Confederate Stronghold

In the afternoon of July 1st, 1863, after Union troops retreated south to Cemetery Hill, this 2½ story brick house was occupied by Confederate sharpshooters. Catherine Sweney and daughter, Lizzie, residents of the house, fled to safety.

The house was strategically ...

Pyle's Defeat

February 1781

Near this location, mounted Loyalists from Chatham and southern Orange counties led by Col. John Pyle, and on their way to join Gen. Cornwallis in Hillsborough, were defeated by units of Gen. Greene's American Army led by Col. Henry ...

The Patriot Captains' Gravesite

Tradition holds that buried at this brick enclosure are Patriot Captains John Dobson and John Bowman of Burke County, Dobson's daughter Nancy, and her husband Wallace Alexander. Dobson and Bowman were mortally wounded in the Battle of Ramsour's Mill, June ...

Battle of Ramsour's Mill

Whig Victory over Tories, June 20, 1780. Scene 400 yards west.

Marker is on North Aspen Street south of Dixon Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Confederate Trenches

Confederate troops, aided by slave labor, built these earthworks between 1862 and 1864. By September 1864, over 100 miles of defensive fortifications protected Richmond against attack.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Union troops captured Fort Harrison and the surrounding works in September ...

Battle of Swift Creek

"Brave to Madness"

You are standing in the middle of the Union line that faced the Confederate route of attack up the Richmond Turnpike on May 9, 1864, during Union Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Bermuda Hundred Campaign. Here, along Swift Creek, ...

The Great Cannonade

The Battle of Monmouth

28 June, 1778

1:15 PM – 5:30 PM

“… Shot and Shells flying as thick as Hail.”

Major General Nathanael Greene

For several long, hot and exhausting hours during the afternoon of June 28, 1778, the largest land artillery ...

Patriots of St. James Church

In honor of

members of St. James’ Church

who served America during

the time of the Revolution

• • •

George Ross

Signer of

the Declaration of Independence

• • •

Major General Edward Hand

Friend and companion in arms of

General George Washington

• • •

Edward Shippen

Chairman of

the Committee of Correspondence

• ...

Battle of Wyboo Swamp

During the American Revolution, the Bridges Campaign began March 6, 1781, with the Battle of Wyboo Swamp. Colonel Watson and British troops from Fort Watson were sent to crush General Marion. Marion’s Militia challenged them on the 1/4 mile causeway ...

National POW MIA Memorial

We honor here the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of Americans held prisoner of war, and those still listed as Missing In Action since the time of the American Revolution. Some died from disease and starvation, some perished in death ...