Artillery Brigade

First Corps

Army of the Potomac

First Corps

Artillery Brigade

Col. Charles S. Wainwright

Maine 2d Battery B Six 3 inch Rifles

Capt. James A. Hall

Maine 5th Battery E Six 12 pounders

Captain Greenleaf T. Stevens, Lieut. Edward K. Whittier

1st New York Battery L Four 3 inch ...

Amherst County / Campbell County

Area 470 Square Miles / Area 557 Square Miles

Amherst County. Formed in 1761 from Albemarle, and named for Jeffrey, Lord Amherst, British commander in the French and Indian War. Balcony Falls are in this county.

Campbell County. Formed in 1781 ...

Old Jacksonborough

Founded about 1735 on lands granted John Jackson in 1701; county seat of Colleton District from 1799 to 1822. Provisional capital of state while Charleston was under siege in the closing months of the American Revolution. First South Carolina Legislature ...

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 ...

Rev. William Bishop

Baptist clergyman and first ordained minister in Scranton, built a combined log church and house near here in 1795. There he preached and held services. He was born in England, 1749, and died in Scott Township in 1816.

Marker is at ...

Abbottstown Street/Broadway

A Glimpse of Hanover's Past

The chaotic fighting at the Center Square quickly spilled over onto several side streets, alleys, and fields. At the first sign of trouble, Major John Hammond led an organized withdrawal of the 5th New York Cavalry ...

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, ...

Kinishba Ruins

Has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

1964

Courtesy hmdb.org

Blackville : Town Of The Phoenix / Battle of Blackville

(Front text)

Blackville: Town of the Phoenix

Blackville was founded in 1833 as the first overnight stop on the new railroad operated by the S.C. Canal & Railroad Co. It was also the scene of 4 major fires in the late 19th ...