Ridgeland Baptist Church

( Front text )

This church was organized February

28,1892, by Revs. W.H.Dowling and

J.T. Morrison with nine charter

members. It was admitted to the

Savannah River Baptist Association

with Rev.Dowling as its first

minister. The congregation held

services in the Masonic hall

until 1894, when it built its ...

Civil War Hospital Site

Hoffman Farm

Civil War Hospital Site

Hoffman Farm

Was used as a hospital during

The Maryland Campaign 1862

Private Property

courtesy of S.H.A.F.

Marker is on Keedysville Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

12th Corps Movement

U.S.A.

Through the fields west of this road the Twelfth Army Corps moved to the front between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. on September 17, 1862, Williams' Division in advance, Greene's Division following.

Marker is on Smoketown Road, on the right when ...

Virginia Estelle Randolph

The daughter of parents born in slavery, Virginia Randolph (1874-1958) taught in a one-room schoolhouse beginning in 1892. A gifted teacher, she became in 1908 the nation's first Jeanes Supervising Industrial Teacher, a position sponsored by the Anna T. Jeanes ...

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 ...

American Legion Post 244

World War I and II veterans organized the Glen Allen American Legion Post 244 in 1946. Sheppard Crump, a member of the First Caucus of the American Legion and later the Adjutant General of Virginia was the first Commander. Dr. ...

Second Army Corps

Howard's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division

U.S.A.

Second Army Corps.

Howard's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division,

Brig. Gen. O.O. Howard, Commanding,

Organization.

69th Pennsylvania Infantry,

71st Pennsylvania Infantry,

72d Pennsylvania Infantry,

106th Pennsylvania Infantry.

September 17, 1862.

Howard's Brigade following Gorman and Dana in their attack, passed through the East Woods, crossed the Cornfield and ...

Trimble Township War Memorial

In Memory of the men who made the Supreme Sacrifice

1917 World War I 1918

James Cox •

Frank McCann •

Roy Sampson

1941 World War II 1945

Virgil Brooks •

Robert C. Brown •

Ernest Burdiss •

Paul Byers •

Cloyd Clemons •

Andrew E. Covella •

Joseph Dalton •

Lawrence Frederick ...

Elephant Butte Dam

Pueblo Indians irrigated and farmed the Rio Grande Valley for several hundred years before the Spaniards arrived and continued the tradition. Built between 1910-1916, Elephant Butte Dam when completed was the world's largest irrigation reservoir. It was the first large-scale ...

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, ...