The Battle of Springfield

Their deeds enriched

and glorified our nation.

This gate is dedicated

in commemoration of

the heroic service performed at

The Battle of Springfield

during the war for

American Independence

by the soldiers whose remains are

resting within this sacred tract.

Tribute of the New Jersey Society

Sons of the American Revolution

on ...

Padre Jose A. Burgos

In Tagalog:

Sa pook na ito nanirahan si Padre Burgos mula noong 1865 hanggang 1872 at nagtrabaho para sa mga pagbabago sa simbahan sa ilalim ng Espanya, naging Kura Paroko ng Parroquia del Sagrario, Fiscal Eclesiastico at pansamantalang canonigo magistral ng ...

Carrollton on the Wabash

90 lots platted in 1836 on both sides of Wabash - Erie Canal lock.

A Post office in 1838 - 39. The lock passed canal boats into the river on the pool of the Great Dam at Pittsburg five miles below. ...

Blue Mounds Fort

The onset of the Black Hawk War in northwestern Illinois in April, 1832 triggered panic in southwestern Wisconsin's lead mining region, prompting erection of over a dozen stockades. On an open prairie knoll 3/4 mile south of this marker, area ...

Blocher's Arkansas Battery

Blocher's Arkansas Battery was the focal point of the Union attacks. A sergeant in the battery reported:

"...The enemy advanced upon us with their artillery, under cover of their infantry, until within range of our battery when they opened a most ...

The Battle of Harmon Road

The Breakthrough Trail

On the final day of the Battle of Peebles’ Farm, October 2, 1864, Union troops of Brigadier General Gershom Mott’s Third Division, Second Army Corps, moved against the Confederate breastworks at the Hart Farm. Mott had orders to ...

Second Brigade, Cavalry Division

U.S.A.

Second Brigade, Cavalry Division.

Col. John Farnsworth, 8th Illinois Cavalry,

Commanding.

Organization.

8th Illinois, 3d Indiana, 1st Massachusetts,

and 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry.

(September 17, 1862.)

The Second Brigade crossed the Middle Bridge under a severe fire of Confederate Artillery posted on Cemetery Hill. The 8th Pennsylvania was ...

Wabash & Erie Canal

Trade and emigration route from Lake Erie to Evansville. Completed through Logansport 1840. Followed Erie Avenue and 5th Street, crossing Eel River by wooden aqueduct. Abandoned about 1876.

Marker is at the intersection of North 5th Street and North Street, ...

Old Fort Bowie

Guardian of Apache Pass

Established 1862 following the battle of Apache Pass, largest conflict in Arizona Indian Wars. Massed Apaches under Cochise and Mancas Coloradas were routed by howitzers fired by California volunteers attacked in the pass. Fort Bowie overlooked only ...

The Gadsden Purchase Celebration

The Gadsden Purchase celebration held at Mesilla New Mexico in 1854.

By A. J. Fountain Sr.

Marker is on Calle de Parian, on the left when traveling east.

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