The Borden Bridge

Across this bridge, during the Civil War, Gail Borden Jr.’s New York Condensed Milk Company shipped condensed milk to the Union Troops.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 6) and Peaceable Hill Road, on the left when traveling ...

Handball Court

In 1941, a new gymnasium was built on the other side of the YMCA. The smaller gym that stood here was demolished and the site was converted to a handball court.

Fort Hancock was in operation from 1895 to 1974.

Marker ...

The Battle of Huck’s Defeat

The information on the historical marker to the left[sic] is not accurate,

The inscription on the back is an honorable tribute to Martha Bratton’s bravery prior to the battle. Watt’s tombstone, a reproduction, is in tribute to his significant patriotic activities ...

Sulphur Spring Baptist Church

According to local tradition, the Sulphur Spring Baptist Church was founded in 1867, when services were held in a brush arbor. During the Reconstruction period, formerly enslaved African Americans formed congregations throughout the South similar to this church. By 1876 ...

Mosby

Here on the night of March 8th, 1863, Col. John Singleton Mosby with 29 Confederate soldiers penetrated the Union lines of 3000 men and captured in the brick dwelling north of this spot Brig. General Edwin H. Stoughton, U.S.A., with ...

S. Milton and Alba C. Webb House

The house was designed by Gottlieb Stucki of Logan City in 1936 and is one on only two international Style houses built in Richmond. The Webb family was active in the Richmond community during the mid-century. Mr Webb was postmaster ...

Chimborazo Hospital

On this hill stood

Chimborazo Hospital

1862-1865

Established by

Surgeon General S.P. Moore, C.S.A.

Directed by Dr. James B. McCaw.

At that time, it was the

largest military hospital in the world. It

consisted of 150 buildings and 100 tents

and cared for 76,000 patients with a

mortality of less ...

Hannah’s Creek Bridge

Saving the Colors

(Preface): 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 to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in ...

Douglas' (Texas) Battery

Maj. T.R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Douglas' (Texas) Battery.

2 - 12 PDR. Howitzers, 2 - 6 PDRS.

Maj. T.R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Cleburne's Division.

1st Lieut. Jno. H. Bingham, Commanding.

1st Lieut. Benjamin Hardin.

2nd Lieut. F. L. Fleishl.

2nd Lieut. W. J. Sanders.

Nov. 25, 1863.

The battery took ...

J. W. Kottinger’s Barn

Pleasanton Heritage Site - 1852

John W. Kottinger (1819 – 1892) was Murray Township Justice of the Peace from 1853 to 1870. His home was the Seat of Justice for the township; The northwest corner of this adobe barn was used ...