Second Battle of Manassas

August 28-30, 1862

(1) Route of Jackson's Turning Movement

Lee dispatched Stonewall Jackson on a daring raid to cut Pope's communications before Pope could receive massive reinforcements. Marching nearly 25 miles a day, Jackson burned the supply depot at Manassas, then positioned ...

The Dead Town Of Sunbury

As General James Oglethorpe explored this

area along the Medway River in 1734, he

marveled at its potential for a seaport city.

Captain Mark Carr was a member of

Oglethorpe's regiment and an early settler

in this area of Georgia. As trade increased

in ...

Dr. Stewart D. Brown, Sr.

Dr. Brown (1881-1952), Royston native, after years of the best training, returned home to practice surgery, bringing modern techniques and ingenious methods. He served his townspeople unfailingly for 40 years, performing 35,000 operations. With no hospital facilities, he pioneered, traveling ...

Fraternal Hotel Building

The Fraternal Hotel Building was built in 1925. Some of the businesses that were located in this building included:

1925 - 1980 Fraternal Hotel

1925 - 1970 Fraternal Café

1950 - 1966 Monroe Steak House

1985 - 1994 Grand Lodge Knights of Pythians

1928 ...

Liberty County

Liberty County, an original county, was created by the Consitution of Feb. 5, 1777 from Creek Cession of May 20, 1733. It had been organized in 1758 as the Parishes of St. John, St. Andrew, and St. James, the theatre ...

Old Bank Building

Construction having begun in 1797, this building was occupied by the Bank of South Carolina on December 10, 1798, making it one of the oldest bank buildings in the U.S. It served as a bank until 1835. The Charleston ...

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 ...

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 ...

Revolutionary Soldiers Buried Here

To honor

the Revolutionary Soldiers buried here

Colonel Jacob Engle • Lieutenant Colonel Henry Irwin • Captain Jacob Turner • First Lieutenant Thomas Lucas • Frederick Axe • John Ax • Daniel Bowman • Peter Care • William Colladay • ...

Brigadier General James Screven

This Stone Marks The Spot Where Repose

The Remains Of

Brigadier General

James Screven

In recognition of whose life

and services

The Congress

of the

United States

has reared a monument in

this cemetery.

He was a gallant officer who though

but twenty eight years of age ...