Forty-Eight Star Flag

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

The obligations and responsibilities of becoming an imperial power as a result of the Spanish-American War quickly multiplied. The international problems that arose in Latin America, in the Philippines, and in China saw the first application of Theodore ...

Forty-Five Star Flag

Bicentennial Flag Memorial

The United States emerged from the ordeal of the Civil War with deep gulfs of mistrust and bitterness. Reconstruction was lengthy. Then during the 1870's the natural wealth of the country, the industrious people, further expansion beyond the ...

National Historic Landmark-Ninety Six & Star Fort

National Historic Landmark- Ninety Six and Star Fort

This important colonial backcountry trading village and government seat was held briefly by the British during the Revolutionary War and was the scene of General Nathaniel Greene's siege in 1781.

The site ...

Winchester's Camp No. 3/Fort Starvation / The Old Kentucky Buria

[Front Text] : "Winchester's Camp No. 3/Fort Starvation"

Camp No. 3 was located about six miles below Fort Winchester on the north side of the Maumee River. Militiamen from Kentucky, part of the forces led by War of 1812 Brig. Gen. ...

The Patriots Lay Siege to the Star Fort

May 22-June 18, 1781

"Our success is very doubtful."

General Nathanael Greene

May 23, 1781

General Greene entrusted Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko with the task of creating siegeworks -- a system of trenches -- that would allow his men to approach and capture the Star ...

The Patriots Lay Siege to the Star Fort

May 22-June 18, 1781

"Our success is very doubtful."

General Nathanael Greene

May 23, 1781

General Greene entrusted Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko with the task of creating siegeworks -- a system of trenches -- that would allow his men to approach and capture the Star ...

Star Fort

Guardian of Winchester

Three times during the Civil War, Star Fort played a major role in the defense of Winchester. Union Gen. Robert H. Milroy’s troops began constructing the fort in January 1863 on the site of artillery emplacements Confederate Gen. ...

Capture of Star Fort

The fort on the hilltop to the southwest, known as Star Fort, was taken by Colonel Schoonmaker of Sheridan’s Army in the Battle of September 19, 1864.

Marker is on Valley Turnpike (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy ...

The Star Fort

On assuming command of Ninety Six in 1780, Lieutenant Colonel Cruger set out to fortify the town in the event of a Patriot attack. The Star Fort was the center of his defense and today offers a rare view of ...

Civil War Star Fort

1861–1865

This six-point, star-shaped earthen fort with a 130-yard perimeter was constructed on the highest point of land in the area. It provided a commanding view of the western and northwestern approaches to Vienna.

Earthwork fortifications, serving as picket posts to ...