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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM641_leonardtown_Leonardtown-MD.html
When the white citizens of St.Mary's County voted here in the1860 presidential election, JohnBreckenridge, the secessionist candidate who carried Maryland, got920 votes. Abraham Lincoln received 9 percent of the popular Maryland vote; the only man…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM640_200th-anniversary-of-washingtons-inspection_Ticonderoga-NY.html
This commemorative tableterected and dedicated in observance ofthe 200th anniversary ofGeneral George Washington's inspectionto Fort Ticonderoga and the Champlain Valley.July 1783 ? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? July 1983
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM63Z_fort-severson_Carpenter-IA.html
Built in 1867 by Nils Severson on his land with help of neighbor's using limestone and mortar of lime & sand from Deer Creek. Severson's design was a typical fort with small openings for rifles and larger openings for gatling guns. The Spirit Lake…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM63Y_stonewalls-surprise_Strasburg-VA.html
In the spring of 1862, U.S. Army Capt. Edward Hunt, an engineer, constructed a fortification on the hill where the Strasburg water tower now stands. Hunt selected the hill "because it had an effective command over the roads, the railroad, and the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM63X_cheathams-salient_Atlanta-GA.html
At this point, Atlanta's outer defense line, beginning at Casey's Hill 5.75 W., turned S. & parallel to Highland Ave., ran to the Ga. R.R. This angle was occupied July 18, 1864, by Stevenson's div. Cheatham A.C. (CS) (Hood's old command).July 19, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM63W_the-sandy-springs_Sandy-Springs-GA.html
This community is named for the natural springs bubbling up through clear white sand in the meadow below. The Springs were a Cherokee and Creek Indian campsite which became the property of the orphans of John Medows of Henry County in the 1821 Lan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM63V_army-of-the-potomac_Gettysburg-PA.html
Second, Fifth and Sixth Corps, Lockwood's Brigade from the Middle Department, First and Third Brigades Second Cavalry Division, Third Cavalry Division and the Artillery Reserve reached the field of Gettysburg. First and Second Brigades First Caval…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM63U_mothers-garden_Pasadena-MD.html
Mother's Garden was part of the summer estate of H. R. Mayo Thom. The garden was built in the early 1900's by Reginald Giddings for Mr. Thom's wife, Helen Hopkins Thom. The garden was maintained by the Bishop family until the 1960's. In 1982, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM63T_fort-hill_Clemson-SC.html
Home ofJohn C. Calhoun1825-1850——- · ——-United States Congressman 1811-1817Secretary of War 1817-1825Vice President of the United States 1825-1832United States Senator 1832-1843Secretary of State 1844-1845United Stat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM63S_lord-howes-grave_Ticonderoga-NY.html
On October 3rd, 1889, a workman digging a trench opened by mere accident across the street from this point, a grave which contained the skeleton of a man, and within this grave found, at its head, a stone, now in the Black Watch Library in this vi…