Forsyth Park

In the 1840s, William Brown Hodgson (1801-1871) conceived the idea of setting aside ten acres of wooded land at this site for development of Savannah's first recreational park. It was named for former Georgia Governor John Forsyth (1780-1841). William Bischoff ...

First Army Corps

Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division

U.S.A.

First Army Corps.

Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division.

Col A.L. Magilton, 4th Pennsylvania Reserves,

Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)

Magilton's Brigade advanced from the North Woods about 6:30 a.m. and, passing a few yards east of D.R. Miller's House, formed line on the left ...

111th New York Infantry

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division

(Front):111th New York Infantry.

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division

2nd Corps.

(Back):111th New York Infantry

Arrived early morning July 2nd 1863, position near

Ziegler's Grove. Went to relief of 3rd Corps in afternooon;

took this position that evening and held it to close of ...

Federal Junction

Sherman’s Left and

Right Wings joined

forces here during the

afternoon of March 20,

1865. They constructed

works across the road

and skirmished with

the Confederates.

Marker is on Harper House Road (Local Route 1008), on the right when traveling east.

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Charter of the University of N. C.

William R. Davie's bill to charter the University was adopted by the General Assembly meeting nearby, Dec. 11, 1789.

Marker is at the intersection of Hay Street and Market Square, on the right when traveling west on Hay Street.

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Palmer Family Cemetery

This family cemetery was established October 24, 1845, when Barbara Jane, the infant of John and Barbara Morris Palmer, was buried here. John Palmer acquired the property - lot 116 in the 7th District of Fayette County, Georgia, in October, ...

Military Road - Choctaw Trail of Tears

Cut from Washington, Ark., to Fort Towson in 1831 for removal of Choctaws from Miss., became known is Choctaw Trail of Tears after thousands of suffering Indians used it to reach new lands. Road served as major east-west artery for ...

Site of the Home and Private School of Adiel Sherwood

Site of the home and private school of Adiel Sherwood 1832-1836

Author, Educator, Gospel Minister, Founder state Temperance Society, Citizen of the Commonwealth for about thirty years.

Born Fort Edward, New York, Oct. 3, 1791

Died St. Louis, Missouri, Aug. 18, 1879

In 1828 ...

Site of First Washington County Jail

Erected 1783, of logs

Aaron Burr incarcerated here 1807, en route to trial for treason

Placed by Governor Jared Irwin Chapter, D.A.R.

Marker is on Warthen Lane 0 miles from Warthen Lane, on the right when traveling south.

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In The Nick of Time

As Union battle lines surged into the forest across the Orange Plank Road on your right, and poised in the trees at the far end of the Tapp Field, grayclad figures loped into view from behind you. The leading Confederate ...