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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM637_gum-springs_Alexandria-VA.html
Gum Springs, an African-American community, originated here on a 214-acre farm bought in 1833 by West Ford (ca. 1785-1863), a freed man, skilled carpenter, and manager of the Mount Vernon estate. The freedman's school begun here in 1867 at Bethleh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM636_pickensville_Easley-SC.html
A town laid out at this site in 1791 called Rockville was officially named Pickensville the next year in honor of Gen. Andrew Pickens. It served as the court house town of Washington District (today's Pickens, Greenville, Anderson, and Oconee Coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM635_sherwood-forest_Charles-City-VA.html
John Tyler purchased this plantation one mile west in his native Charles City in 1842 while serving as tenth president of the United States, and made it his home from 1845 until his death in 1862. Tyler lengthened the wooden 18th-century house to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM634_bowens-mill_Easley-SC.html
[Front]: This mill was built about 1860 by Col. Robert E. Bowen (1830-1909) Confederate officer, state representative, state senator, and Pickens County businessman. Bowen, a prominent advocate for progressive farming, was also active in the railr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM633_wheelers-cav-intrenched_Atlanta-GA.html
July 20, 1864. Wheeler's thin gray line of dismounted cavalry (CS) was the rt. Flank of Atlanta's defenders. Forced W. from Clay St. in the afternoon by Blair's 17th A.C., (US) Wheeler's line ran S. from the Ga. R.R. to this hill.
July 21. Befo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM632_restoring-the-line_Atlanta-GA.html
July 22, 1864. After Cheatham's troops (CS) broke the Federal 15th A.C. line at the R.R. cut and the Hurt house (DeGress Ave.), Mersy's 16th A.C. brigade was brought up from the battlefield 1 mile S. of the R.R. to assist in restoring it.
Light…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM631_new-river-bridge_Radford-VA.html
On May 10, 1864, the day after defeating Confederate forces in the bloody battle of Cloyd's Mountain, Union Gen. George Crook's Army of the Kanawha attacked and burned this railroad bridge over the New River. During the Civil War, the railroad was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM630_r-a-fessenden_Manteo-NC.html
Inventor. Pioneer in radio communication, conducted wireless experiments, 1901-02, from a station, 600 yds. S. W.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62Z_the-degress-battery_Atlanta-GA.html
July 22, 1864. Light Battery H, 1st Ill. (four 20-pounders), Capth. Francis DeGress, was posted here on right of M.L.Smith's div., Logan's 15th A.C. Shells from these guns are said to have been the first to fall in Atlanta.
Late afternoon, Mani…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62Y_federal-signal-station_Atlanta-GA.html
July 22, 1864. When 15th A.C. troops moved W. from line (at Candler St.) to the vacated Confederate line at the Troup Hurt house (at DeGress Ave.), a signal station was established by Lt. Samuel Edge in a tall pine near this site commanding a view…