14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

(Around Base):14. Conn.

2, Brig.

Left Centre of Regt.

3, Div.

2, A.C.(Front Plaque):The 14th Conn. Vol. Inf. left

Connecticut August 25, 1862;

was assigned to the

Army of the Potomac, Sept. 7, 1862,

and mustered out May 31, 1865.

The regiment was engaged in

34 great battles and severe ...

The Homestead Farm

John Jay Homestead

This property has seen many changes. Over 2,200 years ago, Native Americans lived and hunted here. As the family’s tenanted farm in the 1700s, it produced wheat, rye, corn, and other grains. After Jay’s retirement and the ...

Fort Stevens

Butler’s Campaign Ends

“Neither army, however, manifested any disposition either to advance or retire. It was a case of stand and fire, each endeavoring to cripple the other the most, and gain, if it could, some advantage here or there. The ...

Fifty-First New York Infantry

Shepard Rifles

Col. Robert B. Potter

2d Brigade - Ferrero's 2d Division - Sturgis'

9th Army Corps - Burnside's

Army of the Potomac

Sept. 17, 1862

In compliance with orders received from

General Burnside on the morning of September 17,

the 51st New York and the 51st Pennsylvania ...

Clearwater Post Office

On October 9, 1933 Clearwater's first government post office building was dedicated on this site with Postmaster General James A. Farley officiating. The local postmaster at the time was Charles R. Lee.

This Mediterranean-Revival style building was designed by Clearwater architect ...

Fort Anderson

Large Confederate fort stands 2 mi. E. After a strong Union attack it was evacuated Feb. 18, 1865, resulting in the fall of Wilmington.

Marker is at the intersection of River Road SE (North Carolina Route 133) and Plantation Road (Local ...

Blackford County W.W. II Honor Roll

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Dedicated to the Honor and Sacrifice of

our men and women of Blackford County

who served our Country in

World War II

——— 1941 — ? — 1945 ———

in Honor of those who made the

Supreme Sacrifice

[ ...

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 ...

Battle of Drewry’s Bluff

From this point the Confederates, on May 16, 1864, moved to attack the Union Army of the James under Butler advancing northward on Richmond.

Marker is on Jefferson Davis Hwy (U.S. 1 / 301), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

A Safe Harbor

Business and tourists

Outlet point is the location where the waters of Lake Tahoe find their only release from the lake basin along the Lower Truckee River at Tahoe City

The sheltered inlet of the Truckee River mouth provided safe harbor for ...