The Right Wing at McDonough

On the night of Nov. 16, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman´s army (USA), which had marched from Atlanta the morning before on its destructive March to the Sea, camped in and near McDonough. Hq. ...

Battlefield of Seven Pines

Nearby stood "The Twin Houses" from the vicinity of which Confederate Troops moving eastward, charged the Federal Second Line near Seven Pines after they had stormed Casey's Redoubt and the rest of the Federal First Line on May 31, 1862.

Marker ...

Salisbury National Cemetery

Salisbury Prison and Trench Graves

Salisbury Prison was established by the Confederate government in October 1861 on the site of an old cotton factory. In preparation for the first prisoners, a portion of the grounds was enclosed by a stockade fence. ...

Confederate Soldiers Memorial

In memory of the Confederate Soldiers of Pulaski County 1861 - 1865

Marker is at the intersection of North Washington Avenue (U.S. 11) and 1st St NW, on the right when traveling south on North Washington Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jonathan Brooks Tomb   1786

In memory of

Jonathan Brooks

1768 – 1848

A boy patriot of the American

Revolution

Marker can be reached from Hempstead Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Patriot Departs to Ride with Marion

During the American Revolution, August 1780, General Francis Marion was ordered by General Gates to roam the Santee burning boats. Being successfully engaged in this task, he learned of Gates’ defeat at Camden. This Patriot left his family at Scott's ...

Battle of Cold Harbor

Position of the Confederate Left Wing

On the main Confederate line, eight miles long, which here crossed the Old Church Road, the Federal Army, June 3, 1864, made numerous futile and costly charges. The heaviest of these were three miles southeastward ...

Great Minqua Path

This was the chief trail used by the Minqua (Susquehannock) Indians to carry great wealth in beaver skins to the white settlements on the Delaware during the mid-seventeenth century. The Swedes, Dutch and English warred for the control of this ...

The Battle At Droop Mountain

November 6, 1863

Nearly five months after West Virginia was admitted into the Union, the Confederate army of Brigadier General John Echols still occupied the prosperous Greenbrier Valley region of the new state. From its headquarters in Lewisburg, his army was ...

Christ Church Cathedral

Christ Church

Cathedral

Diocese of Connecticut

Episcopal

Founded as Christ Church 1762

Set Apart as Cathedral 1919

Present Building 1828

The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas

Bishop of Connecticut

The Very Rev. Mark B. Pendleton

Dean

Canon Kevin Jones

Precentor & director of Music

The Very Rev. Richard H. Mansfield, Jr.

Dean ...