160th Anniversary of St. Peter’s

This tablet is placed

by

Pierre VanCortlandt Chapter,

Daughters of

the American Revolution,

on the 160th Anniversary of

the erection of this church

to commemorate the fact that

George Washington

worshipped in this building

and as a tribute to

the memory of

Lt. Gov. Pierre VanCortlandt

a pioneer member of

this parish

who became a

church ...

The Impregnable Fortress

You are now at the western end of Fort Mulligan. The acute angles at this end of the works were clearly designed to be occupied by several artillery pieces to fend off attacks from the Seneca Road and the ravine ...

Gun Shop & Forge

Iron works set up four mi. W. by Philip Sitton after 1804. Source for manufacture of rifles by Philip Gillespie. Both operated to 1860s.

Marker is at the intersection of South Mills River Road (County Route 1338) and Boylston Highway ...

Camp Henry E. McCullough

At the suggestion of Confederate Col. Henry McCullough, an area near this site north of Victoria, known as Nuner's Mott, was selected for the establishment of a military training camp in 1861. Troops from Bell, Bexar, Calhoun, DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, ...

Confederate Hospital

Following the battle,

45 Confederate wounded

were hospitalized in

the Harper House.

Nineteen of these men

died here. Surgeons

moved others to

regular Confederate

hospitals.

Marker is at the intersection of Harper House Road and Buck Dunn Road, on the left on Harper House Road.

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Historic Upper Nyack Firehouse

Erected 1887

This building, home of Empire Hook and Ladder Company no. 1 has, in recognition of its architectural significance, and under the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, been listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...

Shingleroof Campground

Shortly after this section of land in Henry County was ceded to the State of Georgia by the Creek Indians in the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1823, camp

meetings were held here under brush arbors. In 1831, 100 1/4 acres ...

Old St. Peters

Services began in 1767.

Gen. Washington reportedly

read morning prayer here.

Was used as a hospital

for French troops, 1781-82.

Marker is on Locust Avenue, on the left when traveling south.

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Protecting Supplies

As you stand here, near the middle of Fort Mulligan, its sheer size

becomes apparent. It is approximately 700 feet east to west and

400 feet north to south at its widest point. Surrounding you are

the Fort’s intricate inner works called bombproofs, ...

Ambush at Half-Way Swamp

During the American Revolution, December 1780, over 750 recently arrived British fusiliers were marching from Nelson’s Ferry on the Santee River. Major McLeroth’s British troops from Moncks Corner joined them as an escort to Camden. General Marion’s Brigade was hiding ...