Printing Office of James Johnson

On this site stood the

Printing Office of James Johnson

Official Printer of Laws and

Paper Currency of the province.

He was the founder of

" The Georgia Gazette"

the only newspaper

in the colony. The first issue

appearing April 7,1763

Marker is on East Broughton Street, on the ...

The 54th Mass. Infantry Regiment, US Colored Troops

In 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Regiment was among the first Civil War combat units open to African Americans. Troops from Pennsylvania made up more than 20 percent of the acclaimed unit. Mercersburg was second only to Philadelphia in mustering volunteers ...

Fifth Army Corps

Second and Tenth U.S. Infantry

U.S.A.

Fifth Army Corps.

Second (9 Cos.) and Tenth (3 Cos.) U.S. Infantry,

Lieut. John S. Poland, 2nd U.S. Infantry, Commanding.

September 17, 1862.

About noon of the 17th, the Battalion of the Second and Tenth U.S. Infantry crossed the Antietam ...

140th New York Infantry

3rd Brigade, 2nd Division

(Around the Top of the Monument):Fraternity

Valor

Patriotism

Duty

(Right):140th

N.Y. Infty.

3rd Brigade

2nd Division

5th Corps.

July 2 & 3, 1863

(Left):Number engaged

526.

Casualties.

26 killed.

89 wounded.

18 missing.

(Front):col. Pat'k H. O'Rorke

Killed July 2, 1863

Marker can be reached from Sykes Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

Battle of Hatcher’s Run

5-7 February 1865

Hoping to cut Lee’s supply route into Petersburg, in February 1865 Grant ordered two army corps led by Major Generals Gouverneur K. Warren and Andrew A. Humphreys to seize the Boydton Plank Road. The Confederate corps commanded by ...

Fire Tower

(Whiteface Mountain)

1885 - 1935

Fire Tower.

The second forest fire

tower in the Adirondacks.

Erected 1909. One of 58 now

maintained by the State in

Adirondacks and Catskills.

New York State Education and

Conservation Departments, 1935

Marker can be reached from New York Route 30.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Top of the Fire Tower

At the top of the Fire Tower are the slits for the observation level and the rooftop platform. As it was being designed, there was debate about whether the Cape May tower should have one, two or three observation levels. ...

Defense of Little Round Top

July 2, 1863 - Second Day

"A great basin lay before us full of smoke and fire, and literally swarming with riderless horses and fighting, fleeing, and pursuing men."

1st Lt. Porter Farley, U.S.A.

140th New York Infantry

Col. Strong Vincent and his 1,300-man ...

Construction of Fire Control Tower No. 23

White Construction of New York was the contractor for this fire control tower. They used a “sliding form” or “slip form,” allowing for a continuous pour of concrete. In June of 1942, about fourteen piles were driven into the ground. ...

Fifth Army Corps

First Battalion Fourteenth U.S. Infantry

U.S.A.

Fifth Army Corps.

First Battalion (8 Cos) Fourteenth U.S. Infantry.

Capt. W. Harvey Brown, 14th U.S. Infantry, Commanding.

September 17, 1862.

At 3 p.m. the First Battalion, Fourteenth U.S. Infantry crossed the Antietam at the Middle Bridge advanced on this ...