26th Indiana and 37th Illinois Infantry

The 26th Indiana Infantry and the 37th Illinois Infantry made another attack up the ridge. Colonel John G. Clark, 26th Indiana, U.S.A., wrote:

"The regiment was ... ordered on the left of the 37th Illinois...Soon after...the were ordered to charge the ...

St. Peters United Church of Christ

This congregation was organized in 1894 by German and Swiss immigrants. Originally known as St. Petri Deutsche Evangelische Gemeinde (St. Peters German Evangelical Church), the congregation built this vernacular gothic revival sanctuary in 1905-1906. The meeting hall was added in ...

83rd New York Infantry (9th Regiment N.Y.S.M.)

2nd Brigade, 2nd Division

(Front):2nd Brig.

2nd Div. 1st Corps

83rd N.Y. Infty

Ninth

Regiment

N Y S M - NGSNY

(Right):Harpers Ferry, Va.

Cedar Mountain, Va.

Rappahannock, Va.

Thoroughfare Gap, Va.

2nd Bull Run, Va.

Chantilly, Va.

South Mountain, Md.

Antietam, Md.

Fredericksburg, Va.

Engaged on this ground

July 1st 1863, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

assisting ...

First Brigade, Cavalry Division

U.S.A.

First Brigade, Cavalry Division.

Major Charles J. Whiting, 2nd U.S. Cavalry,

Commanding.

Organization.

5th and 6th United States Cavalry.

(September 17, 1862.)

The Fifth United States Cavalry, Captain Joseph H. McArthur commanding, crossed the middle bridge over the Antietam shortly before noon and took position on ...

Pennington Family Cemetery

Born in Fannin County, Texas, during the Republic of Texas period, John Parker Pennington (1840-1904), lived as a young man in Arizona territory. As a member of one of the first families to settle in the territory he survived several ...

Confederate Winter Huts

The Breakthrough Trail

The two mounds on the lawn in front of you mark the locations of winter huts built by soldiers of Brigadier General Samuel McGowan’s South Carolina brigade during the winter of 1864-65. McGowan’s troops established several camps in ...

97th New York Infantry

2d Brigade, 2d Division

(Front):97th

New York

Infantry,

2d Brigade,

2d Division,

1st Corps.

(Left):(Conkling Rifles)

Organized and

commanded by

Col. Chas. Wheelock,

of Boonville, N.Y.

(Back):Held the enemy

in check here from

12.30, to 3 p.m.

July 1st 1863.

During this time

charged across

the field to the west.

Assisting in capturing

Iverson's Brigade

and securing flag

of 20th N.C.

(Right):July 2d ...

The Dead of Prairie Grove

The men who died on this field on December 7, 1862 are buried in the soldier cemeteries in Fayetteville. 700 unknown Confederate soldiers are in the cemetery maintained by the Southern Memorial Association on East Mountain. The Union dead are ...

11th Pennsylvania Infantry

2d Brigade, 2d Division

(Front):11th Pennsylvania

Infantry.

(Back):Present at Gettysburg

23 officers and 269 men

killed & died of wounds 13 men

wounded 8 officers. 54 men

Captured or missing 57 men

Total 132

Total enrollment 2096

Killed and died of wounds

12 officers. 219 men Total 231

Wounded 43 officers. 729 ...

Morris County 4-H Fairgrounds Circle of History

1821 • The Santa Fe Trail is first used by travelers throughout this area.

1827 • Big John Spring, now buried beneath the highway berm 100 ft. south, is discovered and named by George Sibley survey party.

1844 • John C. Fremont's ...