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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N9_pvt-james-daniel-gardner_Gloucester-Courthouse-VA.html
36th U.S. Colored TroopsSept. 16, 1839 - Sept. 29, 1905Served during the Civil War as a private inCompany 1, 36th United States Colored Troops.He was awarded the Medal of Honor for hisbravery at the Battle of Chapins Farm,Virginia on September 29,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N8_indian-princess-pocahontas_Gloucester-Courthouse-VA.html
ofWeromocomocoWicomicoGloucester CountyVirginiaSculpture by Adolf SehringA.D.1994
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N7_gloucester-courthouse_Gloucester-Courthouse-VA.html
The courthouse was built in 1766. The debtors prison is also old. A skirmish occurred near here between Confederate and Union cavalry, January 29, 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N6_chain-of-signal-beacons_Morristown-NJ.html
Large fires, cannon and flags were used to signal alarms during the Revolutionary War. The fires were called beacons and were used to assemble militia, indicate the approach direction of the enemy and to direct the movements of military forces.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N5_cappahosic_Gloucester-Courthouse-VA.html
Seven and one-half miles southwest is Cappahosic, where a ferry was established early in the eighteenth century. On the old charts, this indian district lay between Werowocomoco and Timberneck Creek. Powhatan is said to have offered it to Capt. Jo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N4_the-alarm-beacon_Morristown-NJ.html
The alarm beacon was a huge pyramid-shaped structure of logs and brush usually placed on a prominent hilltop. In case of enemy invasion or other emergency situations, it was to be set on fire to notify militiamen to go to preselected meeting place…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N3_hell-itself_Spotsylvania-VA.html
The Wilderness of today looks different than it did in 1864. Then it was a patchwork of second-growth forest. Brush obscured, briars grabbed, and thickets disrupted the battle lines. One solder described the combat here as "bushwhacking...on a gra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N2_marlfield_Gloucester-Courthouse-VA.html
A mile and a half west is the site of Marlfield, an eighteenth-century dwelling built by the Buckner family. It was purchased in 1782 by William Jones, who gave the house its name. Jones was among the first Virginia planters to use marl in his agr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N1_hewick_Urbanna-VA.html
Three miles east is Hewick, built about 1678 by Christopher Robinson, Clerk of Middlesex County. It was the birthplace of John Robinson, Speaker of the House of Burgesses and Treasurer of Virginia, 1738-1766, the leading man of the colony.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4N0_iron_Morristown-NJ.html
At Morristown, Washington was close to the northern New Jersey iron furnaces of Hibernia, Pompton, Mount Hope and Ringwood. Cannon balls and shells from these furnaces were on frequent order for the Continental Army during much of the Revolution. …