Pvt. Benjamin B. Levy

22 Feb. 1845 - 20 Jul. 1921

Benjamin B. Levy, a young Jewish volunteer, received the Medal of Honor on 1 Mar. 1865, one of the first Jews so recognized. He entered service in the 1st New York Infantry in New ...

CCC - A Peace-Time Army

During the 1930s, a depression slowly strangled the nation. By 1933, nearly 13 million people suffered unemployment. In March, newly elected president Franklin D. Roosevelt responded with a bill creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. Its purpose - to provide work ...

First Successful Colonial Tobacco Crop

In 1611 John Rolfe became the first Englishman to cultivate tobacco nearby at Varina Farm, on the James River. Rolfe planted seeds bred in Varinas, Spain, and experimented with curing methods to produce a tobacco milder than the native variety. ...

Captain Samuel Handly

Capt. Samuel Handly fought in the Indian Wars of the 1770's and in the Battle of King's Mountain in 1780. Indians captured him in a battle at Crab Orchard and released him after negotiations with Gov. William Blount. Handly was ...

Baylor Massacre Park

In memory of American soldiers killed during the Revolutionary War in the “Baylor Massacre” on September 28, 1778. Lt. Col. George Baylor’s 3rd Regiment of Continental Dragoons took quarters for the night on several nearby farms. Tories betrayed their presence ...

Sunnyside School, Midway Baptist Church and Midway Cemetery Hist

The community building and spaces in the Sunnyside/Midway Historic District reflect rural Harris County in the 1920’s. Sunnyside School was built by local residents in 1921 to consolidate several one-room schools. It was used as an elementary and high school ...

Mount Olive Baptist Church

This church was founded in 1866 by Rev. James Smalls, its pastor for many years. The congregation, which built its sanctuary here on land owned by the Gospel Harp Society, grew to more than one hundred members by 1903. In ...

Second Battle of Deep Bottom

About noon on 16 Aug. 1864, Union Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Terry, with almost 5,000 men in four brigades, attacked the Confederate line over this ground. In a brief yet vicious struggle, Terry's men broke through 400 yards west of ...

Oak Grove Baptist Church

(Front text)

This church was organized in 1870 by Revs. John D. Nix, W.H. Shuman, and Jonas Trowell. F.J. Bryan and A.W. Crosby were its first deacons; Rev. Trowell became its first minister. This sanctuary, dedicated in 1871, was built ...

Wood's Division - Granger's Corps

Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood.

Wood's Division - Granger's Corps

Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood.

Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M.

1st Brigade - Brig. Gen. August Willich.

2d Brigade - Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen.

3d Brigade - Brig. Gen. Samuel Beatty

This Division carried Orchard Knob ...