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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM447_fort-howell-1864_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
An excellent example of the defensive earthworks common to the civil War era, Fort Howell was constructed by Union Forces occupying Hilton Head Island and was one of the final fortifications to be built during the war.The men of the 32nd U.S. Colo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM446_lest-we-forget_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In memory of thosefrom Stafford Countywho served duringthe Civil War"Lest We Forget"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM445_fort-frederick_Clear-Spring-MD.html
Colonial stone fort built 1756 for Province of Maryland by Gov. Horatio Sharpe to protect frontier against French and Indians after Braddock's defeat. Detention camp for British prisoners 1776-83. Occupied 1861-2 by Union troops. George Washington…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM444_1st-battery-ohio-light-artillery_Keedysville-MD.html
(Front Face):OHIO1st BatteryLight ArtilleryCommanded byCapt. James R. McMullinHugh Ewings (1st) Brig.Kanawha DivisionNinth Army CorpsArmy of the Potomac
(Rear Face):This battery occupied position about 250 yards due west of this.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM443_william-mckinley_Sharpsburg-MD.html
(Front):January 29, 1843 - September 14, 1901
(Rear):Fourteen Years Member of CongressTwice Governor of Ohio 1892-3 and 1894-5Twice President of United States 1897-1900 and 1901.
Sergeant McKinley Co. E. 23rd Ohio Vol. Infantry, while in cha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM442_reily-hose-company-no-10_Harrisburg-PA.html
The explosion in the growth of Uptown Harrisburg in the last two decades of the 19th Century required the construction of a new fire station, the first to be located north of Reily Street. On July 11, 1885, the Reily Hose Company was organized and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM441_simon-cameron-school_Harrisburg-PA.html
Although Harrisburg's northern boundary when incorporated as a city in 1860 reached as far as Maclay Street, it would not be until the early 1890's that development widely occurred above Reily Street. Local homebuilder Benjamin Engle launched the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM440_broad-street-market_Harrisburg-PA.html
The Broad Street Market consists of the oldest continuously operated market houses in the United States. By the advent of the Civil War, Harrisburg began to develop north of North Street onto the newly subdivided lands of William Verbeke, John For…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM43Z_historic-midtown-market-district_Harrisburg-PA.html
Just prior to the Civil War, Harrisburg's northern development reached only as far as North Street, although its northern boundary extended to Herr Street under an annexation to the original Borough in 1838. In 1860, Harrisburg was incorporated as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM43Y_4th-and-12th-u-s-infantry_Keedysville-MD.html
U.S.A.At 10 A.M., September 16, 1862, four companies of the Fourth United States Infantry crossed the stone bridge over the Antietam at this point and took position behind the rock ledge and barn on the left of the road and under the bank on the r…