Toledo 1000-ton Press

This press was used to finish iron and steel parts, such as the pieces of rail-connecting plate (known as fishplate) you see displayed here. It straightened hundreds of thousands of tons of metal in its lifetime. The machine weighs about ...

Fort Darling

Defences of Drewry's Bluff

Eastward 150 yards was the Confederate Fort Darling which constituted, with the works at Chaffin’s Bluff across the James, the main defence of the approaches to Richmond by water. Often the target of Federal fire, Fort Darling ...

Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster

Construction of nearby tunnel, diverting waters of New R. through Gauley Mt. for hydroelectric power, resulted in state’s worst industrial disaster. Silica rock dust caused 109 admitted deaths in mostly black, migrant underground work force of 3,000 . Congressional hearing ...

Dunderberg Mt.

It’s at the south end

of the park at an

elevation of 930 feet,

and is

the southern gateway

to the Hudson Highlands.

Marker can be reached from New York Route 9 W, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Trading Path

Colonial trading route, dating from 17th century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby.

Marker is on Alamance Road 0.1 miles south of Pond Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Orphan Brigade

1864. Activities in Atlanta indicating a new offensive by Gen. Sherman’s army [US], which had occupied that area since Sept. 2nd, units of Gen. Wheeler’s cavalry corps [CS] were posted on all roads to the south. On Nov. 15th, the ...

Savannah: Colonial Capital and Birthplace of

Representative Government in Georgia

In March 1750, the Georgia Trustees in London resolved to allow colonists to elect a representative assembly to meet in Savannah, Georgia's colonial capitol. Sixteen delegates met on January 15,1751, for a twenty-four day session. Representative government ...

Drewry’s Bluff Battlefield

On a line that here crossed the Richmond–Petersburg turnpike, Confederate troops under command of General G.T. Beauregard attacked the Federal army of Major-General B.F. Butler on May 16, 1864 and forced its withdrawal to the Bermuda Hundred defences.

Marker is on ...

Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps

U.S.A.

Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps,

Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Greene, Commanding,

(September 17, 1862.)

Tyndale's and Stainrook's Brigades of Greene's Division formed line about 8 a.m., a short distance beyond the East Woods and, advancing to their eastern edge, struck the right of ...

Toland’s Raid

Col. John T. Toland of the 34th Regiment Mounted Ohio Volunteer Infantry leading Federal cavalrymen, marched from Tazewell County, and raided Wytheville during the evening of 18 July 1863. Confederate troops under Maj. Thomas M. Bowyer and local citizens fortified ...