The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church with generous assistance by Chattanoogans, this institution became a principal campus of The University of Tennessee in 1969. As an endowed, privately controlled institution it was known as Chattanooga University, 1886 to 1889, as ...

First Hebrew Congregation

Robeson County’s first Hebrew congregation was established on this site circa 1908.

Marker is on Water Street north of Elizabethtown Road, on the right when traveling north.

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Confederate Memorial

South side

1861 CSA 1865

[Image of a version of the great seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia]

Confederate Dead

West side

Glory sits beside our grief.

Lest We Forget

North side

[Image of battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia]

East Side

To the Defenders of State Sovereignty.

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Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation

Holstein Bull of the Century

On August 30, 1965 Elevation was born near here on

Round Oak Farm, owned by Ronald A. Hope & Sons

Through the use of frozen semen and artificial insemination, Elevation

gained international acclaim. In 1999 the Holstein International

Publication ...

Cherry Grove Estate

Here was born James McDowell, Governor of Virginia, 1843-46.

Marker is on North Lee Highway (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling south.

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Corricks Ford Battlefield

First to Fall

"How gallantly he died in the discharge of his duty."

President Jefferson Davis CSA

On July 13, 1861, some 3,500 Confederate soldiers under Gen. Robert S. Garnett crossed Shavers Fork here while chased by Union forces in a desperate bid ...

Ream's Station

First Encounter

In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg ...

Corricks Ford Battlefield

Tale of the Monuments

"No shaft of shining marble, new

From the sculptor's hand we raise for you

No, here we lay

A boulder drawn from the river-side

Where brave men battled and bled and died."

Karl Myers, Ode to the

Battle of Corricks Ford, 1926

On US ...

Christopher C. Andrews, Conservation Pioneer

In the 1880's, when General Christopher C. Andrews began urging the state to consider the future of its forested lands, most Minnesotans could not believe that there might ever be a shortage of timber. But by the time of his ...

Ream's Station

Federal Debacle: "The retreat was a route"

Racing the pursuing Confederate cavalry for the safety of the Union lines at Petersburg after accomplishing most of its mission, Gen. James H. Wilson's command reached Ream's Station about 7 a.m. June 29. ...