126th New York Infantry

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division

(Front):126th New York

Infantry.

3d Brig. 3d Div.

2d Corps.

July 3d 1863.

(Back):

The Regiment was in position two hundred yards at the left, July 2d until 7 p.m. when the Brigade was conducted thirteen hundred yards further to the left and ...

Federal Raid

May 1, 1863

Gen. N.B. Forrest (CSA) Captured wagon train and supplies of Col. Streight's raiders (USA).

Forrest continued his relentless pursuit eastward toward final capture of Streight.

Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 231), on the right when traveling ...

In Memory of Dr. Thomas R. Yates

In Memory of

Dr. Thomas R. Yates

March 3, 1948

November 20, 1994

Founding member of City Park Gardeners

Edwardsville Illinois

One who believed that in books and in gardens we may discover the best in ourselves

Marker can be reached from S. Buchanan St..

Courtesy ...

Fire Control Tower No. 23

This tower was built to house a sophisticated system for aiming the guns of Fort Miles. From Fire Control Towers along the coast, soldiers would determine the exact location of an enemy ship using the geometric principle of triangulation. Each ...

The Medal of Honor

United States Air Force

Base

"Awarded for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity of the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty in action involving actual conflict with an opposing armed force"

Top Tablet

United States Air Force

Medal of Honor Recipients

World War I

2nd ...

President Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America and party camped near here in a wooded area, when trying to reach Mobile, in his flight from Federal Soldiers. The party, on horseback, stopped at Warthen’s Store to purchase food ...

The Last Days of Fort Mulligan

In December of 1863, Colonel James Mulligan returned to

New Creek and Colonel Joseph Thoburn took command of the

1,785 Union soldiers at Petersburg. Confederate Major General

Fitzhugh Lee’s forces began to move on Petersburg on January 3rd, with intentions of capturing Colonel ...

Confederate Fortifications

The diary of Edward R. Crockett, 4th Texas Infantry, illustrates the daily pressure of life in these trenches:

June 4th

“We work hard last night & dawn on the 4th have a heavy work completed. We have quit sleeping almost ...

Twelfth Army Corps

Gordon's Brigade, Williams' Division

U.S.A.

Twelfth Army Corps,

Gordon's Brigade, Williams' Division

Brig. Gen. George H. Gordon, Commanding.

Organization.

2nd Massachusetts Infantry,

3rd Wisconsin Infantry,

27th Indiana Infantry,

13th New Jersey Infantry,

107th New York Infantry,

Zouaves D'Afrique, Pennsylvania.

September 17, 1862, No. 2.

Immediately after the withdrawal of Gordon's Brigade to the ...

History of Coastal Defenses

During the late 18th century, the first coastal defenses built in the United States were earthen forts constructed on high points near important harbors. Soon thereafter, star-shaped stone forts were built in the years leading up to the War of ...