The Richmond-Petersburg Railroad Bridge

The expansion of railroads in the 1830s fueled the growth of iron works like Tredegar, and by the Civil War, five railroads had come into Richmond. The Richmond-Petersburg was the first railroad bridge in the city. It was built by ...

Tredegar Spike Mill

You are now standing in the middle of the footprint of the Tredegar spike mill. Since its beginnings in the 1830s, the Tredegar Iron Works relied on railroads as a major market. Spikes were one of the most important products ...

Fighting Below the Road

One-half mile south of

this point, across the

road, Brig. Gen. J. D.

Morgan’s Union Div-

ision halted the main

Confederate charge,

March 19, 1865, in one

of the fiercest engage-

ments of the battle.

Marker is on Harper House Road, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy ...

Jacques Timothe Boucher de Montbrun

(Timothy Demontbreun)

French Canadian fur trader and explorer

Officer of the American Revolution

Lieutenant Governor of the Illinois Territory

Honored as Nashville's "First Citizen"

Sculptor: Alan Lequire

Plaque donated in memory of: Dr. Truman Weldon Demunbrun, President of the Timothy Demonbreun Heritage Society 1977 - 1996.

Marker ...

Confederate Main Charge

After overrunning two

Union lines above

this road, the Confed-

erates crossed here

in the main assault

of March 19, 1865.

Union reinforcements

halted their advance

in the woods below

the road.

Marker is at the intersection of Harper House Road and Battlefield Road, on the left when traveling east ...

DeLong Reservation

National Park Service

DeLong

Reservation

Chickamauga & Chattanooga

National Military Park

Department of the Interior

Marker is on North Crest Road south of Brown Wood Drive, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

1999 Father's Day Fire

(side 1)

June 20, 1999 – Father’s Day – was disrupted by a blaze that destroyed seven buildings on the west side of Main Street in downtown Iola under a gorgeous blue-sky and calm weather. More than 200 firefighters from Iola, ...

Confederate Attacks

Across the fields be-

hind this marker the

Confederate Right Wing

made five attacks on

Union positions to the

left, March 19, 1865.

They were thrown back

by the XX Federal Corps.

Marker is on Harper House Road, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

6 inch Field Howitzer Model of 1908

This type of gun was used by the United States for training purposes in World War I (1917-1918). Our French allies had requested that all pre-1917 American guns by relegated to training purposes only. Our allies supplied all of our ...

Winchester's Camp #2 / Preston Island

[Front Text on Marker] : "Winchester's Camp #2"

After completing Fort Winchester, Brigadier General James Winchester ordered his troops to cross to the north side of the Maumee River. The troops occupied the new site, Camp #2, from November 3-10, 1812. ...