Appomattox Court House

Here, amidst the once-quiet streets and lanes of Appomattox Court House, Lee, Grant, and their tired armies enacted one of the great dramas in American history.

“General, this is deeply humiliating; but I console myself with the thought that the whole ...

46th Pennsylvania Infantry

Knipes' Brigade - Williams' Division

(Front):46th Pennsylvania Infantry

1st. Brigade [Knipes]

1st. Division [Williams]

12th. Corps [Slocum]

Joe Hooker's command.

(Back):

This regiment rendered important service as rear guard in

the movements and actions of the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps

in opening and maintaining communications with

the Army of the ...

Apollonia

Originally called Verona Junction, this settlement was established at the intersection of the Chippewa River and Menomonie railway and the Soo Line railway. Like many Wisconsin communities, it was established as a railroad crossroads serving the surrounding agricultural community. The ...

Control of the Mechanicsburg Gap

Federal Battery E, 1st (West) Virginia Volunteer Artillery was assigned to the command at Fort Mill Ridge. The Battery was armed with six 3-inch rifled cannons. It is believed that two of these cannons were positioned in the central redoubt.

The ...

Pierce Park and Riverwalk

Due to land disputes and broken peace treaties between local natives and early English settlers, King Philip's War took place for 14 months during 1675 and 1676. Captain Michael Pierce's fight with the natives occured on this spot in March ...

Confederates Trapped

Appomattox Court House Nat’l Hist Park

For most of the war, Lee and his army had tormented their Northern enemies – at Gaines’ Mill, Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. But here, on April 9, 1865, the once-mighty Army of Northern Virginia found itself ...

Site of Hampton High School

1911 1954

Built 1911, by Town of Hampton.

Given to Hampton County 1925,

to become part of the county's

first public school system.

Closed 1954, upon consolidation

of district schools.

Building razed 1957.

This marker dedicated to our

school days, our teachers

and classmates.

Marker is on Mulberry Street W., on ...

The Weir - Pittsburg Coalfield

With the discovery of coal in Cherokee and Crawford Counties in the late 1860's, thousands came to work the mines. Some came from American towns and cities but most were immigrants from Europe. Over fifty nationalities settled in this area. ...

Fifth Army Corps

U.S.A.

Fifth Army Corps.

Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter, Commanding.

September 15 and 16, 1862.

The Fifth Army Corps constituted the reserve of the Army of the Potomac. Its advance, Sykes' Division, reached this point in the afternoon of Sept. 15.

On the morning of ...

Replicas gates for Northington General Hospital

These gates are replicas of the gates for Northington General Hospital, a U.S. Army Hospital that operated on this site during World War II. From 1947 to 1952, Northington General Hospital was the temporary home of DCH Regional Medical Center ...