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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4F6_abner-cloud-house_Washington-DC.html
This house witnessed the building of the C&O Canal. Abner Cloud, a miller who had come here from Pennsylvania, built the house in 1801. Cloud's mill was about 200 yards upstream. The basement of the house was used by Cloud to store grain and flour…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4F5_3rd-delaware-infantry_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Delaware3rd Delaware VolunteersMajor Arthur MaGinnis3rd Brigade,2nd Division, XII CorpsThis regiment, worn down from activeservice in the second Manassas Campaign,went into action Sept. 17, 1862 with onlyfive officers and 120 men. It startedout on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4F4_brentland_Welcome-MD.html
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Birthplace of Acting Brigadier General Joseph Lancaster Brent, C.S.A. (1826-1909). He served in the Trans-Mississippi Department during the Civil War and took part in the siege of Vicksburg.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4F3_15th-massachusetts-volunteer-infantry_Sharpsburg-MD.html
(Front):15th Reg. Mass. Vols.
Here, September 17, 1862, the Fifteenth Reg. Mass. Volunteers, with the First Company Andrew Sharpshootersattached, 606 men of all ranks, commanded byLieut. Col. John W. Kimball, Gorman's Brigade.Sedgwick's Divisio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4F2_commander-william-lewis-herndon_Annapolis-MD.html
In command of the Central America, home-bound with California Gold seekers, Captain Herndon lost his life in a gallant effort to save ship and lives during a cyclone off Hatteras, September 12, 1857
"Forgetful of self, in his death he added a n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4F1_cap-t-john-huylers-farm_Cresskill-NJ.html
In 1776, a 180 acre farm here was owned by Loyalist John Ackerson. It extended from the Tenakill to the Hudson, bordered on the north by the road used by British invaders that year. Seized as enemy property, it was bought in 1784 by Militia Captai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4F0_the-tenafly-railroad-station_Tenafly-NJ.html
Built in 1872 when George Huyler donated the land and a third of the cost. Residents and the Northern Railroad of New Jersey shared equally in the balance. Designed in High Victorian Gothic by Architect Daniel T. Atwood, the station opened in 1874…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4EZ_roelof-westervelt-house_Tenafly-NJ.html
This house is a fine example of Dutch Colonial architecture. The south wing of the house was built by Roelof Westervelt in 1745. The land had been purchased by his grandfather, in 1695, from the Lord Proprietores of East Jersey. The central sectio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4EY_the-christie-parsels-house_Tenafly-NJ.html
Stands on land purchased by William P. Christie for 500 pounds for 100 acres. In 1804 he built his home. Following his sudden death, in order to be fair to the many heirs, the house and the land were sold at auction to three buyers. In 1836 Samuel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4EX_closter-dock-road_Alpine-NJ.html
Laid out in 1761 by New York over an earlier route when that province claimed jurisdiction over this area. Used by troops during the Revolutionary War, the road led from Closter to Closter Dock on the Hudson where farm produce was shipped to New Y…