“Where Has Our Equipment Gone?”

When the assault on the American rampart reached its height, the main British attack force found itself in front of the 44th Regiment which should have been in lead.

Discovering that Colonel Mullens and the 44th Regiment had advanced 500 yards ...

Sulphur Spring Baptist Church

According to local tradition, the Sulphur Spring Baptist Church was founded in 1867, when services were held in a brush arbor. During the Reconstruction period, formerly enslaved African Americans formed congregations throughout the South similar to this church. By 1876 ...

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

State of Ohio, Coshocton County

United States of America

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

State of Ohio, Coshocton County

Civil War

Elson, James M. Sergeant Mississippi 1863

Marker is on Main Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Stephen Tyng Mather

July 4, 1867 - Jan. 22, 1930

He laid the foundation of the National Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to ...

Pettigrew's Charge

July 3, 1863

Pettigrew's division advanced with Pickett's, the two commanders joining front in mid-field. As Pettigrew's men approached this wall they were shot down by Union fire from the front and left, forcing the remnants to withdraw. At the same ...

Chimborazo Hospital

On this hill stood

Chimborazo Hospital

1862-1865

Established by

Surgeon General S.P. Moore, C.S.A.

Directed by Dr. James B. McCaw.

At that time, it was the

largest military hospital in the world. It

consisted of 150 buildings and 100 tents

and cared for 76,000 patients with a

mortality of less ...

Lethal Exposure

The January 8 British plan proved easier conceived than to execute. Due to numerous delays, the attack did not start on time. About dawn, a rocket soared above the British lines near the woods on you right, followed by another ...

Fill’er Up!

The Fort Hancock Gas Station was operated by the Post Exchange. It was the only filling station on post where soldiers with privately owned vehicles could buy fuel or have them serviced.

Fort Hancock was in operation from 1895 to 1974.

Marker ...

Robert Edwin Peary

Discoverer of the North Pole - April 6, 1909

Rear Admiral, USN; Civil Engineer, Explorer, Scientist

(1856-1920)

Invenium Viam Avt Facium

Erected by the National Geographic Society.

Dedicated April 6, 1922, by the President of the United States, the Chief Justice of the United States, ...

Capt. George Reynolds

In Memoriam

Capt. George Reynolds

1754 – 1813

Officer under General Green in

Revolutionary Army

[ Rear of Marker: ]

Erected by Charter Members of

George Reynolds Chapter D. A. R.

Mrs. E. R. Taylor • Mrs. A. M. Ivey • Mrs. K. R. Millner • Mrs. M. ...