James B. McCreary Hall of Justice

James Bennett McCreary

On August 31, 1975, James Bennett McCreary, a native of Madison County, was inaugurated governor of Kentucky. While advocating peace and reconciliation, his campaign had traded on his rank of lieutenant colonel in the Confederate cavalry of John ...

16th Maine Infantry

1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps

Position held July 1, 1863,

at 4 o'clock, p.m., by the

16th Maine Infantry.

1st Brig. 2nd Div. 1st Corps,

while the rest of the division was

retiring, the regiment having moved

from the position at the left where

its monument stands, ...

Birth of Naval Aviation

“The value of the aeroplane for the Navy is unquestioned.” – Eugene B. Ely

Naval aviation dates from November 14, 1910, when stunt pilot Eugene B. Ely coaxed a Curtiss “Pusher” biplane from the deck of the cruiser “Birmingham” in these ...

Fort Stedman

In the last grand offensive movement of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, Fort Stedman, with adjacent works, was captured at 4:30 A.M., March 25, 1865, by a well selected body of Confederates, under the command of General John B. Gordon.

An ...

29th Arkansas Infantry

Brothers Columbus and Ad Gray of Company D, 29th Arkansas Infantry, withstood the first Union assault and counterattacked with Sergeant Ad Gray in the lead. Columbus Gray wrote home after seeing his brother fall mortally wounded:

"I stopped, squatted down by ...

Battery 8 of the Dimmock Line

On June 15, 1864, after seizing Battery 5, Union troops swept southward along the Dimmock Line. Men of the 1st and 22nd Colored Troops captured Battery 8, overcoming heavy resistance from part of Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise’s Virginia brigade. ...

Fairfield County Veterans Service Commission Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to all Veterans

Past and Present

Who Served in the

US Military

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 22) and Pearl Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Secession Meeting Boulder

This stone

marks the spot

where

the

first secession

speeches

were made.

Marker can be reached from Secession Avenue (County Road 01-120) east of Branch Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battlefield Terrain

The Breakthrough Trail

This bridge spans a small branch of Arthur’s Swamp. The ravine created by this streamlet had important consequences for both the defending Confederates and the attacking Union troops.

The earthen mounds immediately in front of you are the remains ...

Battle of Griswoldville The Advance from East Macon

On Nov. 22, 1864, the 1st Division, Georgia Militia (less the 1st Brigade), with the 1st and 2nd Regiments, Georgia State Line, and Anderson’s Georgia Battery attached, Brig. Gen. Pleasant J. Phillips commanding, marched from East Macon about 8:00 A.M. ...