A Position Strong by Nature

In 1862 Union Colonel Dixon Miles thought that the ridge in front of you, Bolivar Heights, was the perfect place to defend Harpers Ferry. However, in September of '62, Colonel Miles and 14,000 Union soldiers found themselves surrounded by 24,000 ...

Confederate Soldiers of Surry County

In memory of the Confederate

soldiers of Surry County

1861 --- 1865

[ Rear of Monument: ]

1861

1865

“Duty is the sublimest word in

our language. Do your duty in

all things. You cannot do more.

You should never wish to do less.”

Robert E. Lee

Erected by

Sons ...

Rats in a Cage

The Union army refused to give up. Frustrated by the Federals' stronghold on Bolivar Heights, "Stonewall" Jackson ordered cannons to the mountain tops and nearby plateaus. Pounded by a day and a morning of Confederate bombardment, Union soldiers felt the ...

Flank Attack!

The Battle of the Wilderness

These woods saw some of the heaviest fighting of the Battle of the Wilderness. On May 5, then again on May 6, 1864 ragged Union and Confederate battle lines surged back and forth on both sides ...

Lancaster County Confederate Monument

[East Side]

1861-1865

Worthy, the Confederate soldier to be hallowed and held in tender remembrance

Worthy, the fadeless fame which Lancaster's soldiers won in defending the honor of the South, the rights of the States, the liberties of the people, the sentiments ...

New Jersey Patriots

In memory of those New Jersey Patriots

who served on land and sea during

the American Revolution, 1775 - 1783

And to

Captain Daniel Neil

who gave his life in the

Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777

while commanding the East Jersey Artillery under

Brigadier General ...

John Ericsson Statue

Battery Park

This 1903 statue by Jonathan Scott Hartley (1845-1912) depicts the esteemed Swedish-American engineer and inventor John Ericsson (1803-1889), who helped to revolutionize military-maritime technology with his ironclad warship, the Monitor.

Ericsson was born in Langbanshyttan, Sweden to a mining proprietor ...

Lorin Theater

(Philips Temple C. M. E. Church)

Hiram Lovell, Architect, 1910, 1914

James W. Plachek, Architect, 1921

The popularity of early movies created a demand for new spaces to accommodate eager audiences. South Berkeley’s first neighborhood theater with 144 stools for seats was established ...

Princeton Battle Monument

Here memory lingers to recall the guiding mind whose daring plan outflanked the foe and turned dismay to hope when Washington, with swift resolve, marched through the night to fight at dawn and venture all in one victorious battle for ...

Aftermath of Battle

Hospitals and Graves

After the cavalry engagement here on June 29, 1863, Westminster’s citizens cared for dozens of wounded of both sides. Besides the human toll, shattered and broken cannons, gun carriages, and caissons lined both sides of Court Street to ...