Price's Headquarters

Wilson's Creek

Since August 6, 1861, thousands of Confederates had been camping in this area surrounding Major General Sterling Price's headquarters, waiting to attack the Union Army in Springfield. On the night of August 9, the long-awaited orders were issued.

Pickets were ...

1st Corps Headquarters

Army of the Potomac

Army of the Potomac

1st. Corps Headquarters

Major General

Abner Doubleday

July 1, 1863

Were located 230 yards S.E.

from here, near the pike

Marker is on Reynolds Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Wyanet Soldier's Memorial

This tablet erected as a permanent tribute to all who served their flag and country.

Mothers of World War II, Wyanet, Illinois, 1955

Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 6) and South Locust Street on East Main Street. ...

XI Chapter Kappa Alpha Order

This fraternity was founded in 1865 by former confederate soldiers at Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, during the administration of Robert E. Lee. XI Chapter was founded at Southwestern University on November 28, 1883, by Alexander S. Walker and Frederick ...

Guardian of the Grove

Created by

This Kanza warrior stands as a tribute to the tribe for whom the State of Kansas is named. Also known as the Kaws, the Kanzas occupied a reservation in this area from 1848 to 1873. Today's tribal government, the ...

Stubblefield Building

Erected in 1871, this structure of hand-cut native limestone is perhaps the oldest still standing in Liberty Hill. It was built by S. P. Stubblefield (1824-1902). A native of Alabama and veteran of the Mexican War (1846-48), and owned by ...

Site of Bartlett Colored School

The farming community of Bartlett was founded in 1882 when the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad reached the town, which is situated on the county line between Bell and Williamson counties. By 1912, a second railway served the town, and ...

Eagle Hotel and Bolton Hotel

On the site directly across the street stood the Eagle Hotel, a three-story brick structure opened by George Buehler in January of 1812. It was here that Charles Dickens stayed when touring America in 1842 during which time he authored ...

Old Dauphin County Prison

The second Dauphin County Prison stood on the southeast corner of Walnut and Court Streets. Completed in 1841, it replaced a log structure erected circa 1792 at the time that the first Dauphin County Courthouse was built directly behind this ...

Battleship Wisconsin: BB-9 and BB-64

in the Homeport of Naval History

Battleships bearing the name Wisconsin have graced the waters off Norfolk and Hampton Roads since the beginning of the twentieth century. Ornately designed to show-off the “Stars and Stripes” of the United States, the first ...