Lee's Brigade, Stuart's Cavalry Division

C.S.A.

Lee's Brigade, Stuart's Cavalry Division,

Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Commanding.

Organization.

1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th Virginia Cavalry.

(September 15-19, 1862.)

The 3rd, 4th and 9th Virginia Cavalry of Lee's Brigade reached the field late in the after noon of the 15th and took ...

North Castle World War I Memorial

In Honor of the Men

of the

Township of North Castle

Who Answered Their Country’s Call

In the Great World War

1917 – 1919

Lester Abrams • Frank R. Adams • Sidney Barnshaw • Arthur F. Bartlett • George P. Bennett • Leon H. ...

Swift Creek Battlefield: A Landscape of Change

The Bermuda Hundred Campaign began on May 5, 1864, when Union General Benjamin Butler and the 33,000-man Army of the James landed at Bermuda Hundred nine miles northeast of here. General Butler's westward advance threatened Drewry's Bluff and Richmond to ...

Confederate Stronghold

In the afternoon of July 1st, 1863, after Union troops retreated south to Cemetery Hill, this 2½ story brick house was occupied by Confederate sharpshooters. Catherine Sweney and daughter, Lizzie, residents of the house, fled to safety.

The house was strategically ...

This Flame of Freedom

This Flame of Freedom Donated

To the Town of North Castle

by

North Castle Post 1097

American Legion

In Memory of Those Who Perished

In the Service of Their Country

In All the Wars

Erected by Town of North Castle And

Dedicated on the 30th Day of May ...

Cedarock Historical Farm

Welcome to Cedarock Historical Farm. The farm was settled in 1830 by John and Polly Garrett. The farm was 115 acres in size (85 improved and 30 unimproved acres). Please enjoy your visit and come back to see us.

Marker can ...

Pyle's Defeat

February 1781

Near this location, mounted Loyalists from Chatham and southern Orange counties led by Col. John Pyle, and on their way to join Gen. Cornwallis in Hillsborough, were defeated by units of Gen. Greene's American Army led by Col. Henry ...

Old Tennant Church

1778 - 1901

In grateful remembrance of patriots who, on Sabbath June 28,1778, gained the victory which was the turning point in the War for Independence, and to mark a memorable spot on the battlefield of Monmouth.

[Plaque located opposite main marker]:

This ...

Janssen Place Historic District

Constructed 1897 - 1917

Originally intended as a planned, residential area, Janssen Place was conceived and developed by Arthur E. Stilwell, a railroad magnate and urban planner. Designed in 1897 and patterned after Portland and Westmoreland Places in St. Louis, ...

The John Martin Shuford Gravesite

Buried here is Loyalist John Martin Shuford who died June 22, 1780 of wounds received in the Battle of Ramsour's Mill. His grave was originally marked with an old headstone and footstone. In 1997 the Lincoln County Historical Association and ...