The Beefsteak Raid

Wade Hampton’s Cattle Raid

As the summer of 1864 ended with Union Gen. U.S. Grant’s army still laying siege to Petersburg, Southern sources learned of a large herd of cattle being held at nearby Coggin’s Point on the James River. The ...

The John Crain Kunkel and Katherine Smoot Kunkel Memorial

In memory of U.S. Congressman John Crain Kunkel and Katherine Smoot Kunkel for their many years of service and dedication to the community.

Marker is at the intersection of N. Front Street and State Street, on the right when traveling south ...

Lynchburg Confederate Soldiers Monument

(front)

1861—1865

Our Confederate Soldiers

(rear)

Erected by the

Daughters of the Confederacy

of

Lynchburg, Virginia

in 1899,

to commemorate the heroism

of our Confederate Soldiers

(side)

Kirk Wood Otey Chapter U.D.C.

(side)

Old Dominion Chapter U.D.C.

Marker is at the intersection of Court Street and Ninth Street, on the right when traveling west on ...

First Academy

in county 1765 – 1790. Located

on this hill. Conducted

by Rev. Isaac Rysdyck.

Used for military hospital

in 1777.

Marker is at the intersection of New York Route 52 and Old State Road, on the right when traveling west on State Route 52.

Courtesy ...

Wright Court House Site 1771-1774 — Richmond Court House Site 17

Court Houses that served old Surry County. Wright Court House Site is located one mile south. Richmond Couurt House Site is located one mile northeast. Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, was admitted to the bar to practice ...

About Hampden-Sydney College

You are standing near the site of the original campus of Hampden-Sydney College, which stood on the knoll to your right (see artist reconstruction above). Hampden-Sydney began classes on November 10, 1775, the last college founded in Colonial America. The ...

First Official 4th of July Celebration in the United States

Commemorating

The First Official

4th of July Celebration

In the United States

At Salem, North Carolina, 1783

* * *

This Plaque Unveiled In The

200th Anniversary Year

Of Winston-Salem

July 4, 1966

Marker is on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of First House in Chesterfield

Site of

First House

in

Chesterfield

Built

November 1761

by

Moses Smith

Marker is on River Road ½ mile south of Stoneleigh Heights, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Black’s and White’s Station

Confederate Detour

In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg ...

Post Headquarters

Here the commanding officer and his staff ran the day-to-day operations of Fort Hancock. A post of this size was usually commanded by a colonel.

During World War II, Fort Hancock was headquarters for all New York Harbor Defenses under the ...