Brigadier General L. O'B. Branch

Brigadier General

L. O'B. Branch

C.S.A.

killed here.

Marker is on Branch Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

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South Liberty Presbyterian Church

In 1820, several members of Liberty Church, Wilkes County, petitioned to form a new church, South Liberty, because of “distance, bad roads, high water in winter.” A log church was built in 1828 about 4 miles east of Sharon on ...

The Catawba Branch

Hanging Rock Battlefield Trail

The rail line later referred to as the Catawba Branch of the Norfolk and Western Railway had its beginnings on March 25, 1902, when the Catawba Valley Railway and Mining Company was approved by the General Assembly ...

Old Norfolk Public Library

Norfolk had several libraries for public use during the nineteenth century, among them that of the Norfolk Library Association, organized in 1870. Though designated "public," membership was not free. The fee to use the reading rooms and to check out ...

Archer's Brigade

C.S.A.

Archer's Brigade

In its advance from the Antietam Furnace Road, west of this point, on the afternoon of September 17th, 1862. Archer's Brigade of A.P. Hill's Division encountered the Federal troops posted behind the stone wall forming the western line of ...

Marine Observation Tower

The Marine Observation Tower, also known as the Pagoda, was a gift to the Commonwealth of Virginia and the City of Norfolk from the Taiwan Provincial Government, Republic of China, as a result of a Sister State relationship established in ...

Lawrence Tennant Ballard

In loving memory of

Lawrence Tennant Ballard

Who gave his life in the World War

October 1, 1918

At the final breaking of "The Hindenburg Line"

Remember that the greatest glory

God can accord to man, is the

Glory incomparable of

Saving his country

Marker is at the intersection ...

Brick Kitchen

Built on the foundations of the original, this building is a replica of the plantation kitchen that stood here until the late 1950s. It was one of the eight brick dependencies once flanking the main house. The kitchen was constructed ...

Battleship Wisconsin: Quad 40 Mount

A primary antiaircraft weapon used by Allied forces during the violent air and sea battles of World War II was the Mark 2 quadruple mounted 40 millimeter gun mount, or "Quad 40." Each individual Quad 40 gun was capable of ...

Woodbridge Police Memorial

Sept. 27, 1964

Dedicated to the memory

Of our departed brothers

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Eleanor Place on Main Street.

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