Battle of “Ten Islands”

¼ mile above Neely Henry Dam

On July 14, 1864 a small group of brave Confederate Cavalry under General James H. Clanton approximately 300 strong were overwhelmed by a vastly superior Union Cavalry force under General L. H. Rousseau. The Confederates ...

We Were All Busily Engaged

After traveling 68 days and 600 miles, it was time for the Corps of discovery to stop for a rest. On July 22, 1804, William Clark wrote, they camped on the east side of the Missouri River, about 10 miles ...

Seeking Buyers and Sellers

French, Spanish, and British traders already controlled trade empires west of the Mississippi river when Lewis and Clark began the Expedition in 1804. but President Thomas Jefferson wanted the United States to control trade in the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase.

First, ...

Derby Korea – Vietnam Memorial

Dedicated to Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice and Advanced the American Ideals of Liberty and the Brotherhood of Man

Korea

James Ellingwood Towle 1st Lt. U.S.A.F.

Vietnam

Norman Edward Dawson Jr. P.F.C. U.S.M.C. • George Albert Kurtyka T. ...

Branford

Branford

In 1638 the New Haven Colony traded "eleven coats of trucking cloth and one coat of English cloth made in the English fashion" to the Mattabesec Indians for land known as Totokett (Tidal River). The First permanent settlement was established ...

S.S. Oklahoma and Esso Baton Rouge

Attacked by U-123

After midnight on April 8, 1942, the German submarine U-123 was in position off the St. Simons Island sea buoy. Minutes later it chased and torpedoed two tankers, the Oklahoma and Esso Baton Rouge, killing twenty-two crew members. ...

Archibald Campbell’s Tavern

Archibald Campbell’s tavern stood here. He supplied meals to General Washington when Peter Zabriskie’s home was used as military headquarters between November 13 and November 21, 1776 during the retreat across New Jersey. The army marched down Main Street and ...

Branford Veterans Memorial

In Memory of Those Who Served

Those Who Were Disabled In Service

And Those Who Gave Their Lives In

World War II and the Korean Conflict

Vietnam

Marker is on Main Street near Town Hall Drive, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fourth Brigade

Second Battle of Manassas

August 30, 1862

3:15 p.m.

Jackson's Division (Starke), Left Wing (Jackson)

Army of Northern Virgina, CSA

Fourth Brigade

Col. Leroy A. Stafford

1st Louisiana 10th Louisiana

2nd Louisiana 15th Louisiana

9th Louisiana Coppens' Battalion

"The Federal line advanced in perfect order, as if on dress parade, ...

Demarest-Bloomer House

Built about 1840 in the Greek Revival Style of architecture by John C. Demarest. He was a farmer with an interest in river trade when schooners plied the Hackensack River. The house was purchased in 1864 by George Bloomer, a ...