The Cruiser Pee Dee, C.S.N.

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The Cruiser Pee Dee, C. S. N.

Built C.S.N. Navy Yard, Pee Dee, S. C. 1864

Burned to avoid capture March 15, 1865.

“No Nation rose so white and fair, None fell so pure of crime.”

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Boulder Donated by Winnsboro Granite Co. Model by ...

El Paso del Rio del Norte

On May 4, 1598, Don Juan de Oñate, Adelantado and Capitain-General, Governor of New Mexico, first named El Paso del Rio del Norte.

Through this old pass, the lowest snow-free feasible route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Rocky ...

Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps

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Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps.

Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox, Commanding.

September 16-17, 1862.

On the night of September 16th Willcox's Division was held in reserve behind the ridge on the east bank of the Antietam, about one mile from the Burnside Bridge. ...

Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College During World War II

Immediately following the United States' entry into World War II after the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College (SFA)President Alton Birdwell called together an assembly of students and staff to address the ...

Longstreet's Command

Jenkins' Brigade, Jones' Division

C.S.A.

Longstreet's Command.

Jenkin's Brigade, Jones' Division.

Col. Joseph Walker, Palmetto (S.C.) Sharpshooters, Commanding.

Organization.

1st South Carolina Infantry, 6th South Carolina Infantry

2d South Carolina Rifles, 4th South Carolina Battalion

5th South Carolina Infantry, Palmetto (S.C.) Sharpshooters

September 15-17, 1862.

Jenkin's Brigade reached Sharpsburg at ...

Longstreet's Command

Garnett's Brigade, Jones' Division

C.S.A.

Longstreet's Command.

Garnett's Brigade, Jones' Division,

Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett, Commanding.

Organization.

8th Virginia Infantry, 19th Virginia Infantry,

18th Virginia Infantry, 28th Virginia Infantry,

56th Virginia Infantry.

September 15-17, 1862.

Garnett's Brigade reached Sharpsburg at 11 a.m. September 15th, and took position on the ...

Delaware County, Where Pennsylvania Began

Discovered by the Dutch, settled by the Swedes. Granted to William Penn by King Charles II of England, Delaware County is the site of Penn's first landing in Pennsylvania. Here the first assembly met and adopted the frame of government ...

Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother

Old Folks Day was inaugurated in Salt Lake City in 1875, by Charles R. Savage, assisted by Edward Hunter, presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and George Goddard, since which time all persons seventy or ...

Reserve Officers Association of the United States

At this site on the 2nd of October 1922

General of the Armies

John J. Pershing

met with 140 World War I

reserve officers and founded the

Reserve Officers Association of the United States.

At the meeting General Pershing said:

"I consider this gathering perhaps one ...

The Ford Airport and Ford Tri-Motor

The Ford Airport

At this airport, built by Henry Ford in 1924, world and national history was made, ushering in a new era of flight embracing the all-metal airliner, radio control devices, air mail, scheduled flights, and the airline services ...