Panic and Valor

When ordering his militia to attack, Gates envisioned them marching forward and leaving their initial position vacant.

He therefore instructed Gen. William Smallwood to advance his 1st Maryland Brigade to take their place. However, before Smallwood could proceed, the militia broke ...

Confederate Breakout

February 15, 1862

"Fill your cartridge boxes, quick, and get into line; the enemy is trying to escape and he must not be permitted to do so."

Col. J.D. Webster, USA

The advantage lay with the Confederates. They could press the attack and ...

Cherokee Assembly Ground

Cherokee Assembly Ground

Ah-Yeh-Li A-Lo-Hee

(Center of the World)

Marker is at the intersection of Hartwell Street (U.S. 29) and Marsh Lane, on the right when traveling north on Hartwell Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, U.S. Navy

Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, U. S. Navy, pioneer in naval aviation and Commander of Naval Air Task Force 58, famed for its destruction of Japanese sea power in World War II, was born in Hillsboro, January 26, 1887. A 1910 ...

General Gate's Disgrace

When the militia fled before the initial British charge, Gates tried to rally them. However, the throng of panicked militiamen swept him up in their northward flight.

Far removed from the battlefield, Gates assumed that his army had been defeated and ...

Clinton County Veterans Memorial

"We Owe So Much to So Few"

Dedicated to the men & women of Clinton County who served in the

War of 1812,

Mexican, Civil,

Spanish, WW I,

WW II, Korean,

Vietnam and

Persian Gulf War

(Desert Storm)

Afghanistan / Iraq

Marker is at the intersection of South Street (U.S. ...

Ardenwood Historic Farm / George Washington Patterson Ranch

This Property

The

George Washington

Patterson Ranch

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

November 29, 1985

Marker can be reached from Ardenwood Boulevard near California Highway 84.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Deerfield

1630 - 1930

Indian land called Pocomtuck, settled by men from Dedham in 1671. Attacked by Indians, burnt, and abandoned in 1675. Reoccupied and attacked in 1704 by French and Indians, who took 47 lives, and carried off 112 captives to ...

Confederate Breakout

February 15, 1862

"Fill your cartridge boxes, quick, and get into line; the enemy is trying to escape and he must not be permitted to do so."

Col. J.D. Webster, USA

The advantage lay with the Confederates. They could press the attack and ...

Wharton's Brigade

Pillow's Division

C.S.A.

Brigadier General

Gideon J. Pillow's Division

Colonel Gabriel C. Wharton's Brigade51st Virginia, Lieut. Colonel James W. Massie

56th Virginia, Captain George W. Davis

Arrived at Fort Donelson on February 7 and 8, 1862. First assigned to General Buckner's Division, the brigade, on February ...