Assessing the Obstacle

Never had "Stonewall" Jackson faced a stronger enemy position. Arriving here on Schoolhouse Ridge on the first day of the battle, Jackson scanned Bolivar Heights (the lower ridge in front of you) and saw a dangerous enemy - 7,000 Union ...

Congregational Church of Blair

Religous institutions have played an important role in the history of Nebraska. During the frontier period, churches fulfilled both the spiritual and social needs of the early inhabitants. The Congregational Church was one of Nebraska's pioneer denominations. The Reverend Reuben ...

Brownsburg

The village of Brownsburg, established on

23 November 1793, is an enduring example of

a mid- to late-19th-century Shenandoah Valley

community. By 1835 Brownsburg was a thriving commercial hub and was centrally located

on the stagecoach line between Staunton and

Lexington. Brownsburg Academy, a private

Presbyterian ...

Asbury School and Mission

1 Mile North of Fort Mitchell

In September 1821 Rev. William Capers was sent to Fort Mitchell, by the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to negotiate with the chiefs of the Creek Indian Nations for a mission which ...

Fort Coombs - Franklin Guards

The Franklin Guards, a company of Infantry organized in Apalachicola in 1884 by J. H. Coombs and Fred Betterfield, erected the first building in the city to be used solely as an armory in 1898. Made of simulated brick, it ...

Battle of Galveston

As part of the Union blockade of the Texas coast, Commander W. B. Renshaw led his small fleet into Galveston harbor to demand the surrender of this most important Texas port on October 4, 1862. Largely unguarded, as it was ...

Two-Chambered Granary

The two-chambered granary was used for storing threshed grain until it was either sold or consumed. The presence of two chambers indicates that the owner could grow two different crops and store them simultaneously. Grain was often transported across the ...

Founder of Presbyterianism

Five miles west was the home of the Rev. Francis Makemie, founder of Presbyterianism in the United States. About 1684, Makemie established in Maryland the first Presbyterian Church. Later he moved to Accomac and married. He died here in 1708.

Marker ...

Battlefield Landmarks - South and West

July 3, 1863 - Third Day

"...the enemy is advancing. Every eye could see the legions, an overwhelming resistless tide of an ocean of armed men sweeping upon us!"

1st Lt. Frank A. Haskell, U.S.A.

Aide to Brig. Gen. John Gibbon

You are standing ...

Calvert's (Arkansas) Battery

Maj. T.R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Calvert's (Arkansas) Battery

2-6 pdr. guns -- 2-12 pdr. Howitzers.

Maj. T.R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Cleburne's Division

1st Lieut. Thomas J. Key, Commanding,

1st Lieut. R. Fitzpatrick,

1st Lieut. W. M. Hopwood,

2d Lieut. J. G. Marshall.

Nov. 25, 1863, Morning

The battery occupied a ...