Site of the Old Baptist Meeting House

" Here, in 1794, I had the happiness,

instrumentally, to lay the foundation of

a place of worship which composed of

the best materials, and classes with the

most neat and commodious Baptist

meetinghouses in the United States."

(Rev. Henry Holcombe, First Fruits ...

Outer Defenses

By 1864, a complex series of fortifications north of Richmond and the James River protected the capital of the Confederacy. The outer line of western defenses crossed the road (then called the Deep Run Turnpike) here. The intermediate defensive line ...

Battle of Falling Waters

Stuart’s Surprise

Here at Stumpy’s Hollow on the morning of July 2, 1861, Confederate Lt. Col. J.E.B. Stuart captured a Union infantry company almost single-handedly. The Federals – Co. I, 15th Pennsylvania Volunteers – were acting as skirmishers in advance of ...

Albemarle Confederate Monument

1909

Erected by

the Daughters of

the Confederacy,

Albemarle County,

and the City of

Charlottesville

to commemorate

the heroism of

the volunteers of

Charlottesville and

Albermarle County.

"Love makes

memory eternal."

Marker is on Court Square near 5th Street NE.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Belvoir

Fort Belvoir is named for the 18th-century plantation that was owned by William Fairfax. The house burned in 1783. The U.S. War Department acquired much of the Belvoir tract in 1912 as a training center and named it Camp A. ...

Intermediate Defenses

Here ran, east and west, the intermediate line of Richmond defenses during the Civil War. Near this spot on 1 March 1864 Union Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick halted his raid that was intended to free Union prisoners and lower ...

Richmond Defences

The Outer Line

Here stood part of the outer line of the Confederate defences of Richmond, built in 1862-64. On the right the line crossed Brook Road and ran North and South along the ridge where Emmanuel church stands. On the ...

Sherman's Left Wing

On Dec. 8, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman`s army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, was moving through Effingham County toward Savannah. Hq. Left Wing, ...

Richmond Defences

The Outer Line

Here the outer line of the Confederate defences of Richmond crossed Brook Road. This line, here distant five miles from the capitol, was built in 1862-64 and extended in a half-circle from the James River near the present ...

In Memory of Hualapai Ancestors

Yu’ Nyihay Jamj Vo:jo

We honor our ancestors who died violent deaths at the hands of their captors and at this concentration camp. We greet the spirits of our ancestors and embrace their strength and above all else, their will to ...