Fish Dam Battle Ground

Rotary International

To mark

Fish Dam Battle Ground

Nov. 8, 1780

between

Gen. Sumter, American

Maj. Wemyss, British

Won by Americans

Marker is on State Highway 215 ½ mile west of Store Road, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy ...

Battle of Fishdam Ford

On the east side of Broad River by an old Indian fish dam, General Thomas Sumter's camp was attacked before dawn on November 9, 1780 by the British 63rd Regiment and a detachment of the Legion, led by Major James ...

Oliver Mining Co. Headquarters / Oliver Shop Laboratory

Oliver Mining Co. Headquarters

This building was the heart of the Oliver operation, the largest iron ore mining operation in United States history. The Superintendent of Mines and his staff made the day-to-day mining decisions here, and they were supported ...

Stationmaster's House

This building of duplex design housed the Stationmaster in one section and other railroad employees in another. The railroad traditionally provided such housing close to switching yards and depots for its always-on-call employees.

The Stationmaster's responsibilities included collecting freight duty and ...

Confederate Navy Yard

Begun in 1862, the Confederate Navy Yard occupied both banks of the James River, including the community and port of Rocketts Landing on the north bank. The Yard was the base, construction site, and headquarters for the James River Squadron, ...

First Church at Kecoughtan

Near here on the church creek stood the first church at Kecoughtan (later Hampton). Built on the Parish Glebe Farm about 1616, as the first church of the oldest continuous settlement of English origin in America, William Mease was the ...

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Pioneer in development of alternating current, permitting transmission of electricity over long distances. Founded 1886 by George Westinghouse, it first made AC motors, generators, transformers in a plant at Garrison Place and Penn Avenue.

Marker can be reached from the intersection ...

Timothy Matlack

Revolutionary patriot, state official, and member of Continental Congress, 1780-81. Colonel of a rifle battalion, Philadelphia Associators, 1775-76; served in Battle of Princeton. A founder, Society of Free (or "Fighting") Quakers, 1781. Member, Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania, 1776; secretary of ...

Third Church at Kecoughtan

Notable Burials in the Churchyard

You are standing within the foundations of the third church at Kecoughtan (present-day Hampton). The first church (1616–1624) was located 1.5 miles south of here and the second one was constructed across the Hampton River about ...

Order of Daedalians / Fighter Aces Association

Order of Daedalians

The National Fraternity of Military Pilots

Established in 1934 by Army Air Corp pilots who flew in World War I, today the mission of the Order is being perpetuated by pilot officers of all the military services of the ...