the Statue of Liberty

With the faith and courage of

their forefathers who made

possible the freedom of these

United States

The Boy Scouts of America

dedicate this copy of the

Statue of Liberty as a pledge

of everlasting fidelity and

loyalty

40th Anniversary Crusade to

strengthen the arm of liberty

Marker is at the ...

General Matthew D. Ector

Ector County

County Named for Texas Confederate

General Matthew D. Ector

1822-1879

Enlisted 1861. Lieutenant 3rd Texas Cavalry. Fought in Arkansas, Missouri and Indian territory. As colonel led 14th Texas Cavalry Kentucky invasion. Made brigadier general 1862 to command famed Ector's brigade in Tennessee ...

Potawatomi ‘Trail of Death’ Route

Indiana to Kansas, September 4 - November 4, 1838

The 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe on this site was decisive, leading to the loss of their homelands and the removal of Indians from Indiana.

At Gunpoint, about 850 Potawatomi passed this location on ...

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery

A burial ground before 1847, this graveyard became an Army post cemetery in the 1860s. It is the final resting place for most who fell at San Pasqual in 1846, and for the USS Bennington victims of 1905. It became ...

Where Rochambeau Crossed the Housatonic River

1781 * 1954

Near this point

Le Comte de Rochambeau

crossed the Housatonic River

leading the French Army

enroute to victory at Yorktown.

Marker is on Interstate 84 (Interstate 84), on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Hoggat House

Philip & Mary Hoggat built this house in 1754, 4 miles southwest of here. The Hoggats were among the first Quakers to move to this area. Donated by Mrs. Betty Jo Kellam, the cabin was relocated to this site in ...

McCormick County Confederate Monument

1861-1865

[East]:

In Honor of the

Confederate Soldiers

from

McCormick County

This monument perpetuates

the memory of those who,

true to the instincts of

their birth, faithful to the

teachings of their fathers,

constant in their love for

the South, offered their

lives and fortunes in the

performance of their duty.

[West]:

Presented by

McCormick County Historical

Society ...