The Siege of Petersburg

"I would not believe before I came here that man was capable of enduring so much."

-Lawrence Bradley, 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery

If Petersburg fell, the Confederate capital at Richmond would fall too. Grant knew it; Lee knew it. And for nine ...

Joshua Forman

Founder of Syracuse, N.Y., early advocate of Erie Canal. Moved to N. Carolina, 1829. Land and mining speculator.

Grave is 50 yds. east.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 221 and Green Street, on the right when traveling north on U.S. ...

Early Riverton and the Magnificent Dome Church

The first known residents of the Riverton area were the Yo No Indians, a poor tribe living along the Jordan River. Well-worn trails extended from Utah Lake where various tribes wintered, to Bear Lake where they rendezvoused during the summer. ...

Depot Field Hospital

Union Medical Care at its Best

“I think this is a very good place with the exception of too many lice.” - Stephen P. Chase, 86th New York Volunteers.

Lice may have been the only problem the staff of the Depot Field ...

Francis Turbine

This Francis Type Turbine was used on the Tredegar site in the early twentieth century and is very similar to one of the five turbines located near the building to your left. It was built by the S. Morgan Smith ...

The State of Maryland

[Front/East Side of Marker]:

The State of Maryland

In honored recognition of the historic valor

of her sons who in Blue and Gray, nobly

sustained the martial glory of their

fathers in the military operations around

Chattanooga in the war for the union.

1861 - 1865

The proud ...

Firehouse Engine Company No. 33

This 1898 firehouse, designed by Ernest Flagg and W.B. Chambers, is a striking example of the French Beaux Arts style of architecture. At the time of construction it was also the headquarters of the Chief of the Fire Department. The ...

Pershing Rifles

General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces to Europe in World War I, was Professor of Military Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln between September 1891 and June 1895. Upon his arrival in Lincoln, which was to ...

Calf Barn 1765

(reconstructed)

According to a 1766 map a calf barn was erected on this site in 1765. The map suggests it was made of two equal sized barns, like this one, connected by an open roofed area. The current structure, a late ...

Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps

U.S.A.

Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps,

Brigadier Gen. Abner Doubleday, Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)Doubleday's Division, on the right of the First Corps, moved to the attack at 5/30 a.m., September 17, in the following order: Gibbon's Brigade in advance, supported ...