Lenoir County Confederate Memorial
1861 - 1865
(Front):Not for wages
Not for gory,
twas for home and Right they fell. (Back):To Perpetuate the valor of the men from Lenoir County who wore the grey. Erected May 10th 1924 by A.M. Waddell Chapter U.D.C. Marker is at the intersection of East New Bern Road (U.S. 70) and Richlands Road (U.S. 258), on the right when traveling east on East New Bern Road. Courtesy hmdb.org 299471@84224@site_description@Stonewall Jackson’s camp ground April 2–16, 1862; his headquarters at the foot of this hill. Colonel John Francis Neff, Commander 33rd Regiment, Stonewall Brigade, born and buried near here. Marker is on Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south of Caverns Road at Exit 269 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling south. Courtesy hmdb.org 299485@84229@site_description@Named after Bexley County of Kent, England. “Bullitt Park” in this “refugee tract” became a residential section in April 1891. The Village of Bexley was incorporated June 13, 1908, and the first Council met August 10. A charter form of city government became operative January 1, 1932, The population being 7,396, census of 1930. Capital University, founded in 1851, was moved to its present location in 1875, the Bexley School District was established 1917. Patriotism • Citizenship • Education Boulder from Robert Porter Farm, Hayden Falls. Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street (U.S. 40) and Drexel Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Broad Street. Courtesy hmdb.org 299501@84232@site_description@Thought to have once been the Indian Village of Syujtun, this site has yielded some of the most important archeological evidence found in California. In 1542 the village was recorded by Cabrillo while on his Voyage of Discovery, and again, in 1769, by Fr. Crespi and the redoubtable Portola. Don Luis Burton, after whom the mound was named, acquired the property in 1860. Marker is on West Mason Street, on the right when traveling north. Courtesy hmdb.org 299517@84236@site_description@? 12 Miles ? And old ferry and ford across the Potomac River often used during the war between the states by Confederate forces under Generals Robert E. Lee, Jubal Early, J.E.B. Stuart and others during campaigns and raids in Maryland. Marker is at the intersection of Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) and Whites Ferry Road (Maryland Route 107), on the right when traveling west on Darnestown Road. Courtesy hmdb.org 299535@84240@site_description@1898-1914 This block long group of brick buildings was originally known the Brown Brothers Business Block. It earned the nickname "Machinery Row" when several agricultural implement branch houses located here, part of the lively railroad shipping business that flourished in Madison in the early 1900s. This substantial Romanesque Revival block was designed by the prominent local architectural firm Conover and Porter. It was built gradually, in sections, replacing older wooden structures and an ice house.
Marker is at the intersection of Williamson Street and South Blair Street (U.S. 151), on the right when traveling east on Williamson Street.
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