49th Ohio Infantry

Willich's Brig., Wood's Div., 4th Corps.

49th Ohio Infantry

Willich's Brig., Wood's Div., 4th Corps.

Maj. Samuel F. Gray.

Nov. 25, 1863.

Nov. 23, this Regiment with its Brigade took active part in the capture of Orchard Knob, being in the front line of attack.

It ...

Fischer House

Prussian native Joseph Fischer (1826-1889) constructed this home for his family in 1882 with the help of his son Francis. Skilled stonemasons, Joseph and Francis Fischer developed one of Austin’s leading masonry contracting businesses and worked in the construction of ...

Loup River Freighter Hotel

Loup River Freighters Hotel was built in 1884 by Jerome Lalone, a house painter and wallpaper hanger from Kearney. Mr. Lolone purchased land in the northwestern corner of Buffalo County along the South Loup river in 1883. he built the ...

Meadow Farm

The Road to Yellow Tavern

Union Gen. Philip Sheridan used the Mountain Road during his 1864 raid toward Richmond. His lengthy column of 12,000 horsemen passed here on the morning of May 11. The troopers spread out to destroy many miles ...

Ashford McGill House

Zilker Park Refectory

Originally built in the 1870s for Austin pioneer Ashford McGill, this native limestone structure and the surrounding property were purchased by Andrew J. Zilker who conveyed the land to the city for a park in 1931. Remodeled by ...

Zachary Taylor Fulmore

Nov. 11, 1846 -June 23, 1923

Jurist, educator and author born in North Carolina, he came in 1870 to Texas, where he married Luella Robertson, Granddaughter of founder of Robertson Colony.

Practiced law in Austin: also filled numerous commitments to State and ...

Fort Nonsense

To protect his army and supplies from a British attack, General George Washington ordered the construction of a small fortification on the hill overlooking Morristown during the Spring of 1777. This became known as the “upper redoubt” and included a ...

Battle of Rivers' Bridge

Feb. 2-3, 1865

The End is Near

The Union Victory broke the main Confederate line of defense in lower South Carolina. McLaws' troops retreated to another line behind the Edisto River about 20 miles northeast of here, then continued to fall ...

15th Ohio Infantry.

Willich's Brig., Wood's Div., 4th Corps.

15th Ohio Infantry

Willich's Brig., Wood's Div., 4th Corps.

Lieut. Col. Frank Askew.

Nov. 25, 1863.

Nov. 23, this Regiment with its Brigade took active part in the capture of Orchard Knob, being in the front line of attack.

It ...

First Division

Second Corps

Army of the Potomac

Second Corps

First Division

Brig. General John C. CaldwellFirst Brigade Col. Edward E. Cross, Col. H. B. McKeen

Second Brigade Col. Patrick Kelly

Third Brigade Brig. Gen. Samuel K. Zook, Lieut. Col. John Fraser