The Battle of White Oak Road

March 31, 1865

Early on the morning of March 31, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee sent most of a division forward to attack the Federals from this location at White Oak Road. Fighting through the morning, the Confederate brigades enveloped ...

The Chesapeake Bay : History Happened Here

Shields of the Republic

In World War II more than 700,000 American men and women went to the conflict through the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation. Over 900,000 more arrived, including the wounded, survivors of sea battles and prisoners of war. ...

Harrisburg Public Library Dauphin County Library System

Founded in 1889, the Harrisburg Public Library became a national model of 19th Century efforts to bring the world's information to community residents, a role that continues today. Its first home was at 125 Locust Street in a building erected ...

The Battle Of Seneca Town / Fort Rutledge

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The Battle of Seneca Town

Seneca Town, on the Seneca River E of present-day Seneca, was one of several Cherokee “Lower Towns.” On August 1, 1776, Maj. Andrew Williamson’s S.C. militia, on a raid against these towns, was ambushed by Loyalists ...

Nuckolls Building

ca. 1945

Built by H.A. Nuckolls, tenants have been

Starnes Paint & Wallpaper, Nu Better Foods,

Farnsworth Furniture and Sherwood's

Restaurant. On this corner in 1842 the town's

first hotel, the Ripley House, opened as a

stagecoach stop. Over the years the hotel

expanded to a ...

Corner Building

1845

Home of boot shop, living quarters below. Later housed newspapers, doctor, shoe repair, insurance. Tin roof, ornamantal tin ceiling. Front redone 1926.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Short Street, on the right when traveling south on Main ...

The Battle of White Oak Road

Moving into Position

With their success at Lewis Farm, Union troops gained a foothold on one of Lee’s supply routes, the Boydton Plank Road. It was strategically necessary for the Federals to control this road because it was a major route ...

Bechler Building

1845

Excellent example of porcelain-covered brick. Second floor living quarters. First floor used as a saloon, barber shop, doctor & dentist offices.

Marker is on Main Street near Short Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Williamsburg County Confederate Monument

[North Face]:

[Relief Flag]

CSA

1861-1865

Erected by

Williamsburg, Chapter

U.D.C. and the

citizens of the county,

May 10,1910,

To the memory

of the men of

Williamsburg, County

who fought for

the rights of the

Southern Confederacy

Comrades

[Relief Cannon]

[Relief Crossed Sabres]

Confederate Soldiers

[South Face]:

To the gallant band of

volunteers from Williamsburg

whose courage zeal and

devotion fed the fires ...

Fort Hancock Officers’ Club

This stately structure was officers’ quarters for the Sandy Hook Proving Ground until it moved to Aberdeen, Maryland, in 1919. It housed Fort Hancock officers until 1936, then it became the Officers’ Club and its red brick exterior was painted ...