Pearisburg

The town was laid off in 1806 when Giles County was formed, and named for Captain George Pearis, early settler. Established in 1808, it was first incorporated in 1835, and reincorporated in 1914. Here, in May 1862, Union troops under ...

Battery 4

The largest artillery piece on the battlefield was a 32-pounder commanded by Navy Lt. John Crawley and served by 24 men from the U.S.S. Carolina. It was removed from the Carolina in early December and was in action here during ...

York Redoubt

[English text]

York Redoubt was the heart of the defences protecting the outer harbour approaches to Halifax. Begun in 1793, it was enlarged by the Duke of Kent who constructed a Martello tower here in 1798. The redoubt became an essential ...

Abram Frederick Biggers and Biggers School

Abram Frederick Biggers (1838 - 1879), a lawyer by profession, was appointed the first superintendent of the Lynchburg and Campbell County schools in 1870. As a part of his effort to build a strong system, Biggers toured northern states to ...

Bullock Creek Presbyterian Church

Under leadership of Dr. Joseph Alexander, pastor 1774-1801, this church, organized in 1769, was a Whig stronghold during the Revolution.

Three hundred yards west is the site of one of the earliest academies in upper South Carolina, established in 1787 by ...

Barker House

Home of Thomas Barker, N.C. agent to England, and his wife Penelope, reputed leader of the Edenton "Tea Party," 1774.

Stands 3 blocks south.

Marker is at the intersection of N Broad St. and Queen Street, on the right when ...

Batteries 5 and 6

Fire from these positions played an important role in stopping the British attack on January 8, 1815. The cannons displayed hers represent batteries 5 and 6, which defended the center of Major general Jackson’s line. The field carriages were painted ...

Billy The Kid

The notorious New Mexico outlaw, also known as William Bonney, was captured and sucessfully imprisoned for the last time in the downstairs jail housed in this, the Cornell Building, at 208 W. San Francisco St., Santa Fe, from December 27, ...

Baltimore Battery

Maryland

Baltimore Battery

Jackson's Division

C.S.A.

The battery, under

the command of Capt.

J.B. Brockenbrough,

occupied a position

near this marker at

daybreak, and opened

the battle on the Confederate side.

The monument to the

Maryland troops is

near the Dunkard

Church.

Marker can be reached from Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike, on ...

Second Battle of Independence

October 1864

After heavy fighting at the Little Blue River on the 21st, Price's Confederate army forced Blunt's cavalry to retreat to the Big Blue River, leaving a rear guard in town. Shelby's Confederates reached town in the late afternoon. After ...