The Heart of Fort Scott

"Fort Scott can boast of the handsomest Square in Kansas Territory."

Fort Scott Democrat, praising the town plaza, April 5, 1860

The grassy square in front of you silently witnessed events that defined Fort Scott and that reflected a growing nation. Built ...

The Old Bushvalley Fort

Here Stood

The Old Bushvalley Fort

Built 1879

For protection against

Renegade Apaches

Marker is on U.S. 180 at milepost 427.7, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Largest Fort

Fort Fisher was the largest of the more than 30 forts that studded the Union siege lines. It included nearly 2,000 feet of parapet and could mount 19 guns. The boom of a single gun in this fort on the ...

The Baptist Church of Beaufort

Established as a mission of the Euhaw Baptist

Church in 1795, Henry Holcombe, pastor.

With Joseph B. Cook as pastor, the church

was chartered as a Baptist church by the

State of South Carolina on January 27,1804.

At the beginning of the Civil War the ...

Fort McAllister The Assault From The Rear

Dec. 1864. Fort McAllister, built 1861-62 to close the Great Ogeechee River to enemy ships, mounted 11 siege guns, 12 field pieces and 1 10-inch mortar. Below it, piles and torpedoes obstructed the channel. As the Union forces neared Savannah, ...

Fort McAllister The Naval Bombardments

On July 1st and 29th, 1862, the fort was shelled by Union gunboats and on Nov. 19th by the ironclad "Wissahickon" and two escort craft. Hit below the waterline, "Wissahickon" withdrew after firing 17 11-inch and 25 other shells. The ...

Site of the Blue Hills Fort and Camp

This marker is erected in memory of the brave Revolutionary soldiers from this vicinity who garrisoned this fort harassing and repulsing the invading enemy for seven months during the darkest period of the war.

From this outpost General Washington on June ...

The Fort Under Attack

The Confederate fortifications at Brook Hill were occupied forceably three times by Union cavalry during the Civil War. The initial raid during the night of May 4, 1863 by General Stoneman’s troops was of relatively little consequence. On March 1, ...

The Naval Battle of Fort Montgomery

When Sir Henry Clinton’s British troops reached Forts Clinton and Montgomery on October 6, 1777, some of his ships began moving upriver to support them. First came two galleys, the Dependence and the Crane, which were rowed into position. Four ...

The Naval Battle of Fort Montgomery

When Sir Henry Clinton’s British troops reached Forts Clinton and Montgomery on October 6, 1777, some of his ships began moving upriver to support them. First came two galleys, the Dependence and the Crane, which were rowed into position. Four ...