Cranberry Mills

This gristmill stone commemorates Cranberry Mills, the first industry in Cranbury - erected by Thomas Grubbs in 1737, on the south side of Cranbury Brook. The village, was once called Cranberry or Cranberry Town, changed its name to Cranbury late ...

Battery A, Fourth U.S. Artillery

Artillery Brigade - Second Corps

Army of the Potomac

Second Corps

Artillery Brigade

Battery A Fourth U.S. Artillery

Six 3 inch Rifles

Lieut. Alonzo H. Cushing and Sergt. Frederick Fuger

commanding

July 2 Arrived and took position with the brigade of Brig. General A.S. Webb Second Division Second ...

"Charles Egbert Craddock"

Mary Noailles Murfree, who later became a prominent authoress under this pen-name, was born at "Grantlands," whose site is now marked by a large pine tree, Jan. 24, 1850. Educated at the Nashville Female Academy, later in Philadelphia, her first ...

Bates Grove and the Area Adjacent to the Cottonwood River Dam

In 1885, one Kansas writer described the area in generous words, "...at the right of the bridge on the south side of the Cottonwood River is an excellent water mill, and the music of the falling waters as they flow ...

Bradley Academy

Stood 100 yards E. Organized 1806, with Jos. Dixon, Jno. R. Bedford, Jn. Thompson, St., Wm. P. Anderson, and Robert Smith trustees, it was supported partly by tuition fees, partly by lotteries. An early headmaster was Samuel P. Black. James ...

Murfreesboro

First settlers came in 1799; the settlement was first named Cannonsburg. It was actually founded in 1811 on land donated by Capt. William Lytle, who stipulated that the town should be named for Hardee Murfree, a Revolutionary veteran of Williamson ...

O'Bannon House

Lt. Presley N. O'Bannon, USMC, the first American to raise our flag on foreign soil, April 27, 1805. Barbary coast pirates who were holding 180 American seamen for ransom were overcome in an attack led by O'Bannon. He came to ...

Shays’ Rebellion

This Tablet Marks the Battle Place

of Shays' Rebellion

January 25, 1787

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Erected By The

George Washington Chapter

Sons Of The American Revolution

A.D.1900

Marker is on State Street near Federal Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy ...

Camp Boone

Here in 1861 was established a staging area and training camp for Kentuckians desiring to enlist for the Confederacy. An early camp commander was Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, CSA. Col. (later Brig. Gen.) Roger W. Hanson brought here a ...

Fort McAllister The Naval Bombardments

On July 1st and 29th, 1862, the fort was shelled by Union gunboats and on Nov. 19th by the ironclad "Wissahickon" and two escort craft. Hit below the waterline, "Wissahickon" withdrew after firing 17 11-inch and 25 other shells. The ...