Andrew Pickens Ranger District / Oconee County

Andrew Pickens Ranger District Side

The Ranger District was named for Andrew Pickens, an able commander of South Carolina's rebel militia during the American Revolution. Born of Scots-Irish immigrants near Paxtang, Pennsylvania, Pickens served in the state legislature and became a ...

The Canal and the Civil War

At the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, the James River and the Kanawha Canal extended to Buchanon, nearly 200 miles west of Richmond. As Virginia’s railroads fell prey to Union armies, the canal became an increasingly important artery ...

Site of Woodlawn Camp Meeting

Established by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1871, the camp was a popular center of religious and social life. Political candidates and vacationers attended the two-week meetings in August. Its forty-two year era ended in 1913.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Petrified Wood

Araucarioxylon Arizonicum Knowlton

about 200 million years old

Found near Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Contributors:

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Gray

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Zuhl

City of Holbrook, Arizona

Marker is on Madison Drive NW, on the right ...

Army Headquarters 1861 / Huttonsville

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Army Headquarters 1861

This village was held by Colonel George Porterfield until he was relieved of command by General Robert Garnett, (C.S.A.). In 1861, it became the headquarters of Generals George McClellan and J. J. Reynolds of the Union Army.

(Reverse)

Huttonsville

Named for ...

Tredegar Iron Works

By 1861 the Tredegar Iron Works were the largest in the Confederacy. The sprawling complex seen in this plan produced much of the ordnance used by the Confederate army and navy. But in 1863, a devastating fire destroyed the Crenshaw ...

Whiting's Advance

Approximate Line of Whiting's Advance

Near this point, between the brigades of Martindale and Butterfield, Confederate forces first penetrated the main Federal position in the Battle of Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862. The Fourth Texas Regiment led the charge.

Marker can be ...

Lee's Headquarters

One-half mile east is the site of Gen. R. E. Lee's Valley Mountain Headquarters where he camped with his troops from Aug. 6 to Sept. 20, 1861 while he directed the ill-fated Cheat Mountain Campaign.

Marker is on Seneca Trail (U.S. ...

Moving Goods on the National Road

“Open a wide door, and make a smooth way for the produce of that Country to pass to our Markets.” George Washington, 1784

America’s founders looked west for the future success of the new country. The United States needed good roads ...

Lee's Headquarters

On this knoll, General Robert E. Lee maintained headquarters from July to September, 1861, after taking command of the Confederate forces in West Virginia. His army on Valley Mountain guarded the road leading south into Virginia.

Marker is on Seneca Trail ...