The Chesapeake Bay : History Happened Here

Shields of the Republic

In World War II more than 700,000 American men and women went to the conflict through the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation. Over 900,000 more arrived, including the wounded, survivors of sea battles and prisoners of war. ...

5th, 7th and 66th Ohio Infantry Monument

(Front Side):

Ohio

5th Infantry

Commanded by

Major John Collins

7th Infantry

Commanded by

Lieut. Col. Eugene Powell

66th Infantry

Commanded by

Major Orrin J. Crane

Tyndale's (1st) Brigade

Greene's (2d) Division

Twelfth Army Corps

Army of the Potomac

(Rear Side): 5th 66th 7th

These three regiments became engaged about 7:30 A.M., September 17, 1862,

advanced and ...

Harrisburg Public Library Dauphin County Library System

Founded in 1889, the Harrisburg Public Library became a national model of 19th Century efforts to bring the world's information to community residents, a role that continues today. Its first home was at 125 Locust Street in a building erected ...

Reserve Artillery, Longstreet's Command

C.S.A.

Reserve Artillery, Longstreet's Command,

Col. Stephen D. Lee, C.S.A., Commanding.

Organization.

Ashland Artillery Va.,

Bedford Artillery Va.,

Brooks Artillery S.C.,

Madison Light Artillery La.,

Eubank's Battery Va.,

Parker's Battery Va.

September 15-16, 1862.

The Reserve Artillery crossed the Antietam about 8 a.m. of the 15th and took position on the ...

Calistoga Depot

Built by Sam Brannan for the Napa Valley Railroad in 1868 one year before the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Second oldest remaining railroad station in California. Northern terminus of the Napa Valley Railroad and its successors the Napa Valley ...

The Battle Of Seneca Town / Fort Rutledge

[front]

The Battle of Seneca Town

Seneca Town, on the Seneca River E of present-day Seneca, was one of several Cherokee “Lower Towns.” On August 1, 1776, Maj. Andrew Williamson’s S.C. militia, on a raid against these towns, was ambushed by Loyalists ...

The Calder/Olmsted/McCormick Mansion

The origins of the mansion at 105 N. Front Street can be attributed to William Calder, Jr. (1821-1880), Simon Cameron's business partner, banker and manufacturer. Calder's father had been a preeminent Harrisburg stage coach operator and helped to establish Harrisburg's ...

The Battle of White Oak Road

Moving into Position

With their success at Lewis Farm, Union troops gained a foothold on one of Lee’s supply routes, the Boydton Plank Road. It was strategically necessary for the Federals to control this road because it was a major route ...

Williamsburg County Confederate Monument

[North Face]:

[Relief Flag]

CSA

1861-1865

Erected by

Williamsburg, Chapter

U.D.C. and the

citizens of the county,

May 10,1910,

To the memory

of the men of

Williamsburg, County

who fought for

the rights of the

Southern Confederacy

Comrades

[Relief Cannon]

[Relief Crossed Sabres]

Confederate Soldiers

[South Face]:

To the gallant band of

volunteers from Williamsburg

whose courage zeal and

devotion fed the fires ...

An Old Mill Stream

If you were standing here in the early 1800s, you would have been listening to the waterwheel humming away at the Windsor Mill across this bridge. This section of the Gwynns Falls Trail is built over a three-mile millrace that ...