Dent's Alabama Battery.

Six 12-pdr. Napoleons.

Dent's Alabama Battery.

Six 12-pdr. Napoleons.

Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.

Hindman's (Anderson's) Division.

Nov. 25th, 1863, 4 p.m.

Capt. S. H. Dent, Commanding.

1st Lieut. W. T. Stockton.

2nd Lieut. D. L. Southwick, (wounded and captured).

2nd Lieut. G. B. Zeigler.

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The battery came into ...

Revolutionary Skirmish Near Tearcoat Branch

On the night of October 25, 1780, Col. Francis Marion with 150 men surprised and completely routed 200 Torries under Col. Samuel Tynes near here. Marion's forces suffered no casualties. With the dispersion of Tynes's troops, Lord Cornwallis became apprehensive ...

America's First Iron Steamboat

The "Cordorus," built in York by John Elgar, was launched at present-day Accomac, on the Susquehanna River, Nov. 22, 1825. the site is about two miles distant.

Marker is at the intersection of Lincoln Highway (Pennsylvania Route 462) and Blessing Road, ...

Rebecca Latimer Felton

Birthplace of Rebecca Ann Latimer (1835-1930), daughter of Chas. and Eleanor (Swift) Latimer, pioneer settles at this point on the Decatur-Covington road. Married in 1853 to Dr. William H. Felton, later Member of Congress and a trustee of the University ...

History at Leeland Station

Belle Air

Near this spot stood Belle Air, a prominent Stafford County landmark and home of the Fitzhugh and Primmer families. John Fitzhugh first constructed a house here in the mid-eighteenth century, but by 1854, when the property was sold to ...

Slaughter at Spangler's Spring

July 3, 1863 - Third Day

"It is murder, but it's the order. Up men, over the works. Forward double quick."

Lt. Col. Charles Mudge, U.S.A.

2nd Massachusetts Infantry

This glade surrounding Spangler's Spring had been a favorite picnic-ground. But on July 2 axes ...

Treaty of Fort McIntosh Boundary Line

In 1785, American Indian tribal leaders from the Chippewa, Delaware, Ottawa, and Wyandot met with representatives sent by the United States Congress to sign the controversial Treaty of Fort McIntosh. The treaty surrendered control of Native American lands in southern ...

19th Century Industrialization

From the earliest years, Hanover was known for skilled artisans and craftsmen who made shoes, saddles, breeches, gloves, clocks, bricks, flintlock guns and more.

With 19th century industrialization, individual craftsmen transitioned to factory settings.

• Small bakeries expanded into snack food companies ...

Bridges' Battery, Illinois Light Art'y.

2 Napoleons, 4 - 3" Rifles.

Bridges' Battery, Illinois Light Art'y.

2 Napoleons, 4 - 3" Rifles.

Capt. Cullen Bradley's Artillery Battalion

Wood's Division, Granger's Corps.

Nov. 23 to 25, 1863.

Capt. Lyman Bridges, Commanding.

1st Lieut. Morris D. Temple.

2nd Lieut. Lyman A. White.

2nd Lieut. Franklin Seborn.

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The ...

A Strategic Site

Fort Niagara was only 1200 metres from Fort

George, well within artillery range. In May, 1813, combined artillery fire from Fort Niagara, its detached batteries, and American warships at the river's mouth completely destroyed Fort George

and forced the British to abandon ...