Soldiers and Sailors of the Confederacy

(Front):A

Memorial

to

the soldiers

and

Sailors

of the

Confederacy

(Back):Walter

Washington

Williams

Who was

recognized by

the Government

of the

United States

as the last

surviving

Confederate

veteran

died

1959

at the age

of

117 years

(Left Side):

South Carolina

Florida

Georgia

Texas

Arkansas

North Carolina

Kentucky

(Right Side):

Mississippi

Alabama

Louisiana

Virginia

Tennessee

Missouri

Maryland

(Around the Base):

Heroic defenders of their country * their fame shall be an echo and a light unto eternity

Marker is on South Confederate Avenue, ...

In memory of all Veterans

In memory

of all veterans

who served our country

in time of war

Marker is on Wright Street near Kellog.

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Mother Francisca del Espiritu Santo

Francisca de Fuentes, was born to Don Simon de Fuentes and Ana Maria Tamayo del Castillo in the City of Manila in 1647. Widowed and childless herself after a brief marriage, she dedicated herself to helping the sick, the needy ...

Getting Ready To Fight

March 6, 1862 - Late Afternoon

General Samuel Curtis had only 10,500 troops to hold back a Confederate army of more than 16,000 men moving toward him. Curtis had asked army headquarters in St. Louis for reinforcements. None could be sent.

At ...

University of Santo Tomas

Universidad de Santo Tomas

Here once stood the Univerity of Santo Tomas, the oldest university in Asia. Founded in 1611. First called Colegio Seminario de Santo Tomas de Nuestra del Rosario. Authorized to grant academic degrees in 1624. Raised to the ...

16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

(Front)

Position of

the 16th. Conn.

Vol. Infantry

5 P.M. - Sept. 17, 1862

(Left)

Number engaged - 779

Casualties

Killed 43

Wounded 161

Total 204

(Rear)

16th Connecticut

Vol. Infantry

2nd Brigade

3rd Division

9th Army Corps

(Right)

Erected by the

State of

Connecticut

1894

Marker is on Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south.

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Former New York State Champion Tree

Red and Silver Maple Hybrid

Acer rubrum x saccharinum

This just might be the oldest tree on campus. It is estimated

at 350+ years old. It has lived through drought, fire and being struck

by lightening. It is truly a survivor.

Marker is on Blithewood ...

Site of Stamping Mill

Stamping Mill

Built on Green Limb Branch

near here.

Locally called

"Tunking Mill"

from sound of blows

of heavy hammers.

Marker is on Carranza Road 1.5 miles south of Forked Neck Road/Bozarthtown Road, on the left when traveling south.

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Fourth Alabama Infantry - Law's Brigade

Hood's Division - Longstreet's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Longstreet's Corps Hood's Division

Law's Brigade

Fourth Alabama Infantry

July 2 Left New Guilford 25 miles distant at 3 a.m. arrived here and formed line about 4 p.m. and under fire from Smith's Union Battery on ...

Fulton County War Memorial

In memory of those that have given their lives serving their Country.

Marker is on U.S. 31 south of County Route W 375 N, on the right when traveling south.

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