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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51W_gettysburg-campaign_Dickerson-MD.html
After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north throug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51V_joshua-houston_Huntsville-TX.html
Born a slave and reared on the Alabama plantation of the Lea family, Joshua Houston was brought to Texas in 1840 by Margaret Lea and Sam Houston. During the years after the Civil War, he became a prominent businessman and respected community leade…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51U_the-water-battery_Fort-Washington-MD.html
Strategically placed, this permanent section of the fort was the lowest level of the three tiers of guns. The Water Battery was designed to deliver "water-skipping" cannonade directed at the hulls of enemy ships.
The simple V-shaped design has…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51T_home-of-thomas-anderson_Newton-NJ.html
Admitted to New Jersey Bar as Counsellor 1765.Appointed first Surrogate of Sussex County by Royal Governor William Franklin, 1768Office held by reappointment until death 1805.Acting Clerk of Sussex County 1770-1777.Assistant Deputy Quartermaster G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51S_caponiere_Fort-Washington-MD.html
During the 1840s improvements were made to this wall, defensively the weakest part of the fort. The parapet was raised and an outer work, called a caponiere, was added. The protected passageway on your left will lead you to the outerwork that moun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51R_oakwood-cemetery_Huntsville-TX.html
This cemetery existed as early as 1846, for three graves were placed here that year. Pleasant Gray, Huntsville's founder, deeded in 1847 a 1,600-square foot plot at this site. The original tract has been greatly enlarged by other donations from lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51Q_unknown-soldier-of-the-revolution_Newton-NJ.html
Erected to an unknown soldier of the RevolutionChinkchewunska Chap No 24 DAR NJ
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51P_sam-houston_Huntsville-TX.html
Born March 2, 1793, in Rockbridge County, Va.; son of Samuel and Elizabeth Houston. Moved to Tennessee in 1807 with widowed mother and her family. In 1813 joined U.S. Army under Gen. Andrew Jackson, with whom he formed lifetime friendship and poli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51O_the-cisterns_Fort-Washington-MD.html
A reliable supply of drinking water for the garrison was a priority at Fort Washington. Three wells dug early in the fort's construction proved inadequate.
By 1823, four cisterns were installed to store rainwater. Located underground at each en…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51N_george-washington-encampment_Hamburg-NJ.html
In this field, General George Washington encamped for a night on a march from Newburg to Morristown in 1779 to meet General Lafayette.With him was an aide, Lieutenant John Kays of Sussex County, a soldier of the American Revolution.This memorial w…