Connecticut Farms

On June 7, 1780 about 5000

British and Hessian

troops invaded

Connecticut Farms (now

Union Township). They

stopped at Governor

Livingston’s home

located at this site.

Marker is on Morris Avenue (County Route 82), on the right when traveling west.

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Fries Manufacturing and Power Co.

First producer of hydroelectric power in North Carolina, April 20, 1898. Located 3 mi. S.W. at early ferry crossing.

Marker is on U.S. 158, on the right when traveling east.

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To the memory of Colonel Israel Angell

Who commanded the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry

at the

Battle of Springfield

23rd June, 1780.

Headquarters, Rampaugh. 28th June, 1780.

Sir,

---- The gallant behaviour of Col. Angell’s regiment on the 23rd inst., at Springfield, reflects the highest honour upon the officers and ...

Army of the Mississippi

C.S.

Army of the Mississippi.

General Albert Sidney Johnston (Killed).

General G.T. Beauregard.

First Corps. Maj. Gen Leonidas Polk.

Second Corps. Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg.

Third Corps. Maj. Gen. Wm. J. Hardee, (wounded).

Reserve Corps. Brig. Gen. John C. Breckinridge.

The Confederate army, known ...

Site of Mount Airy

In 1811, Martin Staley transferred land here to

his son Valentine. A year later, his son formed

the town of Mount (Mt.) Airy, sometimes referred

to as Staleytown. The tract was divided into about

72 lots, including Main Street, Cross Street, and a

public square. ...

1873 Infantry Barracks

Fort Clark by 1873 had grown to regimental size, compelling construction of six single-story infantry barracks and three two-story cavalry barracks by the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department. This one-story rectangular plan barracks was built of coursed rubble limestone with a ...

Confederate Burial Trench

(Stone monument)

To the Confederate Dead

in the Trenches

Erected by the U.D.C.

A.D. 1917

(Metal Tablet)

Burial Place

Confederate Soldiers

Shiloh

1862

(Bronze marker)

Unknown Soldier

Confederate States Army

Marker is on Loop road to Confederate Burial Trench 0.1 miles west of Sherman Road, on the right when traveling south.

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Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park

Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania—this is the bloodiest landscape in North America. No place more vividly reflects the Civil War’s tragic cost in all its forms. A city bombarded, bloodied, and looted. Farms large and small ruined. Refugees by the ...

147th New York Infantry

2nd Brigade, 1st Division

(Front):147th

New York

Infantry,

2d Brigade,

1st Division,

1st Corps.

(Back)Position 10 a.m.

July 1st 1863

————

Killed and wounded

here 212

————

Killed and mortal wounded 76

————

Wounded 146,

Missing 79,

Total loss 301,

Number engaged 380.

(Right):Chancellorsville

Mine Run

Wilderness

Spottsylania

North Anna

Cold Harbor

Petersburg

Weldon R.R.

(Left):Yellow House

Peebles Farm

Hatchers Run

Dabneys Mills

Gravelly Run

White Oak Road

Five Forks

Appomattox

Marker ...

The History of Victor B. Jenkins Jr. Memorial Boys Club

In a modest garage apartment building at the corner of Jefferson and 35th Street, the Jefferson Athletic Club For

Boys was founded in 1933. The nation was in the throes of a great economic depression. The need arose for ...