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Company B, 4th U.S. Artillery

Second Battle of Manassas

August 28, 1862

6:30 p.m.

1st Division (King), Third Corps (McDowell),

Army of Virginia, USA

Company B, 4th U.S. Artillery

Capt. Joseph B. Campbell

Six 12-pounder Napoleons

"Campbell's pieces came up on the gallop, these fences along the pike being torn down to let ...

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North Pacific Cannery

Salmon canning stimulated economic development on this coast. North Pacific is the oldest West Coast cannery still standing. From here the Bell-Irving family shipped high quality salmon directly to England before 1900. Typical of most canneries in its isolation and ...

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Glen Iris Park

Founded in 1898 by Robert Jemison, this 30-acre historic district is a private residential park containing an almost intact collection of some of Birmingham's finest 20th century houses. It was the first professionally landscaped residential community in the city and ...

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St. Patrick Church / St. Patrick College and Aquinas College Hig

Side A:St. Patrick Church

Built in 1852 and dedicated a year later, St. Patrick Church is the second oldest Roman Catholic Church in Columbus. Founded as the English speaking parish, this church of Norman Gothic design served as the home for ...

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Kicking Horse Pass

Le Col du Cheval-Qui-Rue

First recorded in the report of the Palliser expedition of 1857-60, this pass takes its name from an incident in which Dr. James Hector, surgeon in the expedition, was kicked by his horse while exploring in this ...

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St. Clair Hospital

In 1911 local doctors founded the St. Clair Hospital. The home adjacent to the hospital served as a residence home and training school for nurses. In 1940, the hospital was converted into a convalescent home. In 1948, Mr. and Mrs. ...

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Shiloh Baptist Church

The Shiloh Baptist Church was completed in 1923. Founded in 1869, Shiloh is the third oldest African-American church in Columbus and is a descendent of the Second Baptist Church. The church is located in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood, which is ...

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Falling Creek Baptist Church

In 1788, Thomas Maxwell founded the Falling Creek Baptist Church. A Virginian, he was born September 8, 1742, and died December 12, 1837. Imprisoned a number of times for preaching the Baptist faith, he was able, once, to convert the ...

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Formerly Maryland Park

Maryland Park was opened in 1921. It served as the site of the annual Emancipation Day Celebration until 1933. The first Columbus public pool was constructed here in 1929 as the Center of Eastside Social and Recreation Activities. It was ...

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Stephen Vincent Benet House

First built 1816 rebuilt on

this site 1826 Home of famous

author Stephen Vincent Benet

whose father

Colonel James Walker Benet

commanded Augusta Arsenal 1911 to 1919

Marker can be reached from near Arsenal Avenue near Patrol Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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