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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LV_fort-nonsense_Morristown-NJ.html
To protect his army and supplies from a British attack, General George Washington ordered the construction of a small fortification on the hill overlooking Morristown during the Spring of 1777. This became known as the "upper redoubt" and included…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LU_new-bridge-landing_River-Edge-NJ.html
Site of the Zabriskie Grist Mill and wharf near the head of navigation on the Hackensack River. Farm produce and iron from the Ramapo Mts. were shipped from here to market. The mill, once powered by the tides, burned in 1852 after a century of ser…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LT_battle-of-rivers-bridge_Ehrhardt-SC.html
The End is Near
The Union Victory broke the main Confederate line of defense in lower South Carolina. McLaws' troops retreated to another line behind the Edisto River about 20 miles northeast of here, then continued to fall back as Sherman's a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LS_wilderness-campaign_Spotsylvania-VA.html
May 5, 1864. Since Longstreet's Corps was still on the way from encampment near Gordonsville, Lee began this battle with only two of his three corps. Keeping Ewell on the defensive in the Orange Turnpike sector, he pushed A.P. Hill's Corps eastwar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LR_the-campbell-christie-house_River-Edge-NJ.html
This Dutch Style sandstone house had stood in New Milford since the Revolution. Faced with demolition it was saved for our country's heritage by moving it to this site on September 27, 1977. This preservation was accomplished through the combined …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LQ_battle-of-rivers-bridge_Ehrhardt-SC.html
Death and Defeat
As Mower's troops flanked the Confederate right, another Union division crossed several miles downstream to flank the Confederate left. Under a smokescreen created by a rapid artillery and rifle volleys, the Southerners withdre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LP_wilderness-campaign_Spotsylvania-VA.html
May 5-6, 1864. The bluecoats of Crawford's Division emerged into the sunlight of this clearing, the Chewning Farm, on May 5 in the predetermined moved toward Parker's Store on the Orange Plank Road. Lee's eastward thrust, however, changed all Unio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LO_slave-burial-ground_Leonia-NJ.html
In colonial times this was the site of a slave burial ground. In 1784 slaves comprised almost one forth of the population of the township.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LN_continental-army-encampment_Leonia-NJ.html
Immediately south was located for a period in the early days of September 1780, the encampment of the left wing of the "light" troop of theContinental ArmyunderMarquis de Lafayette.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4LM_brashear-house_Brownsville-PA.html
John A. Brashear, astronomer, educator, was born here 1840. His grandfather kept the Brashear House, a leading tavern. In 1825 Lafayette spoke from its doorway to the people of Brownsville.