Charles S. Greene Library

African-American Museum and Library at Oakland

Dedicated in 1902 as the Oakland Public Library, this was the first Carnegie Library built in Oakland. Designed in the American Beaux Arts style by architects Bliss and Faville (who later designed the Hotel Oakland), ...

15th Illinois Infantry

Burial Place

Burial Place

15th Illinois Infantry

Bodies removed

to

Nat'l Cemetery.

Marker can be reached from Cavalry Road 0.3 miles west of Hamburg-Savannah Road, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Confederate Cemetery

Here are buried 155 soldiers of the Army of Tennessee who died in hospitals during the mobilization for Bragg's Kentucky campaign of Sept. - Oct., 1862. Their graves, formerly distinguished by wooden markers giving name, rank and organization, are now ...

Bushy Run

Four miles to the north, at Bushy Run, an army under Col. Henry Bouquet defeated the Indians Aug. 5-6, 1763. This raised the siege of Fort Pitt and opened the gateway for settlement of the West. It is now a ...

Buckland's Brigade

Sherman's Division

U.S.

Buckland's (4th) Brigade,

70th Ohio, 48th Ohio, 72nd Ohio,

Sherman's (5th) Division,

Army of the Tennessee.

This brigade, with its regiments in order from left to right as above, was in position here at 4.30 P.M. April 6, 1862.

The 48th Ohio went to ...

Founders and Proprietors Monument

1640 - 1935

In memory of the courageous men

who founded the first settlement of

the Town of Greenwich

in the Connecticut Colony

July 18-1640

Everardus Bogardus •

John Bowers •

Robert Feaks •

Jeffre Ferris •

Angell Husted •

Robert Husted •

Andrew Messenger ...

Bushy Run

Four miles to the north, at Bushy Run, an army under Col. Henry Bouquet defeated the Indians Aug. 5-6, 1763. This raised the siege of Fort Pitt and opened the gateway for settlement of the West. It is now a ...

12th Illinois Infantry - 13th Missouri Infantry

McArthur's Brigade - W.H.L. Wallace's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee.

12th Illinois Infantry,

13th Missouri Infantry,

McArthur's (2d) Brigade,

W.H.L. Wallace's (2d) Division.

At about 10 a.m. April 7, 1862 these regiments advanced from this position and engaged the enemy that was sheltered behind a breastwork ...

Cooperation and Conflict on the Trail

Many diaries of travelers on the Oregon-California Trail speak of good relations with Native Americans. Indians helped travelers by delivering their letters, pulling their wagons up steep banks, teaching them about edible plants, and keeping watch at night. Rather than ...

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

Hope on the Horizon

What would make a family leave their home for an unfamiliar land on a distant frontier? For the nearly 300 men, women, and children on the Anza Expedition, it was the chance for a fresh start. In ...