17th Maine Infantry

Position of 17th Maine Infty. July 3, 1863.

Losing here killed 2. Wounded 10.

This regt. fought July 2 in the Wheatfield

as shown by monument there losing 120.

Marker is at the intersection of Hancock Avenue and Pleasonton Avenue, on the left when ...

Battle Of Bethesda Church

Here stood Bethesda Church, founded about 1830 and used by Baptists and Disciples of Christ until it burned in 1868. In May 1864, during the Civil War, Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's V Corps formed the left flank of Lt. ...

Civil War Parrott Rifle

10 Pounder Rifle

From Watervliet Arsenal Designed

By Robert P. Parrott and Cast at

The West Point Foundry.

Used by the Union Forces These

Guns were Mounted on Carriages

Made at Watervliet Arsenal Where

Ammunition was also Made. This Is

One of Four Parrott Rifles Excavated

At the Site ...

1st Lt. Chadwick McFall Barber

In Loving Memory of

Lt. Chadwick McFall Barber proudly served his country with distinction and paid the ultimate sacrifice when he was killed in action January 8, 1969, in the Republic of Vietnam. This bronze statue captures his likeness. Ola McFall ...

Fort Beauharnois

On the shore of Lake Pepin just north of here a French expedition commanded by LaPerriere and accompanied by two Jesuits in September 1727 built a substantial log fort and the mission of St. Michael the Archangel. The post was ...

Birthplace of Madison

At this place, Port Conway, James Madison, fourth President of the United States and Father of the Constitution, was born, March 16, 1751. His mother was staying at her paternal home, Belle Grove, 400 yards east when her son was ...

Northford Veterans Monument

Erected In 1920 By The Society Of Northford

In Honor Of Her Sons

Who Answered Their Country's Call

1776 Revolutionary War 1783

Ambrose Baldwin • John Baldwin • Phineas Baldwin • Samuel Bartholomew • Dan Bartholomew • Jacob Bunnell • Nathaniel Bunnell • Joseph ...

A Tradition of Remembering, A Legacy of Preservation

Eleven years after the battle of Rivers Bridge,

a group of local young men formed the Rivers

Bridge Confederate Memorial Association and

reburied the Confederate dead here, about a

mile from the battlefield. The Memorial

Association began to meet at the site ...

Battle of Cold Harbor

The left of Lee's line at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864, crossed the road here. The main battle took place to the east, where Grant attacked Lee's trenches without success.

Marker is on Mechanicsville Turnpike (U.S. 360) 0.1 miles east of ...

Church of the Holy Cross

The Church of the

Holy Cross 1844

Its Rectory 1857

The Mary Warren Free

Institute School 1862

Are Listed Upon

The National Register of

Historic Places in Recognition

of their Architectural and

Historical Significance

1973

Marker is on 8th Street, on the right when traveling north.

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