Bennefeld VFW Post 7479 War Memorial

To the loving memory

of those men and women

who gave their lives in all

past wars and to all

veterans who served our

great country, we dedicate

this memorial as a symbol

of your sacrifices.

April 15, 1995

Marker is on Prairie Street near Ozark Street, on the ...

Donelson Persists

Perryville

When Donelson’s shattered regiments reached this position, nearly half of his men had been killed and wounded. Despite the appalling casualties, the Confederate attack continued to the west.

With Donelson’s 16th Tennessee Infantry Regiment taking the lead, the stubborn Confederate advance ...

The Old Plantation

Levi Beebe built in 1836 this structure then known as the Commercial Building housing stores, bank, and post office. During the canal era, the building was a stagecoach stop and social center for Maumee, the Lucas County seat until 1853. ...

Gen. Patrick Cleburne Camp, S.C.V.

General Patrick Cleburne Camp, S.C.V., the only Camp east of the Mississippi to be named for a General from the west of that river, was organized May 3, 1956, with members from several counties in Southwest Georgia.

General Patrick Ronayne ...

Carpentersville

Named for the first settler, Jacob Carpenter who emigrated from Switzerland about 1748. A ferry was operated between here and Raubsville, PA. By the mid 1700's there was a gristmill here and a general store through the 1800's.

In 1854, ...

Pilgrim Predestinarian Regular Baptist Church

Organized in Illinois in 1833

by Daniel Parker

Members moved to Texas

First meeting in

Stephen F. Austin's Colony

January 20, 1834

Log church built December, 1839

Old graveyard adjoins.

Present church fourth

on the same site

Continuous worship since 1834

Daniel Parker, Pastor 1833 - 1844

Marker is at the intersection ...

Indian Preacher

Rev. Paul Cuffee

Grave of Rev. Paul Cuffee of the Shinnecock Tribe 1790-1812. Grandson and successor to Rev. Peter John and Samson Occum.

Marker is on East Montauk Hwy, (County Route 80) 0.2 miles east of Gravel Hill Rad, on the right ...

Sampit Methodist Church

This church, formally organized in 1839, had its origins in a slave mission begun in 1786 on Gov. Thomas Boone’s plantation, 3 miles SE. Rev. P. A. M. Williams became its first minister in 1840. The first Church, a frame ...

Defense of Parsons’ Ridge

Perryville

As Maney’s Confederates reached the top of this hill they watched the fleeing Union soldiers retreat into the valley in front of you. The Southerners had lost hundreds of men killed and wounded during the fight to take this ridge, ...

Defense of Parsons’ Ridge

Perryville

Union Brigadier General William Terrill was nearly panic-stricken. To his surprise, thousands of Confederates swarmed over the fields in front of you, moving toward the Federal lines. The shouts of attacking Southern troops and the crescendo of gunfire echoed among ...