West Point Truce Line

Waiting, Looting, and Shooting

(Preface) The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ...

Clash on the Orange Turnpike

Wilderness Exhibit Shelter

The Battle of the Wilderness

On May 5, 1864, Lee moved swiftly eastward through Orange County and struck the Federals along two roads - the Orange Plank Road and the Orange Turnpike. Two bloody, largely separate battles exploded. They ...

Polk County

Created December 20, 1851 and named for President James Knox Polk. Cedartown is fittingly named for the trees which flourish in this beautiful valley. The city is a railroad center, has a thriving textile industry, and a large paper mill. ...

George Preston Marshall

(west face):

[image of George Preston Marshall]

Founder of the Washington Redskins

Pioneer in the National Football League

(east face):

[image of Washington Redskins logo]

The Washington Redskins organized in nation's capital, 1937.

This memorial is a tribute to ...

Teco Energy's Tampa Electric Company

Organized October 1899

In 1899, Colonel Peter O. Knight created Tampa Electric Company to serve the energy needs of a growing Tampa community. Some 28 employees served 1200 customers with electricity from the region's first power plant, one powered by the ...

140th Pennsylvania Infantry

140th Reg't. Penna. Vols.

Col. R. P. Roberts Commanding.

Zook's Brig., Caldwell's Div., Hancock's Corps.

July 2nd 1863.

(Succeeded 5, Corps Troops.)

Carried into action.

29 officers and 560 enlisted men.

Lost in action.

14 officers and 227 enlisted men.

as follows:Killed, 3 officers and 34 enlisted men.

Died of ...

Crawfordville Academy Alexander Stephens Institute

This school, one of the finest of the early Georgia Academies, was chartered by the Legislature, Dec. 26, 1826. First trustees were Archibald Gresham, R. Q. Dickinson, Wylie Womack, Hermon Mercer, Leonidas B. Mercer. Among the first masters were William ...

Skipwith Academy

Grey Skipwith, Sr., a midshipman in the Confederate navy purchased the original site, formerly "Fort Hill", a Civil War parade ground, in 1890. Lord Alfred Bosson designed Bekeby, an English style Tudor mansion, in 1927 for Admiral Grey Skipwith, Jr.

The ...

Bethlehem Baptist Church

In 1828, nine people organized a Sunday school in a log schoolhouse, five miles from the Richmond City limits. Students from the Virginia Baptist Seminary, now the University of Richmond, helped it become the Bethlehem Baptist Church. The church received ...

Patriots of New Haven Memorial

This Memorial

Commemorates

The Determined Resistance

Near This Spot

Of The Patriots of New Haven

Against The British Invasion

Under Maj. Gen. Tryon of New York

July 5, 1779

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Woodward Avenue and Pope Street, on the right when traveling south. ...