Far Hills War Monument

(See Markers Below)

Marker is on Peapack Road, on the right when traveling north.

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The Killing Fields

This view, taken a mile behind you, shows the vast open space in front of Marye's Heights only months after the December 1862 battle. Union troops crossed the plain between the town (in the foreground) and Marye's Heights. Some attackers ...

Site of Milford's First Methodist Church

The beginning of Methodism in this community

can be traced to the organization of a local

“society” in 1777. Early meetings were held

in the homes of its members. On December 3, 1787,

Joseph Oliver conveyed a lot of ground ...

The Birth Of Ybor City

In Oct. 1885, John T. Lesley sold to V. Martinez Ybor & Co. the first tract of land on which was built the original Ybor City. Purchased for $9,000 cash, Tampa citizens underwrote $4,000 of this amount to the new ...

Angel of Marye's Heights

While the Civil War entailed immense destruction and tragedy, it did not always engender hate. For two days following the battle, wounded Union soldiers, caught between the lines, cried out for water. Though exposure to enemy fire even for a ...

Bennington Battlefield

Bennington Battlefield

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 can be reached from New ...

Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock

United States Army

(Front):Born - February-14-1824

Died - February-9-1886

Major-General

Winfield Scott Hancock

United States Army

(Back):

Cadet U.S.M.A. July 1, 1840. Brevet Second Lieut. 6th U.S. Infantry July 1, 1844. Second Lieut. June 18, 1846. Regimental Quartermaster June 30, 1848 to October 1, 1849. Regimental Adjutant ...

Cruft's Division - Granger's Corps

Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft.

No. 3...................................... U.

Cruft's Division - Granger's Corps

Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft.

Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M.

2d Brigade - Brig. Gen. Walter C. Whitaker.

3d Brigade - Col. William Grose.

Division followed Osterhaus in the march of Hooker's column from Lookout Mountain, ...

Barnwell County Confederate Monument

1900

Our Confederate Dead

(West Face)

Who throughout a long

and bloody struggle dis-

played a heroism and de-

votion to duty unsurpass-

ed. If ever equaled in the

annuals of war.

(South face)

Who wrung from the great

commander of the opposing

armies the humiliating

confession that ...

First Train to Big Lick

Nearby, on Nov. 1, 1852, the first Virginia & Tennessee Railroad train arrived in Big Lick (now Roanoke), three years after the company had been incorporated. The track from Lynchburg, Virginia to Bristol, Tennessee, was completed in 1856. In 1870, ...