Stratford Hall

Stratford Hall

Has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1961

Marker is on ...

Lattimer Massacre

September 10, 1897

"It was not a battle because they were not aggressive, nor were they on the defensive because they had no weapons of any kind and were simply shot down like so many worthless objects; each of the licensed ...

Saint Joseph Catholic Church

In 1884, Bishop John Keane bought this property and established Saint Joseph, making it the first-known Catholic congregation organized for African Americans in Virginia. The original congregation began in the basement of the all-white Saint Peter's Church in 1879, and ...

Confederate Dead of Fairfield County

[South Side]

17th S.C.V.C.

2nd S.C.V.C.

7th S.C.V.C.

1st S.C.V.C.

Beaufort Art.

3rd S.C.S.T.

1861-1865

[West Side]

2nd S.C.V.I.

12th S.C.V.I.

4th S.C.V.C.

5th S.C.V.C.

[North Side]

13th S.C.V.I.

17th S.C.V.I.

3rd S.C.V.C.

5th S.C.V.I.

15th S.C.V.I.

3rd Bat. S.C.V.I.

1861-1865

[East Side]

6th S.C.V.I.

7th Bat. Enfield R.

6th S.C.V.C.

1st S.C.V.C.

Marker is on Hudson Street 0.1 miles east of Zion Street, on the ...

Jonathan Dickinson Shipwreck

Three miles to the east on September 23, 1696, the British barkentine Reformation foundered off Jupiter Island. The 24 survivors included a party of Quakers bound from Jamaica to Pennsylvania. Leader of the Quakers was Jonathan Dickinson who described the ...

Confederate Cemetery

Fallen Heroes of Laurel Hill

Within this fenced burial ground lie Confederate soldiers who died at Laurel Hill. Their number is unknown. Inscribed headboards once marked the graves.

During the Civil War, disease killed more men than bullets. One soldier reported 14 ...

Patrick's Brigade

First Army Corps

U.S.A.

Patrick's Brigade,

First Army Corps.

On the night of September 16, 1862, Patrick's Brigade of Doubleday's Division bivouacked in line of battle on the east side of this road, facing west.

This tablet marks the left of the brigade line, which ...

Battle of Laurel Hill

Tempest on the Turnpike

Union and Confederate forces clashed along the Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike (the narrow paved road in the foreground) on July 7-11, 1861. Union General Morris was ordered to "amuse" General Garnett at Laurel Hill - to make him believe ...

18th Indiana Battery

Hoover's Gap, TN, June 24, 1863. The 18th Indiana Battery, commanded by Capt. Eli Lilly, dislodged one Confederate artillery piece and forced the Confederate batteries to change position. The battery, along with Wilder's Brigade, did considerable damage to the advancing ...

The Miller Estate

Traces of history fade as the forest restores itself on Mt. Madonna

Henry Miller, “The Cattle King”

With only $6 in his pocket, German immigrant Henry Miller (birth name Heinrich Alfred Kreiser) stepped off the boat in San Francisco in 1850 with ...