Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps

U.S.A.

Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps,

Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts, Commanding.

September 16, 1862.

Ricketts' Division crossed the Antietam at the Sumner Bridge on the afternoon of Sept. 16, and moved in a westerly direction toward the Smoketown Road.

At 6 p.m., Meade's Division ...

Chapel of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Tem

This chapel designed by Maximilien Godefroy represents a unique combination of French Gothic and classical architecture; it was built of English brick and trimmed with Acquia Creek sandstone and stucco. The cornerstone was dedicated by Bishop Carroll on June 16, ...

46th Pennsylvania Infantry

46 Penn. Inf

Aug. 9, 1862

Charged across

wheat field against

Stonewall Jackson's

command.

Engaged, 504

Loss, 244

Marker can be reached from Dove Hill Road (Virginia Route 642), on the left.

Courtesy hmdb.org

A Well-furnished Store

"Those who have occassion to stop at Council Grove, on the Santa Fe Road, will do well to 'put up' with Charles A. Gilkey [Hays' hotel clerk]...[?] host of the Hayes House. [They]...cannot but help feeling quite at home.

- Kansas ...

Third U.S. Infantry

First Brigade - Second Division

Army of the Potomac

Fifth Corps

Second Division First Brigade

Third U.S. Infantry

Six Companies

Captain Henry W. Freedly and Captain Richard G. Lay

Commanding

July 2 Arrived in the morning and took position near the line of the Twelfth Corps. The Regiment ...

Second U.S. Infantry

Second Brigade - Second Division

Army of the Potomac

Fifth Corps

Second Division Second Brigade

Second U.S. Infantry

Six Companies

Major Arthur T. Lee and Captain Samuel A. McKee

commanding

July 2 Arrived in the morning and took position with the Brigade at the right of the Twelfth ...

Charles Frederick Taylor

(Front):Here fell

Charles Frederick Taylor

July 2, 1863

Age 23 years 4 months 26 days

Colonel of "The Bucktails"

First Rifle Regiment P.V.R.C.

Erected by his comrades and friends

1905

(Back):Charles Frederick Taylor

Born February 6 1840

Enrolled May 16 1861

Captain Co. H. 13th Penna. Reserves

First Rifles May 28 1861

Colonel ...

Forbes Trail

Per Tot Discrimina

Through so many dangers

In 1758, at the height of the French & Indian War, British General John Forbes and his troops took on a daunting task:

To carve a trail, over 300 miles long, through the Pennsylvania backcountry and ...

Old Forge, N.Y.

These three iron parts of the old forge and this mill stone from the old grist mill were used by agents sent here by JOHN BROWN of RHODE ISLAND who acquired this tract in 1798. They were again used about ...

Forks of Wabash

The junction of the Wabash and Little rivers, 100 yards south, was the western terminus of the Maumee-Wabash long portage and, in 1835, of the first section of the Wabash and Erie Canal. During the 18th century French and English ...