James C. Furman Classroom Building

Erected 1955

In Memory of

James Clement Furman, D.D.

1809-1891

President 1859-1879

Professor 1844-1881

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At a crisis in 1868

Furman was admonished to abandon the institution.

His reply was:

"I will nail my colors to the

mast of the old ship, and if she

goes down I will go with her."

Courtesy ...

Williams' Brigade

Hurlbut's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee.

Williams' (1st) Brigade,

41st Ill., 28th Ill., 32nd Ill., 3d Iowa,

Hurlbut's (4th) Division.

This brigade was engaged here from 10 A.M. to about noon April 7, 1862.

Marker can be reached from Corinth-Pittsburg Landing Road Extension 0.1 miles north ...

Shenandoah Pulp Factory

In 1877-1888, on the former site of the Shenandoah Canal's lower locks, Thomas Savery erected this large mill to provide wood pulp for the paper industry.

Ten turbines, arranged in pairs in the mill's five massive sluiceways, powered wood grinders, rolling ...

Remembering Valley Forge

The People’s Park

The perseverance of the soldiers at Valley Forge is a beloved American story. Long-discussed ideas for commemoration of their sacrifices were implemented after the disruption of the Civil War, when the centennials of both the Declaration of Independence ...

A County Older Than the State

Limestone County

created Feb. 6, 1818 by Alabama Territorial Legislature from lands ceded by Cherokee Nation 1806 and by Chickasaw Nation in 1816. Named for creek (and its limestone bed), which runs through county.

Few settlers here until Indian treaties.

Athens ...

Athens Sacked and Plundered

On May 2, 1862, Union troops of the 19th and 24th Illinois and the 37th Indian Regiments commanded by Col. John Basil Turchin went on a rampage thought the town. They looted and plundered stores and homes, stealing clothing, jewelry ...

Hare's Brigade

McClernand's Division

U.S.

8th Ill., 18th Ill., 13th Iowa,

Hare's (1st) Brig., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

These regiments were engaged here at about 11.30 a.m. April 6, 1862. They advanced with McClernand's forward movement at 12 m., then moved to right, and ...

Logan’s Corps Moves to Henderson’s Mill

July 18, 1864. Logan’s troops, having detoured from Shallow Fd. Rd. to Browning’s Court House (TUCKER), to co-operate with Garrard’s cav, in the destruction of the Georgia R.R. at Stone Mtn., remained in this vicinity while Lightburn’s brigade was sent ...

Iowa Revolutionary War Monument

Front

Dedicated to soldiers

and patriots of the

American Revolution

who are buried in IowaDecember 28, 1846

Iowa

Our liberties we

prize our rights

we will maintainReverse

George Perkins, N. and S. Carolina, Lee County

William Potter, Virginia, Jackson County

Sampson Price, Virginia, Louisa County

Thomas Rhodes, Virginia, Van Buren County

Achilles Rogers, ...

Railroads

Trains clanking along iron rails have echoed through Virginius Island since the Winchester & Potomac Railroad arrived here in 1836. It extended from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad junction at Harpers Ferry 32 miles southward to Winchester. The W&P line ...