Evacuation of Savannah

On Dec. 14, 1864, Fort McAllister [CS] having fallen the day before, opening the Great Ogeechee River to Union shipping and rendering Savannah untenable, Lt. Gen. W. J. Hardee, CSA, decided to evacuate the city to save it from a ...

Dedicated To All Veterans

Dedicated To All

Veterans Who Devotedly

Served Their Country

Army • Navy

Marine Corps • Air Force

Coast Guard • Woman's Corps

Marker is at the intersection of Bellevue Avenue and Queen Street, on the right when traveling north on Bellevue Avenue.

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Saint Mary’s Catholic Church

1861

California’s first Archbishop, Joseph S. Alemany, laid the cornerstone July 21, 1861. The first mass was celebrated Christmas Eve of the same year. In 1870 the transept was added. The present steeple and ornate façade date from 1893. Saint Mary’s ...

Nathan Williams

A Prosperous Farm

Nathan Williams was the son of Samuel “Big Sam” Williams, a slave who in 1826 bought freedom for himself, his wife, and his four children. In 1839, the elder Williams purchased a farm near Four Locks, about 3.5 ...

Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2347

Here at Burnley's Farm was the site of Camp Monticello, CCC Company 2347, Boswell's Tavern, Virginia. The camp, originally located near Rocky Mount, Virginia, was moved here in the fall of 1939 and remained until it was dismantled 18 September ...

Explosion At The Confederate Powder Works

In August, 1864, a violent explosion destroyed the granulating building of the Augusta Powder Works, one of the 28 buildings of the Confederacy’s massive gunpowder mill along Augusta Canal. Eight men and a boy died when 18,000 pounds of gunpowder ...

Cavalry Engagement at Jack’s Shop

First known as Jack’s Shop for a blacksmith shop that stood nearby, Rochelle was the scene of a cavalry skirmish on 22 September 1863. While Confederate cavalry under Major General J. E. B. Stuart engaged Union Brigadier General John Buford’s ...

Battle of Jack’s Shop

Attacked from all Sides

In September 1863, Union cavalry moved into

Madison County, scouting roads and river fords

for a possible move around Confederate Gen.

Robert E. Lee’s army camped in Orange County.

Learning of the presence of Federal troops in the town of Madison, ...

A Choice Location

Before the gold rush Indian Valley was used extensively by the Nisenan people. They were attracted to by the oak groves and the availability of fish and deer.

Beginning in 1849, the North Yuba River was intensively mined for gold. The ...

Enoch Pratt Free Library

In 1882, the merchant Enoch Pratt, wishing to make a gift to his adopted city which would benefit all of her citizens, gave Baltimore $1,058,000 to establish a public library.

The original building fronted on Mulberry Street. Designed by the ...