First United Methodist Church of Florence

In 1856, Florence was a small settlement of log cabins and a store or two. It also has a stone building (300 ft. ESE), used as a church and meeting place, on land donated in 1845 by John C. Caskey. ...

James A. Garfield

(Front):James A. Garfield

1831 - 1881

(Left):Major General USV,

Member of Congress,

Senator

and

President

of the

United States

of

America.

(Right):Erected

by his comrades

of the

Society of the Army

of the

Cumberland

May 12 1887.

Marker is at ...

87th Infantry Division Monument

To the men of the

87th Infantry Division

Whose supreme sacrifice in the

world wide conflict for liberty

and freedom during World War II

shall not pass unheralded

Erected by the

87th Infantry Division Association

September 29, 1956 A.D.

Joseph Nash Belack

National Commander

Marker is at the intersection of South ...

Battery B, Fourth U.S. Artillery

Artillery Brigade - First Corps

Army of the Potomac

First Corps

Artillery Brigade

Battery B Fourth U.S. Artillery

Six 12 pounders

Lieut. James Stewart commanding

July 1 In position about 200 yards south of the Lutheran Theological Seminary until 3 p.m. when ordered to support the Second ...

Franklin County War Memorial

[ Plaque ]

The original monument on this site was erected by the Grand Army of The Republic and bore the following inscription: “I am dying, but I die for my Country” Gen. P. A. Hackleman was the only General from ...

Twelfth Army Corps

Stainrook's Brigade, Green's Division

U.S.A.

Twelfth Army Corps

Stainrook's Brigade, Green's Division,

Col. Henry J. Stainrook, 100th Penn., Commanding.

Organization.

3d Maryland Infantry, 102d New York Infantry,

111th Pennsylvania Infantry.

(September 17, 1862.)

After the Confederate right flank had been turned, Stainrook's Brigade pursued through the East Woods, cross ...

First Man Over the Works

The Breakthrough Trail

In the hours, days, and years after the Breakthrough, many Union soldiers boasted that they or their regiment were the first troops to capture the Confederate works on the morning of April 2. Darkness, the chaos of the ...

Site of Old Helena

A thriving and important town of the lead-mining days, here on July 28, 1832 troops crossed the Wisconsin River in pursuit of Indians under Black Hawk

Among officers of the Army here present these later became distinguished

Gen. Henry Atkinson •

Col. ...

Elysian Fields

New York’s First Central Park

Fast, reliable ferry service run by the Stevens family brought New Yorkers to Hoboken in droves. To attract riders, the Stevens' turned the waterfront into a semi-public park. They opened paths, pavilions, and breath-taking views, and ...

Habersham Iron Works & Mfg. Co.

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On the site of the Habersham Cotton Mills stood the Habersham Iron Works and Manufacturing Co., incorporated in late 1837 when this section of the state was Indian country. Jarvis Van Buren, a cousin of President Martin Van Buren ...