Site of Napoleon Bonaparte Byrne House

1868

In 1858, prosperous farmer Napoleon Bryne sold his Missouri land and journeyed west with his wife Mary Tanner Byrne, four children and other relatives. Two freed slaves, Pete and Hannah Byrnes, came with the family and became Berkeley’s first known ...

Women of the Confederacy Memorial

[South Side]:

1860

Affectionately

dedicated by

the Jefferson Davis

Memorial Association

to the women of

the Confederacy.

The living and the dead,

who midst the gloom of war

were heroines in the strife,

to perpetuate their noble

sacrifices on the altar of

our common country. Let

sweet incense forever

rise, till it reach them,

in robes ...

Ferdinando, and the End of the Fairfax Ownership

When George William died in 1787, the land and remains of Belvoir were willed to his nephew, Ferdinando Fairfax, son of his brother Bevan. Ferdinando and his wife Elizabeth lived on the grounds of Belvoir in a house known as ...

Confederate Park

Established 1891 on property donated by Capt. Samuel E. White. The site was given citizens of Fort Mill to perpetuate the memory of those who sacrificed so much from 1861-1865. Assisting in making the historic spot a reality were John ...

98th Pennsylvania Infantry

3d Brigade, 3d Division, 6th Corps

(Front):98th Penna. Infantry

3d Brig. 3d Div. 6th Corps

Leading the Corps in the march

from Manchester, Md.

Arrived here July 2d about 5 p.m.

immediately charged to the Wheatfield

and woods to the left.

About dark rejoined the Brigade north of

the ...

Tomb of the Unknown Slave

On this October 30, 2004, we, the faith community of St. Augustine Catholic Church, dedicate this shrine consisting of grave crosses, chains and shackles to the memory of the nameless, faceless, turfless Africans who met an untimely death in ...

Jim Weakland Field

This field is named in honor of a man who, for twelve years, dedicated his time to teaching the youth of Prince William County the true meaning of sportsmanship.

He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, police officer, and coach who ...

Fort Mill

(Front)

Fort Mill was established on land received in 1787 by Thomas Spratt, one of the first settlers in this area. According to local tradition, the 4,535-acre tract in Catawba Indian territory was given Spratt by the Catawbas who were grateful ...

121st New York Infantry

2d Brigade, 1st Division

(Front):121st

N.Y. Infantry.

(Col. Emory Upton.)

2d Brig. 1st Div.

6th Corps.

Held this position

from evening of

July 2d 1863

until close of battle.

(Right):Organized in Herkimer

and Otsego Co's.

Mustered in Aug. 23, 1862.

Officers 30, men 910.

Joined by transfer,

recruits etc.

officers 21, men 425.

Casualties.

Killed and mortally wounded,

officers ...

To the Memory of Burrell Hecock

To

the memory of

Burrell Hecock

of

Cleveland Ohio

Aged 17 Years

Who lost his life in an

heroic attempt to rescue

Mr and Mrs

Eldridge Stanton

of Toronto Ontario

when the ice bridge in

the gorge immediately

below was swept down

the Niagara River

and into the

Whirlpool Rapids

February 4th 1912

Marker can be reached from ...