Fourth New Jersey Infantry Appreciation to Somerville

To the citizens of

Sommerville

in appreciation of their

hospitality in 1917 to the

Fourth New Jersey Infantry.

We also speak for those who sleep in France.

Presented by the

Fourth New Jersey Infantry Post

Number Fifty One, American Legion,

Decoration Day, 1920.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battle of Perryville

October 8, 1862

Here 16,00 Confederates under

General Braxton Bragg

fought 22,000 Federals under

General Don Carlos Buell.

Bragg, facing superior forces,

withdrew.Union casualties 4211;

Confederate, 3396.

Marker is on West 2nd Street (U.S. 150) near Buell Street (U.S. 68), ...

Town Hall, Jail, and Fire Station

Circa 1922

Springboro's town hall and town jail occupied this site for nearly 100 years. This was also the site of the town's first fire station. According to local history, this building was built circa 1922 by volunteers with donated materials ...

Headquarters, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, U. S. Army

The splendid natural harbor of Hampton Roads served the nation as a military port of embarkation in the Spanish American War and two World Wars. In World War 1, headquarters were set up at Newport News on July 11, 1917, ...

Great Ship Lock

Captain John Smith’s Adventures on the James

James River Park System

Despite the presence of a large Indian village just below the falls—or perhaps because of good relations with the local ruler Parahunt and his father Powhatan—Capt. Francis West built ...

Siege of Fort Watson

During the American Revolution, Colonel Lee

and his Legion joined General Marion's Brigade

along the Santee River. They laid seige to British

held Fort Watson on top of Santee Indian Mound.

Major Maham's idea was to build a tower for

sharpshooters to fire inside ...

"Squatter's House"

Circa 1810

This oldest building in the historic district was the home of Griffy Griffis five years before the village was founded by Jonathan Wright in 1815. Since Griffis had no legal right to the property, it became known as the ...

The Depot at Beaver Dam

The first railroad depot at Beaver Dam was built ca. 1840 to serve the farmers of Hanover and Louisa counties. Its strategic location during the Civil War made it a target of many Union raids. The July 20, 1862, raid ...

Recreation and Refreshment

Restoring the Vision ... Preserving the Legacy

"We are definitely in an era of building the best kind of buildings the building of a great projects for the benefit of the public and with the definite objectives of building human happiness". ...

Fort Watson

The first post in S.C. retaken from the British, the stockade fort on this old Indian mound had controlled the road from Charleston to Camden as well as the Santee River. On April 15, 1871, Gen. Francis Marion and Lt. ...