Jonathan Trumbull

Jonathan Trumbull

1710 – 1785

Revolutionary Patriot Statesman Merchant

Governor of Connecticut

1769 – 1784

“The Constitution State” “The Nutmeg State” “The Provisions State”

The securing and delivery of supplies to George Washington’s Continental Army is attributed to Jonathan Trumbull

Donated by The Jennie and ...

The Northwest Demi-Bastion

The demi-bastion is a section of the fort that projects beyond the main wall and provides concentrated defensive fire.

The bastion design includes two levels of artillery. Guns were to be mounted on the parapet above and in the casemates ...

Belle Boyd House

126 E. Race Street

Built in 1853 by Benjamin Reed Boyd, a merchant, Confederate soldier and the father of Belle Boyd. Belle Boyd was a famous Confederate spy author and actress.

Marker is at the intersection of E Race Street and Spring ...

1849 - Benicia Arsenal – 1964

On this historic site for more than a century military history was written. The loyalty, courage, and devotion of the military and the civilian who served their country here furnished material for a brilliant page in the saga of the ...

The Fresno Brewing Company

Ernst Eilert, a European trained Brewmaster and his son William established the Fresno Brewing Company on this site in 1899. They built a six story brewery, a laboratory, a racking room, stable and other structures. Five kinds of beer were ...

First Brigade

Second Division - Second Corps

Army of the Potomac

Second Corps Second Division

First Brigade

Brig. Gen. William Harrow

Col. Francis E. Heath

19th. Maine 15th. Massachusetts

1st. Minnesota 82d. New York Infantry

July 2 Early in the morning took position in the rear of Second and Third ...

Evan Shelby's Fort

This fort was erected on high ground about two blocks south, in 1771, for protection of the pioneer settlers. From it went forces to the battles of Point Pleasant, Long Island Flats and Chickamauga Towns. Here also occurred the preliminary ...

Battery 45

Salient of Confederate Line

Siege of Petersburg

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Erected Apr. 2, 1914

By A.P. Hill Camp S.C.V.

Marker is on Defense Road/Fort Lee Road, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bethlehem Church

Bethlehem Lutheran Church erected its first known building about 350 feet north of here on a 17-acre tract purchased from George Metz in 1817. According to tradition, the church was first called Ellisor Church after people of this name living ...

Cumming's Brigade

Stevenson's Division

Cumming's Brigade

Stevenson's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.

Brig. Gen. Alfred Cumming.

Nov. 25, 1863

34th Georgia - Col. J. A. W. Johnson (wounded).

38th Georgia - Lieut. Col. A. E. Wallace (wounded).

39th Georgia - Col. J. T. McConnell (killed).

56th Georgia - Lieut. Col. J. ...