White Oak Road Engagement

31 March 1865

Union forces belonging to the V Corps, under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, sought to seize the White Oak Road and sever the Confederate line of communication with Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett’s detachment near Five Forks, four ...

First Post Road

The road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738–39, passed near this spot.

Marker is on U.S. 17 near the South Carolina line, on the right when traveling north.

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Wars and Conflicts in White Springs

Although residents living here have always been somewhat insulated, outside influences such as war and conflict have historically influenced the Town of White Springs. The Spanish, French, British, and Americans all fought wars to won the peninsula of Florida. The ...

Kentucky-Alabama Road

First opened in 1806, it ran from Monticello, Ky., to Huntsville, AL., then in Indian territory. Entering Tennessee near Celina, it passed through Cookeville to Viola and Winchester. It follows the road south through Shellsford in this section.

Marker is on ...

39th New York Infantry (Garibaldi Guards)

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps

(Front):39th

New York

Infantry,

(Garibaldi Guards)

3rd Brig. 3d Div.

2d Corps.

(Back)This Regiment at about

7 o'clock P.M. July 2d 1863.

Being ordered to support

General Sickles' line.

Charged and drove the enemy

Recapturing the Guns and

Equipment of Battery I.

5th U.S. Artillery.

A stone tablet marks

the ...

The Third Battle of Winchester

Thoburn's Attack

As the Nineteenth Corps tried to reorganize its lines, Union Col. Joseph Thoburn's division of the Eighth Army Corps came up from reserve and took position at the edge of the First Woods behind you. Union Gen. Philip Sheridan ...

The Philadelphia Campaign

Battle of Cooch's Bridge

In August 1777, British forces under the command of General William Howe landed at the Head of Maryland's Elk River. Their goal was the capture of Philadelphia, the capital of the young republic. On September 3, ...

1st Delaware Infantry

2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps

Position

held by

the 1st Reg.

Del. Vol.

Infantry

2nd Brig. 3rd Div.

2nd Army Corps.

July 2nd

and 3rd

1863.

Erected by the state of

Delaware to commemorate

her sons.

A.D. 1855.

Marker is on Hancock Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

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Edenton Bell Battery C.S.A.

Organized in March 1862 under the leadership of Capt. William Badham Jr., Lt. John M. Jones, and Lt. Nelson McClees, the Edenton Bell Battery was composed of men primarily from Chowan, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties. Lacking adequate artillery, various institutions ...

Aladdin Tipple History

The Aladdin Tipple in Crook County, Wyoming, was constructed as part of the Aladdin coal mining operations. In 1898, an 18-mile-long short line known as the Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad was built to connect coal mines near Aladdin with ...