St. Peter's Bastion

Baluarte de San Pedro

During Queen Anne's War (1702) English siege trenches came "within a pistol shot" of this point. English ships blockaded the harbor and 500 soldiers and indians took the town. The Castillo offered the only safety, so 200 ...

Mersy’s Brigade

July 22, 1864. Col. August Mersy's brigade of Sweeny's div., 16th A.C. (US) was aligned on the rt. of the div. when it went into action to meet the assault of Walker's div. (CS) advancing up Sugar Creek valley (from ...

Jones's Brigade

Stuart's Cavalry Division

Army of Northern Virginia

Stuart's Cavalry Division

Jones's Brigade

6th. 7th. 11th. 12th. Cavalry Regiments

and 35th. Virginia Cavalry BattalionJuly 1 The 12th. Regiment was detached and remained on the south side of the Potomac River. White's 35th Virginia Battalion was also ...

Philipsburg Manor

Philips Manor was an 18th-century milling, farming and trading complex owned by the Loyalist Philipse family, tenanted by farmers, and operated by enslaved men, women and children.

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

Marker can be reached from the intersection of N Broadway (U.S. ...

The Gettysburg Address

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing ...

First Brigade

Third Division - Second Corps

Army of the Potomac

Second Corps Third Division

First Brigade

Col. Samuel S. Carroll

14th. Indiana 4th. 8th. Ohio

7th. West Virginia Infantry

July 2 Took position in the morning on right of Corps on Cemetery Ridge between the Cemetery and Battery ...

Early Effort To Build A Park

Around the turn of the century, the nationwide “City Beautiful” movement found local expression through the efforts of Charles Mulford Robinson and nationallly known landscape architect George Kessler. Seeking to reclaim the natural beauty of our rivers, Mr. Kessler incorporated ...

Covington Carnegie Library

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Marker is at the intersection of Fifth Street and Crockett Street, on the right when traveling north on Fifth Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Butte Store

Constructed by Italian stone mason in 1857. Served pioneer settlers and miners as post office and general store later known as Ginocchio's.

Dedicated by Grand Parlor Native Sons of the Golden West.

March 9, 1985

William Bundesen, Grand President

In Memory ...

Patrick H. Bradley

1813–1887

His efforts brought R.R. through this town which bears his name. He was Brig. Gen. State Militia, Captain in Confederate War, Member of S.C. Legislature, Trustee of Erskine College and First President of the Augusta-Knoxville Railroad. He lived nearby and ...