The 7th Indiana Infantry

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps,

Major Ira G. Groover Commanding,

Occupied this position

at 4 p.m. September 17th 1862.

Marker is on Hagerstown Pike (State Highway 65), on the right when traveling north.

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Old St. Peters

Services began in 1767.

Gen. Washington reportedly

read morning prayer here.

Was used as a hospital

for French troops, 1781-82.

Marker is on Locust Avenue, on the left when traveling south.

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For the Good of the Giants

Try to imagine yourself standing here in the 1950’s. You would have been surrounded by cars. Engine noise and exhaust would have overridden your impressions of the giant trees. Almost 100 cabins and motel units would have faced you from ...

Dr. Emmett Ethridge Butler

1908-1955

Dr. Emmett Ethridge Butler was born in Jefferson, Georgia, and reared in Macon. He was graduated from Morehouse College and the Meharry Medical College. He and his family moved to Gainesville in 1936 where he established his medical practice.

Dr. ...

The Law and Lodging / Whiskey Mayhem

The Law and Lodging

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During his years traveling the Eighth Judicial Circuit, Abraham Lincoln was the overnight guest of many DeWitt County residents.

As a frontier lawyer, he spent several months per year away from home while making his legal rounds. ...

The 19th Indiana Infantry

4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps

Lieut. Colonel Alois O. Bachman Commanding

Until he fell mortally wounded

150 yards due east, occupied this ground

at 2 p.m. September 17th 1862.

Loss 13 killed; 58 wounded

Marker is on Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike, ...

The Needles Eye

One Rock Formation Offers Millions of Stories

Geology provides the foundation of scenery in the Black Hills. From rocky outcroppings to towering spires, the northern portion of Custer State Park highlights the essence of the central core.

The central core is a ...

Builder of the Nation

This steam locomotive was presented to the City of Winder and Barrow County in 1959 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company. It was placed here as a permanent exhibit in memory of the important service engines of this type ...

James S. Wadsworth

Brigadier General and Brevet Major General

United States Volunteers

commanding the 4th Division

V Corps Army of the Potomac

was mortally wounded near this spot

May 6, 1864 and died two days later

in the field hospital of Hill’s

Confederate Corps:

He fell attempting desperately to

resist a Confederate ...

Old Cemetery

Dates to 1752. Many

Revolutionary War patriots

here include 7 French

soldiers and John Paulding,

a captor of Major Andre.

Marker is at the intersection of Oregon Road and Locust Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Oregon Road.

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