John Gordon Proposes a Flank Attack

On the morning of May 6, Confederate General John B. Gordon occupied the far Confederate left, in this vicinity, with his brigade of Georgians. Gordon reconnoitered to his left and front and discovered the Union right flank to be vulnerable ...

Defense of the Gap

During the Civil War this earthwork - called Fort Rains by the Confederates and Fort McCook by the Federals - was one of many fortifications ringing Cumberland Gap.

These defenses were considered too formidable to be taken by direct assault, which ...

Grand Prismatic Spring: Prism of Light, Spectrum of Life

Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest and one of the most brilliant of Yellowstone’s many colorful hot springs. It massive expanse stretches approximately 200 feet (61m) across. The high temperature of its water—°160 (70°C)—ensures that the spring is often cloaked ...

116th Pennsylvania Infantry

2nd Brigade, 1st Division

(Front): 116th Pennsylvania Infantry

2nd Brig. 1st Div. 2nd Corps.

(Back):2nd Brigade.

July 2, 1863

In action 142 officers and men

Killed and wounded 37

(Left):Irish Brigade.

(Right):1st Division.

Marker is on Sickles Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Southern Pacific Railroad Jail

Approximately 3,000 men labored on railroad construction up and over the Tehachapi Mountains in the 1870s.

It took over three years for the line to be completed through Kern County. As the railroad slowly progressed through the county, settlements sprang up ...

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 ...

The Culpeper Mine Road

The road trace in front of you is the Culpeper Mine Road, typical of the woods trails that composed the primitive transportation network in the Wilderness. Even a path like this possessed military significance, and Confederate troops from the famous ...

In Honor of Captain Nathan Hale

In Honor Of

Captain Nathan Hale

1755 – 1776

Patriot – Soldier – Martyr

I Only Regret That I Have But

One Life To Lose For My Country

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

The Honorable Mary Coon Walters / Chief Justice Pamela B. Minzne

Women of the Judiciary

[Side A:]

The Honorable Mary Coons Walters

(1922 - 2001)

Ms. Walters, who was a transport pilot during World War II, was the only woman in her UNM law school class when she graduated at age ...

East Shore Park

East Shore Park

New Haven, Connecticut

This 90 acre tract was once part of the land the Townsend family purchased in 1798 from the Quinnipiac Indian Tribe. The Townsends harvested salt hay from the tidal marsh, selling it for packing material to ...