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Battle of Albemarle Sound

On May 5, 1864, the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Albemarle under Commander James W. Cooke, with gunboats Cotton Plant and Bombshell, steamed out of the Roanoke River into Bachelor's Bay and Albemarle Sound before you, bound for ...

Sheppard and Baker's Grant

The Sheppard's Way subdivision was part of the original 400 acre land grant made to William Sheppard and Richard Baker in 1713. They obtained it through the "Headrights System" by paying for the passage of eight people from England to ...

Hoskins Farmstead

Joseph Hoskins bought his 150-acre farmstead for £200 “Current money of the State of North Carolina” in May 1778. Not much is known about the property and how it was utilized after Hoskins purchased it, but his will indicates some ...

National Historic Landmark - Peale's Baltimore Museum

Has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935.

This site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating or illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

For God and Country

World War II

Emil Bosse

• William R. Cameron

• Joseph P. Cotton, Jr.

• Edward F. Drake

• Salvatore Foglia

• Abram Garvis

• William F. Hull, 2nd

• Thomas V. Pickhardt

• Everett F. Rogers

• Donald E. Smith

• Frank P. Orso

[Small plaque at top]

Cpl. Ralph E. Mayers ...

White Oak Road

The extreme right of Lee’s line rested on this road, which was entrenched. General Warren, advancing against Lee’s works here, March 31, 1865, was driven back. Reinforced, Warren advanced again, forcing the Confederates to retire to the road. On it, ...

In Memory Of The Hyde Park Settlers

Erected in honor of those pioneers who helped settle Hyde Park. This Settlement was founded in 1860 by the following list.

William Hyde, William Higgensen, Robert Daines, Lydia Wilkinson, Anthony Metcalf, James Hancey, Armenius Neeley, Thomas Rogers, Elijah Seamons, James Thurston, ...

Cattle (Beefsteak) Raid

Leaving from a point along the Confederate right flank on Boydon Plank Road on 14 Sept. 1864, Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton took about 3,000 Confederate cavalrymen and rode more than 100 miles around the rear of the Union army. Reaching ...

Jack Jouett's Ride

From the tavern that stood here, Jack Jouett rode to Charlottesville, by the Old Mountain Road, in time to warn the members of the Virginia government of the coming of Tarleton's British cavalry, June 3, 1781.

Marker is on Jefferson Highway ...

St. Vincent de Paul Church

Third oldest Catholic Church in Baltimore.

Noted for the rare purity of Georgian architecture.

Cornerstone laid May 21, 1840 by Archbishop Eccleston and the bishops of the Fourth Provincial Council.

Dedicated by Archbishop Eccleston November 7, 1841.

Consecrated by Archbishop ...