Chickahominy Bluff

1862 Seven Days' Battles

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Visiting Richmond National Battlefield Park

The concentration of Civil War resources found in the Richmond area is unparalleled. The National Park Service manages 13 sites, giving visitors an opportunity to examine the battlefield landscapes, to hear the ...

First Army Corps

Anderson's Brigade, Meade's Division

U.S.A.

First Army Corps.

Anderson's Brigade, Meade's Division

Lieut. Col. Robert Anderson, 9th Penn. Reserve,

Commanding.

Organization.

9th, 10th,11th, and 12th Pennsylvania Reserves.

(September 17, 1862.)

Anderson's Brigade advanced from the North Woods about 6:30 a.m. in support of Doubleday's Division engaged on either side ...

Middle Fork Canyon

An earlier road to Giant Forest, completed in 1903, quickly proved inadequate for increasing motor car use. Completion of a new road providing wider turns and less grade became a high priority, so a road survey of the Middle Fork ...

Raleigh Rutherford Haynes / Simpson Bobo Tanner

1885

are known as the fathers of the textile industry in Rutherford County. Near this site was located the first textile mill.

Marker is on Harris-Henrietta Road 0.1 miles north of Main Street, on the left when traveling south.

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The Port and Town of Alviso

The Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department and

The Santa Clara Valley Water District dedicated the Alviso Marina

County Park on September 24, 2005.

First known to the Ohlone Indians, the lands of The Alviso Marina County Park reflect the area’s historic ...

Confederate Oak

Please ! Do Not Climb On Tree

This great tree is called the Confederate Oak because according to legend, Confederate Soldiers frequently camped under it.

Marker can be reached from Old Sugar Mill Road, on the left when traveling east.

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The Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House

Built in 1855 by Doctor John Stiles Holliday this house has ties to important Georgia personalities such as the legendary “"Doc” Holliday, Georgia Governor Hugh Manson Dorsey, and famous author Margaret Mitchell. In the mid 1850’s the house served as ...

Why is it called Big Bull Falls?

If you were a french voyageur in the 1600s or arrived with George Stevens in 1838, you would have heard and seen large rapids churning and bubbling here in front of you. Without dams, the river was much shallower than ...

First Battle of Petersburg

Kautz’s Effort Stopped Here

In May 1864, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant launched attacks on Confederate armies across the South. He accompanied Gen. George G. Meade’s Army of the Potomac as it fought Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia from ...

Main Confederate Line

Crossed the road at

this point, March 20-

21. Gen. R. F. Hoke’s

Division occupied this

sector. Scene of much

skirmishing but no

heavy fighting. Earth-

works remain.

Marker is on Devils Racetrack Road (Local Route 1009), on the right when traveling north.

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