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Fort Clark/The Bombardment of Fort Hatteras

Side A:Fort ClarkHatteras Inlet, defended by Forts Clark and Hatteras, was a strategic port of entry for troops and supplies providing deep water access to the vital intercoastal waterways. In later May of 1881, the Federal Blockade Board of Strategy ...

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The Ethnic Communities of Wyandotte County Sesquicentennial

1859 - 2009

In commemoration of the

ethnic communities present

in the new

Wyandotte County

created in 1859

Shawnee-Delaware • Wyandot • African • German

Irish • English • Scottish • Danish

1909

Within this 50 year span

the following ...

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The Last Battle of the French and Indian War and Public Memory

[Top half of Marker]

Erected 1898 by the Piqua Chapter,

of the Daughters of the American

Revolution in commemoration of

the last Battle of the French and

Indian War, fought near this spot,

1763.

[Bottom half of Marker]

This monument ...

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Bethel Soldier’s Memorial

[ north face ]

In Memory

Of The

Soldiers & Sailors

Of Bethel

Who Gave Their Lives

In Defense Of The Union

1861 1865

[ south face ]

Albert Woodruff 2nd Conn. Art.

Adam Grimm 7th Conn.

James Smith 7th Conn.

Wm. H. Smith ...

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In Commemoration of the 94th and 110th Reg’s. O.V.I.

Mustered in the U.S. Service on these Historical Grounds.

[View of left side of marker]

Mustered in Aug. 23, 1862

Battles Participated in by

The 94th O.V.I. Commanded by

Col. Joseph W. Frizell.

Perryville, KY. October 8, 1862

Stone River, ...

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The Last Meetings of the Confederate Cabinet

The Last Meetings

of the

Confederate Cabinet

were held in this building

and the surrender of

Gen. Joseph E. Johnston

was Authorized from here

on April 24th. 1865

Marker is at the intersection of South Tryon Street and West 3rd Street on South Tryon Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Sailor from the Belle Shipwreck

Buried here are the remains of a 17th-century sailor who was a member of an ill-fated 1684-87 French expedition to the new world led by Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. Texas Historical Commission archaeologists discovered the skeleton on October ...

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To Honor the Memory of those Soldiers

from Barnwell County

who gave their services

in the Revolutionary War

Marker is at the intersection of Dunbarton Boulevard (South Carolina Route 70) and Main Street (South Carolina Route 70), on the right when traveling west on Dunbarton Boulevard.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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“The Shenandoah Mountain Pass is grand indeed…”

As “Stonewall” Jackson’s Army passed through the gap on their way down to McDowell, Virginia one soldier wrote:

Tuesday 13th May 1862

I have been struck with the wild & mountain scenery. The Shenandoah Mt. Pass is grand indeed, you asend to ...

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The Nancy Hanks Memorial

The Nancy Hanks Memorial was constructed to honor the mother of President Abraham Lincoln. The native limestone memorial was dedicated on June 12, 1935, the 129th anniversary of the marriage between Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks.

Three young Women represented the ...

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