The Battle of Oak Hills

August 10, 1861

In early August, 1861 the Missouri State Guard under the command of Major General Sterling Price was camped along Wilson's Creek preparing to march into Springfield, Missouri ten miles northeast of their encampment. Shortly after 5:00 A.M. they ...

48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

(Front Inscription):

48th Pennsylvania

Volunteer Infantry

1st Brigade 2nd Division 9th Corps

Location 385 yards south 70 degrees east

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Casualties at Antietam

Killed 8

Wounded 51

Missing 1

Total 60

Organized August September 1861

Mustered out July 17th 1865

Recruited in Schuylkill County

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Battles Participated in

Newbern - Spotsylvania

Second Bull Run - North Anna

Chantilly ...

Famous Lytle Neighbors

Lytle Park Series

Dr. Daniel Drake (1785-1852),

the city's most famous physician-

surgeon and founder of the

Ohio Medical College, made his

home on nearby Third Street.

He was an outstanding author,

historian and scientist.

Dr. Richard Allison (1757-1816),

physician to the troops at

Fort Washington, was the first

man to ...

Washington Fire Company

No. 9

Located at this site, the volunteer

Washington Fire Company No.9,

provided fire protection to Washington

and adjacent wards for 24 years. The

top of a cistern visible 20 feet north

served as a water reservoir for the

fire apparatus. The men of the

Washington ...

Execution of Gabriel

Near here is the early site of the Richmond gallows and “Burial Ground for Negroes.” On 10 Oct. 1800, Gabriel, an enslaved blacksmith from Brookfield plantation in Henrico County, was executed there for attempting to lead a mass uprising against ...

Fairfax Family Cemetery

This quarter-mile trail leads to the Fairfax Family Cemetery.

It was common practice in the 18th century for residents of estates to be buried in family cemeteries on their property. William Fairfax and his wife Deborah, who died in 1757 and ...

Bedford Furnace

First iron furnace in the Juniata region. Famous as a center for making quality charcoal iron. Located on Black Log Creek below its junction with Shade Creek. Completed about 1786.

Marker is on Croghan Pike (Route 522), on the right.

Courtesy ...

51st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

51st

Pennsylvania

Volunteer

Infantry

2nd Brigade 2nd Division

9th Corps

Location 385 yards South

70 Degrees East

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Casualties at Antietam

Killed 21

Wounded 99

Total 120

Recruited in Montgomery

Northampton Union Centre

Lycoming and Snyder

Counties

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Battles Participated In

Roanoke Island

Newbern - Camden

Second Bull Run

Chantilly

South Mountain

Antietam

Fredericksburg

Vicksburg Jackson

Cambell's Station

Knoxville - Wilderness

Spotsylvania

North Anna - Cold Harbor

Petersburg - The Crater

Reams ...

William Fairfax and His Son, George William Fairfax

After schooling in England, George William Fairfax returned to Belvoir to live in 1746, and married Sarah Cary, also known as Sally, in 1748. They had no children. Upon his father William Fairfax's death in 1757, George William inherited Belvoir. ...

George Duncan Forsyth

[Text on Front Side of Marker]

F. C. L.

[Text on Right Side of Marker]

George Duncan Forsyth

Lt. Co. B. 100th O. V. I.

Captured at Limestone Station

Sept. 8, 1863.

Shot and Killed

in Libby Prison.

Apr. 12, 1864,

aged

23 Years.

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[Text on Back Side of Marker]

Dulce et Propria

Est ...