Outer Fortifications

On the hilltops here

ran the outer line of

Richmond fortifications,

1862-1865.

Marker is at the intersection of Mechanicsville Turnpike (U.S. 360) and Springdale Road, on the right when traveling north on Mechanicsville Turnpike.

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The Voyage of Captain George Waymouth

To commemorate the voyage of

Captain George Waymouth

to the Coast of Maine

in 1605

His discovery and exploration of the

St. Georges River

and planting a Cross on the

northerly shore of this harbor

where the river "trended westward"

The earliest known claim of

right of possession by Englishmen

on ...

Blandford Church

In Harm’s Way

This church, built circa 1737, was in ruins at the time of the Civil War. Nonetheless, located behind Gracie’s, Colquitt’s and Elliott’s Salients in the Confederate defense lines, the structure served as a temporary field hospital during the ...

Fort Anderson

One Shovelful at a Time

In 1861–1862, Col. William Lamb and Maj. John Hedrick

constructed Fort Anderson, one of several Confederate

strongholds that protected Wilmington, a major blockade-running port. They enlarged Fort St. Philip (for St. Philip’s Anglican Church on your right), an ...

The Marines of '61

To support the advance into Virginia, the Navy Department detailed a battalion of U.S. Marines for temporary field service with Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell's Union army. The Marine Commandant, Col. John Harris, expressed misgivings about the inexperience of his available ...

100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

2nd Brigade 1st Division

9th Corps

Location 495 yards north

79 degrees west

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Casualties at Antietam

Wounded 7

Missing 1

Total 8

Recruited in Lawrence Washington

Butler Beaver Mercer

and Westmoreland Counties

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Battles Participated in

Coosaw - Secessionville

Legareville - Second Bull Run

Chantilly

South Mountain

Antietam - Wilderness

Fredericksburg - Spotsylvania

Vicksburg - North Anna

Jackson - Cold ...

Steen Family Cemetery

The family cemetery of Lt. Col. James Steen (d. 1781), S.C. militia officer during the American Revolution, is on his plantation nearby, along Thicketty Creek. Steen, who commanded units in several campaigns from 1775 to 1781, was killed in 1781 ...

Battle of Nottoway

Lee's Retreat

This was the first in a series of raids from Petersburg led by Union Generals James Wilson and August Kautz. The purpose of the raid was to destroy portions of the South Side and Richmond & Danville Railroads and ...

Trinity United Church of Christ

Founded in 1883 to preserve Germanic teaching and Reformed dogma. The present church occupies the first lot sold in Hanover in 1763 to the German Calvinist Church. Present church constructed in 1884, renovated in 1910, 1932, 1954, and 1995.

Marker is ...

Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College During World War II

Immediately following the United States' entry into World War II after the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College (SFA)President Alton Birdwell called together an assembly of students and staff to address the ...