To the Confederate Dead of Gloucester

Erected by their surviving comrades and friends.

Plant the fair column o'er the vacant grave, a soldier;s honors let a soldier have.

1889

Marker can be reached from Gloucester Courthouse Grounds.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Battle of Iron Works Hill

December 23, 1776

A decisive skirmish in the

Revolutionary War.

Colonel Samuel Griffin’s troops were entrenched at this site. They decoyed Colonel (Count) Kurt von Donop’s Hessian soldiers away from Bordentown thus reducing the enemy forces defending Trenton and assuring victory by General ...

Women Veterans of New Mexico

(side one)

New Mexico has a proud history of military service. We are a state of culturally diverse citizens who are willing to defend our freedom and rights. Over 15,000 women in New Mexico have volunteered to serve in our ...

First Congregational Church

On January 11, 1860, eight years before Saugatuck was incorporated as a village, a council of area Congregational leaders met in the Pine Grove schoolhouse and organized a church. During the summer the congregation built a church on this site, ...

The Shelling of Carlisle

Walking Tour Stop 11

On June 27, 1863, a dusty column of 15,000 rebels led by General Richard Ewell marched up the road from Shippensburg into Carlisle. Foraging for supplies, they camped here until Tuesday, June 30. They departed that day, ...

1st and 2nd Battle of Cynthiana

(Front):1st Battle of CynthianaDuring CSA Col. John H. Morgan’s 1st KY Raid, on July 17, 1862, 875 CSA hit town via the Georgetown Pike. 350 US troops & Home Guard defended town from houses. Morgan attacked across Licking River and ...

Alfred Eugene Jackson

Born January 1807, this native Tennessean became one of the area’s most successful businessmen, achieving prominence as a financial agent for the East Tenn.& Va. Railroad, which he helped to found. During the Civil War he was appointed a brigadier ...

Campaign of 1781

The roads through Henrico County were important routes for the Revolutionary War campaign of 1781. To avoid British Gen. Charles Cornwallis's troops advancing from Petersburg, the Marquis de Lafayette left Richmond by 27 May and marched northward through Henrico. Cornwallis ...

Fulton County Courthouses

Since its organization in 1836 Fulton County has erected three Courthouses to be the seat of its government.

The first was built in 1837 directly west of the present Courthouse. It was wooden, 24x20 feet in size and ...

Chain of Signal Beacons

Large fires, cannon and flags were used to signal alarms during the Revolutionary War. The fires were called beacons and were used to assemble militia, indicate the approach direction of the enemy and to direct the movements of military forces.

In ...