Battle of Ocean Pond (or The Battle of Olustee)

Here was fought on February 20, 1864

the Battle of Ocean Pond

under the immediate command of

General Alfred Holt Colquitt

"Hero of Olustee"

This decisive engagement prevented a

Sherman-like invasion of Georgia from

the south.

Erected April 20, 1936

By the Alfred Holt Colquitt Chapter

United Daughters ...

The Port of Baltimore

The National Road begins and ends here

Moving Goods

Since 1729, Baltimore has owed its existence to its deepwater port. The city looks east to the Chesapeake Bay and ports around the world. It also looks west with access to ...

Liberty Point Declaration of Independence

At or near this place

ever since known as

“Liberty Point”

was promulgated in

June 1775,

by patriots of the Cape Fear

A Declaration of Independence

of the British Crown.

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Declaration of Independence June 20, 1775

[Roll Call of Signers]

“We stand ready to sacrifice our lives

to secure her freedom.”

Marker ...

Camp Forrest Monument

Camp Peay 1926 - 1940

Camp Forrest 1940-1946

Arnold Center 1949

Tullahoma, Tenn

A tribute to the men and women who trained and worked at Camp Forrest and contributed significantly to victory in World War II.

Marker is on Arnold Center Road, on the right ...

Mueller Tower at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

This bell tower was given

to the university by

Ralph Mueller

Class of 1898,

in grateful appreciation

of the free education

given him by the State

of Nebraska

Dedicated Nov. 4, 1949.

This tower

was designed in 1948

by

George Kuska

while a senior in the

Department of Architecture

U. of N.

Marker is on Vine ...

The Bluestem Pasture Region of Kansas

You are in the heart of one of the great grazing lands of the world. Thousands of buffalo, antelope, and elk once roamed here. After the Civil War, and the wild days of the Texas cattle drives, it became famous ...

124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

Colonel Joseph W. Hawley

(Right Plaque):Sept. 17, 1862

Antietam

Chancellorsville

May 1-2-3, 1863

(Lower Right Inscription):Recruited in Chester and Delaware Counties August 1862 for Nine Months Service

(Rear Plaque):Erected by State of Pennsylvania and Survivors Association 1904

(Lower Rear Inscription):Casualties at Antietam

Killed 5

Wounded 42

Missing 17

Total 64

(Left Plaque):1st ...

Savannah, Birthplace of Prince Hall Masonry in Georgia

Georgia's first and second Prince Hall lodges, Eureka Lodge No. 1, and Hilton Lodge No. 2, F. & A.M. were organized at Savannah on February 4, 1866 by Rev. J. M. Simms, having received their warrants from the Prince Hall ...

First Army Corps

Gibbon's Brigade, Doubleday's Division

U.S.A.

First Army Corps

Gibbon's Brigade, Doubleday's Division

Brigadier General John Gibbon, Commanding, Organization

2nd, 6th and 7th Wisconsin and 19th Indiana Infantry

The Iron Brigade

September 17, 1862

On the morning of the 17th, with its right on the Hagerstown Pike, Gibbon's Brigade ...

Twelfth Army Corps

Gordon's Brigade, Williams' Division

U.S.A.

Twelfth Army Corps.

Gordon's Brigade. Williams' Division

Brig. Gen. George H. Gordon, Commanding.

Organization.

2d Massachusetts Infantry,

3d Wisconsin Infantry,

27th Indiana Infantry,

13th New Jersey Infantry,

107th New York Infantry,

Zouaves D' Afrique, Pennsylvania.

September 17, 1862, No. 1

Gordon's Brigade formed line at daybreak on the ...