Army of the Potomac

July 7 1863

Headquarters of the Army moved from Gettysburg to Frederick. First Corps marched from Emmitsburg to Hamburg. Second Corps from Two Taverns to Taneytown. Third Corps from Gettysburg via Emmitsburg to Mechanicstown. Fifth Corps from Moritz's Cross-Roads via Emmitsburg ...

Original Bell of Stepney Baptist Church

Original Bell Of

Stepney Baptist Church

In Service

From 1885 to Sept. 9, 1964

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Connecticut Route 25) and Green Street, on the right when traveling south on Main ...

Battle of Port Gibson

On May 1, 1863, Confederate forces under Brig. Gen. John Bowen clashed with elements of two Union corps commanded by Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant. The battle began around midnight near the Shaifer House four miles west of town. At dawn, ...

First National Bank Building

1872-1873, Thomas J. Johnson

Cast iron facade by Richard M. Upjohn

The First National Bank Building features the oldest known cast iron facade

in the Intermountain West. It was designed by Richard M. Upjohn, one of America’s most distinguished 19th-century architects. The building ...

First Settlers in Athens County

In Memoriam

Honoring the first settlers in Athens Co.

from the New England States

Alvan Bingman •

Silas Bingman •

Isaac Barker •

William Harper •

John Wilkins •

Robert Linzee •

Edmond Dorr •

William Dorr •

Barak Dorr •

John Chandler •

Jonathan Watkins

Marker is at the intersection of Court Street ...

The First Unitarian Church of Baltimore

(Unitarian and Universalist)

In 1817, when Baltimore Town boasted 60,000 inhabitants and Mount Vernon Place was still a forest, a group of leading citizens met in the home of Henry Payson "to form a religious society and build a church ...

The Great Train Raid of 1861

Jackson captured engines from Martinsburg, W.VA. and had them pulled by horse teams across the roads to Strasburg, near here, they were set on rails and sent south for the Confederate cause.

Marker is on East King Street (Virginia Route 44), ...

Confidence Engine Company

City Hill

Erected in 1860, this part of City Hall housed the Confidence Engine Company which was originally formed as The Mountaineer Engine Company. When flames engulfed most of the town in 1856, concerned citizens of Placerville realized that even the ...

Inner Defenses

1864

Here ran the Inner line of Lynchburg defenses thrown up by General D. H. Hill in June, 1864. General John C. Breckinridge. Confronting General Hunter in the Shenandoah Valley, made a forced march to forestall Hunter. Hill constructed a shallow ...

Roll of Honor

Roll of Honor

1941 1945

In Memory of Our Comrades

Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice

In World War II

Michael J. Canavan • John E. Cox • William H. Elliot • Harry I. Fowles • Raymond D. Flynn • Frank J. Fisco • Stephen Karako ...