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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RR_historic-taverns-on-this-road_Rincon-GA.html
Five miles South on this road, George Washington spent Sunday night, May 15, 1791, at the house of "one Spencer." The occasion was Washington's Southern tour, and he was traveling in his carriage over this road from Savannah to Augusta.
Four mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RQ_shermans-left-wing_Springfield-GA.html
On Dec. 8, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman`s army (USA), which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, was moving through Effingham County toward Savannah. Hq. Left Wing, Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RP_skirmish-at-rio-hill_Charlottesville-VA.html
On February 29, 1864, General George A. Custer and 1500 cavalrymen made a diversionary raid Into Albemarle County. Here, north of Charlottesville, he attacked the Confederate winter camp of four batteries of the Stuart Horse Artillery commanded by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RO_southwest-bastion_Alexandria-VA.html
The Southwest Bastion was the most heavily fortified area of the fort with emplacements for seven guns, as well as a magazine and a filling room. The largest gun in Fort Ward, a 100-pounder Parrott Rifle, was located in the Southwest Bastion. This…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RN_town-clock-kaminski-building_Georgetown-SC.html
Town Clock: This Greek Revival market and town hall was built in 1842 after a fire destroyed many of the frame buildings on Front Street. An open-air market occupied the first floor and the town hall occupied the second floor; the clock tower and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RM_kerr-place_Onancock-VA.html
An eighteenth century mansion acquired in 1950 by the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society as headquarters for the society.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RL_historic-cemetery_Onancock-VA.html
Known as the Scott Hall Cemetery, it dates from the late 18th century. Here will be found the grave of Commodore Whaley of the Maryland Navy who was killed in the Battle of the Barges in the Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of Onancock Creek in Novem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RK_entrance-gate-to-fort-ward_Alexandria-VA.html
The Fort Ward entrance gate, completed in May 1865, provided the only access to the interior of the fort. The gate's decorative details include stands of cannonballs and the insignia (castle) of the Army Corps of Engineers which designed and super…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RJ_haymarket-during-the-war_Haymarket-VA.html
Throughout the Civil War, Haymarket and its residents endured the consequences of occupying an important geographical location. Marching armiespassed through the town during the First and Second Battles of Manassas,the engagement at Thoroughfare G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RI_point-bas_Nekoosa-WI.html
Lower limit of upper Wisconsin country. Called by Indians Ban-Gah-Je-Wung. First sawmill built just below here by Daniel Whitney in 1831. A strip three miles wide both sides of the Wisconsin ceded by Menominee Indians in 1836 from Point Bas forty …