Battle of Appomattox Station

Lee's Retreat

April 8, 1865

Union cavalry arrived early in the evening and captured three of Lee’s four supply trains. Advancing toward Appomattox Court House, they encountered the surplus Confederate wagons and artillery train. After a brief conflict, numerous wagons ...

Sutherland Station

Lee's Retreat

Confederate troops formed a battle line along Cox Road to protect the South Side Railroad, but were overwhelmed after three attacks. This engagement enabled Grant’s forces to sever Lee’s last supply line, causing him to abandon Petersburg that night.

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Confederate Cemetery

The remains of 360

Confederates who fell

in the Battle of

Bentonville lie here.

They were moved to

this plot from other

parts of the battle-

field in 1893. the

monument was erected

at that time.

Marker is on Harper House Road east of Mill Creek Church Road, on the ...

Benton County National Bank

Civil Court and

Bentonville City

Hall, circa 1934

Site formerly the

Benton County

National Bank

circa 1906

Marker is on Central Avenue (Arkansas Route 72) near A Street, on the left when traveling west.

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The Battle of Bladensburg (1814)

The War of 1812

On August 24, 1814, British forces broke camp at Melwood Park and moved northwest to Bladensburg. The Baltimore militia, under the command of General Tobias Sansbury, was positioned west of the Anacostia River along the Bladensburg-Washington Road ...

Confederate Hospital

Following the battle,

45 Confederate wounded

were hospitalized in

the Harper House.

Nineteen of these men

died here. Surgeons

moved others to

regular Confederate

hospitals.

Marker is at the intersection of Harper House Road and Buck Dunn Road, on the left on Harper House Road.

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Tri - Hi - Y International

Organized at Douglas High School,

on this site, in 1930

Founder Dr. Jesse Lee Fortney,

Superintendent of Douglas Public Schools

Faculty Sponsor - Miss Agnes McNair

Adult Advisors - Misses Kate Outen and Mary

Stanford; Mesdames L.E. Heath and F.M. Chalker

Charter Members

Eleanor Bailey ...

Ambush at Half-Way Swamp

During the American Revolution, December 1780, over 750 recently arrived British fusiliers were marching from Nelson’s Ferry on the Santee River. Major McLeroth’s British troops from Moncks Corner joined them as an escort to Camden. General Marion’s Brigade was hiding ...

Builder of the Nation

This steam locomotive was presented to the City of Winder and Barrow County in 1959 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company. It was placed here as a permanent exhibit in memory of the important service engines of this type ...

Barnegat Lighthouse

Built 1857-58 by the Federal Lighthouse Board.

First Lighted January 1, 1859.

The present lighthouse replaced an earlier lighthouse built in 1834. The height of the light above sea level is 165 feet. Barnegat Lighthouse was built as a 1st order light, ...