Confederate Second Line

On the morning of March

16, 1865, Taliaferro’s

division fell back

to earthworks which

crossed the road here.

Marker is at the intersection of Bryant Road (North Carolina Route 82) and W Thornton Road (North Carolina Route 1783), on the left when traveling south on ...

Unknown Confederate Dead

Forty ~ five unknown Confederate soldiers, “known but to God,” are buried in this cemetery. These men died of wounds or disease in the Confederate hospitals in Greensboro, 1863 ~ 1865. These hospitals were the Dawson, Bell, Polk, Court House, ...

Company, Attention!

The parade ground is one of the most important fixtures of any military post. Here troops drilled, formed for inspection, held morning calisthenics, and paraded and reviewed for senior military officers and visiting dignitaries.

Fort Hancock was in operation from 1895 ...

Petersburg Breakthrough Battlefield

Has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America.

In the predawn darkness of April 2, 1865, the Union Sixth Corps

successfully breached the Confederate defenses southwest of Petersburg.

The breakthrough forced the Confederate ...

Potawatomi Pay Station & St. Marys Mission

The Native America tribe that is called the Potawatomi originally lived in the heavily forested region of the northern Great Lakes with their close relatives the Ojibwe and Ottawa tribes in what is now the state of Michigan. The rapidly ...

Father John D. Kempf Veterans Memorial

To all veterans

in honor [of]

Father John D. Kempf

National Chaplain of the

American Legion 1982 - 1983

Marker is at the intersection of Chestnut Street and 4th Street, on the left when traveling north on Chestnut Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Battle Ends

Seeing the massive disorder in Major General Gibbs’ column, Major General Pakenham rode forward. While attempting to rally his troops and get the stalled attack underway, Pakenham was mortally wounded a few yards from this site.

Major General Keane, commanding the ...

Young Men’s Christian Association

YMCAs on military posts were places for rest and recreation and were built by private contributions. The Fort Hancock Y offered refreshments, game rooms, and a reading room. Visiting families could stay in rooms on the top floor. The one-story ...

Confederate Line of March

“ … on this wretched road … ”

(Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman's objective was to join ...

National Historic Landmark - Bear River Massacre

Very few Northwestern Shoshoni survived a battle here that turned into a massacre by Col. P.E. Connor’s California Volunteers.

In 1863, Conner and his force set out from salt Lake City on a cold January campaign in response to friction between ...