Killing Fields

“The men bent down as they pushed forward, as if trying … to breast a tempest, and the files of men went down like rows of blocks or bricks pushed over by striking against each other.”

John L. Piper, 12th New ...

Confederate Casualties

Battle of Chattanooga

Confederate Casualties - Battle of Chattanooga.

Nov. 23d to Nov. 27th, 1863.

The losses here given by Divisions include Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and operations following as far as Ringgold Gap, GA.

Longstreet's Corps (McLaw's ...

Welcome to Fort Mulligan Civil War Site

Exploring Fort Mulligan.

A trail system with interpretive exhibits describe the Fort’s construction, usage and strategic importance during the Civil War. Most of the site is wheelchair accessible, however several areas are inaccessible because of steep terrain. Visitors should also ...

Town of Iola

When the town of

Iola

was organized in

January, 1859

Josiah E. Colborn

was one of the founders

who named the town after

Mrs. Colburn

whose given name was

Iola

She and her husband rest here

This tablet is provided by

gifts from school children

of Iola

to record the origin of

the city's name

and ...

The Battle of Sutherland

The Battle of Sutherland

April 2, 1865

Dedicated in sacred memory to those valiant Confederates who remained steadfast to the end, and who gave their last full measure of devotion in defense of their homeland. Here the Confederates, under the Generals Wilcox ...

The Crawford Family

For whom the Notch is named, included Abel and his sons, Thomas J. and Ethan Allen. They established the first regional hotels and pioneered in opening the White Mountain area to the public. Ethan and his wife, Lucy Howe Crawford, ...

Westfield Civil War Monument

Westfield

honors the memory

of her sons

who have

fallen

in defence of

Liberty

Union

and

Independence

1861 to 1865.

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Erected

1871

Marker is at the intersection of Court Street (U.S. 20) and Elm Street (U.S. 202), on the left when traveling east on Court Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fayetteville Arsenal

"Batter . . . into piles of rubble"

[Preface at top left]

The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman's objective was ...

Battlefield of Seven Pines

In the abatis occupying this ground and covering the second Federal line, the advance of Rodes' Brigade was halted by heavy fire after sunset, May 31,1862. The Confederate dead in this last charge were never removed. They still slumber hereabout.

Courtesy ...

Basilica of the Annunciation

“And the Word became flesh”

Historians tell that the Grotto and its surroundings, being the site of the Annunciation were turned into a worship place in the 1st and 2nd Century.

-Early sources referred to the place as being “The House of ...