Battle of Springfield

This point marks the farthest advance of the Confederates into the city. After finally routing the 72nd Enrolled Missouri Militia, Confederates were forming along Walnut Street for the final assault into the city when drums along Jordan Creek to the ...

Roads Through the Battlefield

Battle of Chancellorsville - 1863

Today, much like it was in the nineteenth century, Spotsylvania County contains very few east-west roads. The few that exist, such as Route 3 before you, are heavily used and follow the same routes as their ...

Fredericksburg Battlefield

Before you looms Marye's Heights, a key point in the two major Civil War battles. At the base of the heights, bordered by a stone wall, lies the Sunken Road. In December 1862 Confederate troops standing in the road repelled ...

Battle of Springfield

At this site during the Battle of Springfield on June 23, 1780, the Americans, consisting of Continental Dragoons and the militia of this and surrounding neighborhoods, under Colonel “Light Horse” Harry Lee, Colonel Matthias Ogden, and Captain George Walker, encountered ...

Monmouth Battlefield

Has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

this site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating or illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1966

Courtesy hmdb.org

West Battlefield Overlook

(Panels from Left to Right)

(First Panel):

At the time of the battle, Nancy Morton lived with her parents in the William Morton house west of this location. When the fighting intensified in the area, the Mortons and three other families scrambled ...

Battlefield Terrain

The Breakthrough Trail

This bridge spans a small branch of Arthur’s Swamp. The ravine created by this streamlet had important consequences for both the defending Confederates and the attacking Union troops.

The earthen mounds immediately in front of you are the remains ...

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

(Bottom of Marker):

In memory of

Officers and soldiers who fell near this place

fighting with the 7th United States Cavalry

against the Sioux Indians

on the 25th and 26th of June,

A.D. 1876

(The rest of the marker includes names of the officers and soldiers who ...

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 ...

Battle of Springfield

Here, June 23, 1780, 1500 Americans under Greene and Dayton, were attacked by 5000 British and Hessians under Clinton and Knyphausen enroute to capture stores at Morristown. The British burned Springfield, but were defeated.

Marker is on Morris Avenue, on the ...