Army of the Potomac

July 4, 1863

First and Second Brigades, First Cavalry Division marched from Westminster and the Reserve Cavalry, First Cavalry Division from Gettysburg en route to Frederick.

Second Brigade Second Cavalry Division from Westminster via Emmitsburg to Monterey. The Third Brigade, Second Cavalry ...

Army of the Potomac

July 1 1863

First Corps Marched from Marsh Run. Eleventh Corps from Emmitsburg to Gettysburg. Second Corps from Uniontown via Taneytown to near Gettysburg. Third Corps from Bridgeport via Emmitsburg to the Field of Gettysburg. Fifth Corps from Union Mills via ...

Railroad Brakes / Westinghouse Automatic Air Brakes

Railroad Brakes

Early railroad cars had hand-operated brakes. A lever (and later a brake wheel) near the top of each car applied the brakes only on that individual car. The engineer directed brakemen to apply or release brakes by whistle signals; ...

Simplex Type Automatic Coupler

This type of coupler is an improved version of the first automatic coupler. It was designed shortly after the Civil War but not used extensively until after 1890.

It continued in heavy useage until the World War II era. Variations of ...

F-4J Phantom II

BuNo. 153077

The F-4 Phantom II was a two seat supersonic

long range all weather fighter-bomber

originally built for the US Navy. The Phantom II

began service aboard aircraft carriers in the

early 1960s, and would set many speed and

F-14 Tomcat

BuNo. 159025

The F14 Tomcat was a supersonic, variable

swept wing aircraft designed to replace

(beginning in 1972) the F-4 Phantom II as

the US Navy's primary fighter/ interceptor.

With its advanced weapons systems, the

Tomcat could simultaneously track up ...

U.S. Custom House

Entered on the National Register

of Historic Places

October 9, 1974

U.S. Custom House

Charleston, South Carolina

Ammi Burnham Young

E. B. White

Architects 1853

This property significantly contributes to the Nations Cultural Heritage

Commemorated June 1976

Gerald R. Ford ...

USS Potomac

Completed in 1934, the Coast Guard Cutter Electra was converted to the presidential yacht and commissioned as a U.S. Navy Vessel, USS Potomac, in 1936. The 165-foot ship, which weighs 376 gross tons and has a cruising speed of 10-13 ...

Cain- Matthews- Tompkins House

(Front text)

This house, built ca. 1910 for Columbia businessman John Jefferson Cain (1869-1929), was designed by William Augustus Edwards (1866-1939), a prominent regional architect. Cain, who moved to Columbia in 1899, became one of the state’s leading contractors and ...

Colonel Joseph Kershaw's Tomb

Joseph Kershaw (1727 - 1791) is buried in this family enclosure. He was a successful businessman, politician, district sheriff, and South Carolina Patriot militia colonel in the Revolutionary War. He helped mediate a peaceful settlement to the South Carolina Regulator ...