Stuart's Ride

June 13-14, 1862

Brig. General J.E.B. Stuart, riding with 1800 cavalry from Richmond to Ashland, Old Church, Tunstall, Providence Forge, and Charles City, thereby encircling McClellan's Army, at this point encountered the first Federal resistance.

Marker is on Studley Road 0.3 miles ...

Chester Confederate Monument

[South Side]

This monument guards the memory

of the men of Chester District

who obeying the call of their state

died for the Confederate cause.

1861-1865

Time may crumble this marble into dust

but time can not dim their glory.

The Right Wing at Stockbridge

On the night of Nov. 15, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman's army [US] camped near Stockbridge on its destructive March to the Sea. The Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) camped between Stone Mountain ...

National Historic Landmark - Baltimore Basilica

Has been designated a

National Historic Landmark.

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America.

Longstreet's Command

Law's Brigade, Hood's Division

C.S.A.

Longstreet's Command,

Law's Brigade, Hood's Division,

Colonel E.M. Law, 4th Alabama, Commanding,

Organization.

4th Alabama Infantry, 2nd Mississippi Infantry, 6th North Carolina Infantry, 11th Mississippi Infantry.

(September 17, 1862.)

Law's Brigade advanced from the woods at the Dunkard Church at 7 a.m., and ...

The Gage Accident

1848

One of the most remarkable events in medical history occured about ¾ mile (1 km) from here.

On 13th September 1848, Phineas P. Gage, a railroad construction foreman from Lebanon (NH), suffered massive brain damage when a 3ft 7in (107 cm) ...

Bear Mt. Bridge

It opened in 1924.

At the time it was the

worlds longest

suspension-bridge

at 2,257 feet.

It was built by the

Harriman family

in 1910, and sold

to NYS in 1940.

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

Courtesy hmdb.org

N.C. Division of Archives & History

Organized as the N.C. Historical Commission in 1903; R.D.W. Connor, first secretary. Moved to this building, 1968.

Marker is on Jones Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Gooding's Tavern

The Gooding Tavern served Little River Turnpike travelers and stagecoach passengers from 1807-1879 and was famous for “the best fried chicken” and “peaches and honey.” For the community, the tavern served as a social and commercial gathering place. The Goodings ...

Hampstead Cemetery

(Front)

A cemetery established here in 1841, also known as “God’s Acre” and later “the German Cemetery,” was maintained by St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church until about 1860. That church, founded in 1840 by the rapidly-growing community of Germans in ...