Cottonwood River Bridges at Cottonwood Falls

The first major bridge at Cottonwood Falls was a 150 foot long iron truss bridge constructed in 1872. The iron bridge was just west of the present arch bridge.

The present bridge was constructed in 1914 by the Missouri Valley Bridge ...

Headquarters of Brigadier General Henry Hunt

Headquarters

of

Brig-General

Henry J. Hunt

Chief of Artillery

Army of the Potomac

July 2,3,4,5,

1863

Marker is on Taneytown Road (State Highway 134), on the right when traveling south.

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387th Bomb Group (M)

Dedicated to the members

387th Bomb Group (M)

556th Bomb Squadron

557th Bomb Squadron

558th Bomb Squadron

559th Bomb Squadron

1 December 1942 - 17 November 1945

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Mortar Battery

Mortar shells from this battery plummeted down in high soaring arcs upon the warships, tearing through the canvas sails and bursting upon the wooden deck.

This mortar battery, joined with heavy guns on both sides of the River, made running the ...

Battle of Falling Waters

Crockett-Porterfield House

On the morning of July 2, 1861, Federal troops under Gen. Robert Patterson crossed the Potomac River from Maryland and marched toward Martinsburg. Confederate Col. Thomas J. Jackson’s command marched from Camp Stephens, four miles north of town, to ...

3rd New York Independent Battery

Artillery Brigade

(Front):3rd N.Y.

Independent Battery

Artillery Brigade

Sixth Corps

July 2 & 3, 1863

(Back):Forced march 36 miles, second position

No losses

Mustered in May 21, 1861, participating

in all the campaigns of the Army of

the Potomac to the end of the war

Marker is on Taneytown Road (State ...

Doctor Still’s Birthplace

Andrew Taylor Still, physician and founder of osteopathy, was born two miles southwest, near the Natural Bridge of Lee County, August 6, 1828. Dr. Still served in the War Between the States. He established the first American school of osteopathy ...

Hugh B. Hancock House

Built in 1886, this house was originally located on 7th Street in the Robertson Hill area of East Austin. It was constructed for Hugh B. Hancock, a successful black businessman of the city. In 1904 it was sold to German ...

Bergen Neck Fort

Built by Americans, 1776, at the site of Bayonne. Occupied 1777 – 82 by Loyalist forces, who named it Fort Delancey.

Marker is on Avenue B, on the right when traveling north.

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Second Battle of Drewry's Bluff

The Second Battle of Drewry's Bluff, or the Proctor's Creek engagement, began on 14 May 1864 when part of Union Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James feigned an attack toward Richmond from Bermuda Hundred. After two days ...