Civil War Prison Camp

Confederate authorities, fearing a raid on Andersonville by Sherman’s marching army, chose Andersonville as a safe, temporary prison camp. Five thousand Federal prisoners were brought here on the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Line via Blackshear in the second week of ...

Sheppard and Baker's Grant

The Sheppard's Way subdivision was part of the original 400 acre land grant made to William Sheppard and Richard Baker in 1713. They obtained it through the "Headrights System" by paying for the passage of eight people from England to ...

Glen Allen Baptist Church

The Reverend Alexander Sands organized the Glen Allen Baptist Church on February 23,1868. The Congregation first met in a rose arbor nearby belonging to Mrs. Susan Sheppard Allen. On July 4,1868, the new church held a feast and raised $400 ...

Second Corps

Army of the Potomac

Army of the Potomac

Second Corps

Major General Winfield S. Hancock

Brigadier General John Gibbon

First Division Brigadier General John C. Caldwell

Second Division Brigadier General John Gibbon, Brigadier General William Harrow

Third Division Brigadier General Alexander Hays

Artillery Brigade Captain John G. Hazard

July ...

National Historic Landmark - Peale's Baltimore Museum

Has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935.

This site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating or illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

Pierre Dorion, Sr.

West of this stone near the crest of the hill is the burial site of Pierre Dorion, Sr., an early trader in what is now South Dakota. Born in Canada in 1740, Pierre came to this area around 1774–1775 to ...

John Page Nicholson

1842 - 1922

Private 28th Pennsylvania Infantry July 20, 1861. Regimental Commissary Sergeant July 21, 1861. Discharged for promotion September 10, 1862.

First Lieutenant and Quartermaster 28th Pennsylvania Infantry September 10, 1862. Honorably mustered out July 18, 1865.

Brevetted Captain March 13, ...

Camp John J. Pershing

Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1370-2386

Near here is the original site of C.C.C. Company 1370-2386, known as Camp John J. Pershing, from 1933 to 1935, when it was moved to Nottoway County. Among the most popular New Deal programs, the Civilian ...

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, ...

General Joseph Hooker, U.S.A.

Maintained headquarters here at Chicamuxen Methodist Church from October, 1861, to March, 1862, when over 12,000 Union troops were camped along the Potomac River in Charles County.

Marker is on Chicamuxen Road (Maryland Route 224).

Courtesy hmdb.org