For God and Country

World War II

Emil Bosse

• William R. Cameron

• Joseph P. Cotton, Jr.

• Edward F. Drake

• Salvatore Foglia

• Abram Garvis

• William F. Hull, 2nd

• Thomas V. Pickhardt

• Everett F. Rogers

• Donald E. Smith

• Frank P. Orso

[Small plaque at top]

Cpl. Ralph E. Mayers ...

In Memory Of The Hyde Park Settlers

Erected in honor of those pioneers who helped settle Hyde Park. This Settlement was founded in 1860 by the following list.

William Hyde, William Higgensen, Robert Daines, Lydia Wilkinson, Anthony Metcalf, James Hancey, Armenius Neeley, Thomas Rogers, Elijah Seamons, James Thurston, ...

Cattle (Beefsteak) Raid

Leaving from a point along the Confederate right flank on Boydon Plank Road on 14 Sept. 1864, Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton took about 3,000 Confederate cavalrymen and rode more than 100 miles around the rear of the Union army. Reaching ...

The Beefsteak Raid

Wade Hampton’s Cattle Raid

As the summer of 1864 ended with Union Gen. U.S. Grant’s army still laying siege to Petersburg, Southern sources learned of a large herd of cattle being held at nearby Coggin’s Point on the James River. The ...

Lynchburg Confederate Soldiers Monument

(front)

1861—1865

Our Confederate Soldiers

(rear)

Erected by the

Daughters of the Confederacy

of

Lynchburg, Virginia

in 1899,

to commemorate the heroism

of our Confederate Soldiers

(side)

Kirk Wood Otey Chapter U.D.C.

(side)

Old Dominion Chapter U.D.C.

Marker is at the intersection of Court Street and Ninth Street, on the right when traveling west on ...

First Court of Ross County

Here stood the two-story log house in which sat the first court of Ross Co., 1798. Here met the Legislature of the N. W. Territory, 1800-1801-1802. In the War of 1812, this was the U. S. Arsenal and Barracks.

Marker is ...

First Academy

in county 1765 – 1790. Located

on this hill. Conducted

by Rev. Isaac Rysdyck.

Used for military hospital

in 1777.

Marker is at the intersection of New York Route 52 and Old State Road, on the right when traveling west on State Route 52.

Courtesy ...

Freddie Mercury

Left marker:

Freddie Mercury

Lover of Life — Singer of Songs

1946 – 1991

Born Farrokh Bulsara on the East African island of Zanzibar, Freddie Mercury became one of the world’s greatest rock music performers. His career as lead singer of the band Queen ...

Efe Quality House

Built 1930

Old Town Fairfax

The home was built on top of the Manassas Gap Railway right-of-way which was the railway started before the Civil War. This railway construction was disbanded during the Civil War. The house was renovated in 1992 by ...

125th New York Infantry

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps

(Front):125th New York Infantry,

3d Brig. 3d Div. 2d Corps.

Recruited in Rensselaer Co. N.Y.

Mustered in at Troy, N.Y. Aug. 27th 1862.

Engaged in 23 battles.

Mustered out at Albany, N.Y. June 5th 1865.

(Back):George Lamb Willard.Colonel 125th New York ...