Confederate Fort

On the hill to the northwest is an earthen fortification built in 1863 as part of the defenses on the Confederate navy yard, iron works and other war-related industries in nearby Columbus, Georgia. Designated Fort #5 on the plan done ...

Confederates Occupy The Fort

At the beginnings of the Civil War, “amid the firing of cannon and the cheers of the people,” a local newspaper reported, Arkansas State Militia raised the Confederate flag and took control of Fort Smith on April 23, 1861.

With the ...

Confederate Forts & Batteries

About 1 1/4 mi. NE, now under water, a redoubt housed mainland defense headquarters for Island No. 10. It was flanked by Batteries 2, 3, 4 & 5. commanding the river. Successfully withstanding bombardment for two weeks, these and the ...

Fort Donelson Confederate Monument

(Front):This shaft is dedicated

as an altar of remembrance

to the Confederate soldiers

who fought at Fort Donelson

February, 1862

by the

Daughters of the Confederacy

of Tennessee

"There is no holier spot of ground

than where defeated valor lies"

(Left):

"______________ here was the place of battle. You who have ...

Confederate Troops and Casualties at Fort Donelson

C.S.A.

Buckner's Division strength 3425, killed 51*, wounded 314*, missing 41 - Aggregate 406*

• Brown's Brigade strength 2825, killed 38, wounded 247, missing 41 - Aggregate 326

• Hanson's Regiment strength 600, killed 13*, wounded 67* - Aggregate 80

Johnson's Division strength 4309*, ...

Confederate Fortification

This Fortification was part of a line of Confederate earthworks that guarded Swift Creek and the western approaches to Fort Clifton on the Appomattox River. It was probably constructed in response to Federal threats during Butler’s Bermuda Hundred campaign in ...

Confederate Fort Gregg

“Men, the salvation of Lee’s army is in your keeping.”

– Maj. Gen. Cadmus Wilcox to the defenders of Fort Gregg, April 2, 1865

On the afternoon of April 2, 1865, after a morning of bludgeoning attacks all along the Petersburg ...

Confederate Fortifications

These northernmost fortifications along Brook Road operated as an early warning system for Confederate troops defending Richmond. Earthworks designed for artillery, located on each side of the road, blocked sudden enemy advances against the capital. A shallow trench line protecting ...

The Confederate Fortifications

The Breakthrough Trail

The earthen wall in front of you is a part of the main Confederate defense line begun in 1864 and defended until April 2, 1865. You are standing behind the line facing southeast towards the Union positions about ...

Fort Mill Confederate Memorial

[South Side]:

1860

Dum Spiro Spero

Spes Animis Opibuscue Parati

1891

Defenders of

State Sovereignty.

[East Side]:

List of names

[North Side]:

1865

The warrior's banner takes its flight

to greet the warrior's soul.

[West Side]:

List of names

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway 160) and Academy Street, on the ...