Builder of the Nation

This steam locomotive was presented to the City of Jefferson in 1959 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company as a permanent exhibit in memory of the important service engines of this type gave to the nation. It was one ...

The Battle of Malvern Hill

Advance of the Excelsior Regiments

“We reached the field; here were wounded men and the dead, but we heeded them not. We relieved the 7th New York Regiment and poured in a hot fire; still they kept the field, men falling ...

Bond School House

[Front:]

Built about 1835, 150 yards south. Named for John Bond, arecorded minister at Deep Creek Friends Meeting. On February 12, 1863, the Yadkin County Militia

[Back:]

tried to arrest about 16 men who resisted conscription into the Confederate Army. Gunfire followed. Killed ...

Adobe Store Building

Built by Chinese in 1870's

Instead of brick they used a solid wall type construction

Marker is on Stockton Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Seven Days Battles

Malvern Hill

Across the road here stretched the Confederate line of battle, facing south, in the afternoon of July 1, 1862. Jackson commanded here, Magruder to the west. Longstreet and A. P. Hill were in reserve the battle lasted intermittently. From ...

The Beech Allee (Avenue) and Stone Fences

John Jay Homestead

When Jay assembled his 750 acres by 1800, much of the land had already been cleared indiscriminately by tenant farmers. Stone, however, was abundant and it was put to good use. Jay spent 15 years encircling his ...

Bought in France for N.C.

Bought in France for N.C. by Robt. Smith & Thos. Benbury agents for Governor Caswell. Brought to Edenton by Capt. Boritz on "The Holy Heart of Jesus" in 1778. Mounted on this spot 1861. Spiked and trunnions broken off by ...

General Cleburne’s Proposal to Arm Slaves

Here on January 2, 1864, Gen. Patrick Cleburne proposed arming slaves in exchange for their freedom to alleviate the manpower shortage facing the Confederacy. Almost all the other generals present opposed the idea of black Confederate soldiers because it violated ...

USS Liberty AGTR-5

"On June 8, 1967, during the Six Day War between Israel and the Arab States, the American Intelligence ship USS Liberty was attacked for 75 minutes by Israeli aircraft and motor torpedo boats. Liberty was left with over 820 rocket ...

The Chesapeake Bay : History Happened Here

Ironclad Revolution

In 1861, the Confederate navy converted the hulk of U.S.S. Merrimack into an ironclad, CSS Virginia. On March 8, 1861, the Virginia sank one Union warship and drove another aground in flames before the north's ironclad, U.S.S. Monitor, crossed ...