150th Birthday of the USMA

Dedicated to the United States

Military Academy on its one

hundred and fiftieth birthday

March 16, 1952 in memory and

honor of the men of West Point

who have contributed so much

to our development in the

Signal Corps Air Service

Air Corps Air Forces

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The Central Redoubt

The central redoubt house the fort's artillery. The square structure is approximately forty feet wide inside. The fort's entrance was located on the north, its least vulnerable side. Two artillery positions were constructed on each of the other three sides. ...

V Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade

U.S.A.

On the afternoon of September 17, the 4th U.S. Infantry, the 1st Battalion of the 12th, 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 14th and detachments of the 2d and 10th U.S. Infantry, were deployed to the right and left of ...

The Benjamin Wilkins House

Built in 1785, this

patterned glazed brick

homestead is typical of

several Wilkins properties of

the period in this area.

1847-1997

Marker is on Jennings Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Boisseau Family Cemetery

Tudor Hall Plantation

Many nineteenth-century Virginians buried deceased family members near their homes rather than in distant church yards. While we do not know when this cemetery was established, the only grave marker on this property belonged to Martha Eliza T. ...

The Enemy Is Behind Us!

March 7, 1862 - Mid-Morning

It was still below freezing at 10:30 a.m. March 7, 1862, when an alarmed messenger thundered into Union headquarters. The news he carried was startling: Confederates were moving down the Telegraph Road a mile north of ...

Tobacco Barn

Tudor Hall Plantation

Nineteenth-century farmers cut tobacco plants and placed them on sticks to be cured in tobacco barns like this one. Curing, a four-week process, preserves plants by removing moisture, and brings out the aroma and flavor. Farmers in Dinwiddie ...

Former Federal Court Building and Post Office

Discover Downtown Walking Tour A

When it was completed in 1887, this building was the first federal district courthouse and post office specifically built for those purposes in the city. A magnificent example of the Romanesque Revival style, the building was ...

The Defense of the Oconee Bridge

On Nov. 19, 1854, Maj. A. L. Hartridge, CSA, arrived from Savannah with 186 men and 2 guns [CS] to defend the railroad bridge against raiding parties from Gen. Sherman’s army [US], then on its destructive March to the Sea. ...

Battle of Griswoldville

On Nov. 22, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman’s army [US] moved SE from Clinton (near Gray) towards Gordon and Irwinton on its destructive March to the Sea. Walcutt’s brigade, with two guns of Arndt’s ...