Gibbes Green

Named for Maj. Wade Hampton Gibbes (1837-1903) prominent Columbian who owned much of the land to the east, Gibbes Green consisted of an area of land bounded by Pendleton, Bull, Pickens, and Greene Streets. Acquired by S. C. College by ...

13th Missouri Infantry

McArthur's Brigade - W.H.L. Wallace's Division

U.S.

13th Missouri Infantry,

McArthur's (2d) Brig., W.H.L. Wallace's (2d) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This tablet marks position held by 13th Mo. Sunday night April 6, 1862.

The regiment was engaged with Sherman on Monday.

Marker is on Hamburg-Savannah ...

Rafael Rivera

This historical marker commemorates the valor and service of pioneer scout Rafael Rivera, the first Caucasian of record to view and traverse Las Vegas valley. Scouting for Antonia Armijo's sixty man trading party from Abiquiu, N.M. in January 1830. Young ...

New Store Village

Four miles west is the site of New Store Village, in early times an important stop on the stage coach road between Richmond and Lynchburg. Philip Watkins McKinney, governor of Virginia 1890-1894, was born here in 1832. Peter Francisco, Revolutionary ...

Revolutionary War Privateering

Led to Benedict Arnold’s Attack

When the colonies chose revolution, the Continental Congress appointed Nathaniel Shaw to be in charge of Connecticut’s Navy. That navy consisted largely of privateers, privately-owned armed vessels, licensed to attack British shipping. Privateers were allowed to ...

The Battle of Groton Heights

Stabilization and Preservation of Fort Griswold

On the morning of September 6, 1781, a British fleet under the command of former American general Benedict Arnold appeared at the mouth of the Thames River. Arnold’s mission was to destroy American privateers in ...

30th Indiana Infantry

Burial Place

Burial Place

30th Indiana Infantry

9 Bodies Removed

to

Nat'l Cemetery.

Marker is on Sherman Road 0.2 miles north of Hamburg-Purdy Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Revolutionary New London

The Fight for Liberty

When the “Lexington Alarm” was sounded in April 1775, three militia companies from New London and surrounding towns responded immediately. Within a month, six new regiments were formed with two New London companies participating in the Battle ...

Longwood University

Longwood University is a state-supported institution developed from the privately owned Farmville Female Seminary that was incorporated in 1839. In 1884, it became a public institution when the Commonwealth acquired the property and renamed it the State Female Normal School ...

Lincoln's Home Becomes a Shrine

Lincoln understood the importance of making his image available for the presidential campaign. Springfield photographer Preston Butler captured several likenesses of Lincoln during the 1860 election.Lower Left

Ambrotype of Abraham Lincoln, 1860 by Preston Butler

The portrait painter who commissioned this ...