Site of Bivouac and Banquet for The New Orleans' Greys

Led by Adolphus Sterne, citizens of Nacogdoches helped outfit a volunteer force, the New Orleans' Greys, to fight in the Texas War for Independence. One company of Greys traveled overland to San Antonio by way of Nacogdoches in Nov. 1835. ...

Lee's Final Bivouac

April 14, 1865

General Lee, on his journey to Richmond from Appomattox, stopped at Winsor, his brother's farm, to spend the night. But as the house was crowded, he pitched his tent here, the last night he spent under canvas. He ...

Lee’s Last Bivouac

April 14, 1865

Although Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, the formal surrender ceremonies for his cavalry, artillery, and infantry occurred over the next three days. Lee did not ...

Forrest's Bivouac

July 11, 1862

Crossing Tennessee River on July 9, Forrest's brigade marched here in two columns, where he received reinforcements of four companies. His force bivouacked in this vicinity; the following morning it marched toward Murfreesboro, where the Federal garrison was ...

Johnston's Last Bivouac

"I would fight them if they were a million."

(Preface):

After the February 1862 Union victories at Forts Henry and Donelson, Gen. Don Carlos Buell's army occupied Nashville while Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army penetrated to Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. ...

Last Confederate Bivouac

A Confederate force under General Bradley T. Johnson camped here July 31, 1864, after raiding and burning Chambersburg. They were the last Confederates to camp on Pennsylvania soil.

Marker is at the intersection of Great Cove Road (U.S. 522) and Confederate ...

Last Confederate Bivouac

General Bradley T. Johnson

of the

Confederate Army

encamped 20 rods west

of this marker at

the Patterson home

July 31, 1864

after the burning of

Chambersburg

This was the last

Confederate bivouac

north of the

Mason and Dixon line.

Dedicated by

the Pittsburgh Chapter

United Daughters of the Confederacy

Marker is at the intersection of ...

1st Corps, 3rd Division, 2nd Brigade Bivouac

U.S.A.

On the night of September 16, 1862, three regiments of Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division bivouacked in the North Woods, a few feet south of this point in support Seymour's skirmishers; one regiment was in second line, in the open ground ...

Stuart's Bivouac

Reconnoitering on 13 Oct. 1863, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart found himself and two cavalry brigades cut off from the Army of Northern Virginia by the Union II Corps. The Confederates concealed themselves all night just north of here in a ...

Hunter's Bivouac

Near here General Hunter, on his retreat from Lynchburg, halted for the night of June 18, 1864. He resumed his retreat early in the morning of June 19.

Marker is on West Lynchburg Salem Turnpike (U.S. 460) 0.3 miles west of ...