Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration

This 90-acre tract is home of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration - "The World's Largest Walking Horse Show". On July 17, 1939, a non-profit association was chartered to conduct a national celebration to honor and exhibit the Tennessee Walking ...

Second Brigade

Second Division - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps Second Division

Second Brigade

Col. Pennock Heuy

2d. 4th. New York 6th. Ohio (10 Cos.)

8th. Pennsylvania Cavalry

Participated in the Gettysburg Campaign with the Division until it arrived at Hanover Junction Pa.

June 30 The Commander ...

The Naval Battle of Fort Montgomery

When Sir Henry Clinton’s British troops reached Forts Clinton and Montgomery on October 6, 1777, some of his ships began moving upriver to support them. First came two galleys, the Dependence and the Crane, which were rowed into position. Four ...

Cabin Point

Beginning about 1689, a village known as Cabin Point stood here. It was a tobacco shipping port in the 18th century. Colonial troops were stationed here during the American Revolution in 1780 and 1781. By 16 Jan. 1781 Maj. Gen. ...

Deas' Brigade

Hindman's Division - Hardee's Corps.

Deas' Brigade

Hindman's Division - Hardee's Corps.

Brig. Gen. Zack C. Deas.

Nov. 25, 1863.

19th Alabama - Col. Samuel K. McSpadden.

22nd Alabama - Capt. Harry T. Toulmin.

25th Alabama - Col. George T. Johnson.

39th Alabama - Col. Whitfield Clark.

50th Alabama ...

Fish-Eating Birds

Large reservoirs like Harlan County Lake provide habitat for aquatic birds. Many of these birds eat fish like small gizzard shad and carp. To avoid competing for food and territory, these fish-eating birds forage in different parts of the reservoir, ...

Second Brigade

First Division - Sixth Corps

Army of the Potomac

Sixth Corps First Division

Second Brigade

Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett

5th. Maine 121st. New York

95th. 96th. Pennsylvania Infantry

July 2 The Brigade arrived late in the day and was formed in two lines to support Fifth ...

Seven Confederate Brothers

On 22 Apr. 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, six sons of Benjamin Mills Roberts and Mary Ann Wright Roberts enlisted in Co. D (Isle of Wight Rifle Grays), 16th Va. Inf. Regt. They were Mills W., John ...

Libby Prison

“Hope was all that sustained many.”

Near this site, from about 1845 until 1889, stood the building that housed Richmond’s famous Libby Prison. Originally built as a warehouse by wealthy Richmond businessman John Enders, Sr., a portion of the structure was ...

Old Ebenezer

»— .5 mi. ?

About .5 miles East on this Road is the site of Old Ebenezer, the first settlement of the Salzburgers in Georgia. They selected this location and named it Ebenezer -- the stone of help. General Oglethorpe

marked ...