Buckner's Division

C.S.A.

Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner's DivisionOn February 15, 1862, about 1 p.m. this division in compliance with General Floyd's orders withdrew to its original position within the trenches covered by the 2d Kentucky and 41st Tennessee. Only a small portion ...

Buckner's Defense

To stop the Confederate break-out attempt on February 15, Grant sent his reorganized troops against the Confederate left. At the same time, to take advantage of the weakened enemy line, he sent C.F. Smith's Division against the Confederate right. Smith's ...

First Brigade

(The Stonewall Brigade)

August 30, 1862

3:15 p.m.

Jackson's Division (Starke)

Left Wing (Jackson)

Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

First Brigade

(The Stonewall Brigade)

Col. William S. Baylor

2nd Virginia 5th Virginia

4th Virginia 27th Virginia

33rd Virginia

"The Federals ...

Orange Grove Hotel

Erected in 1859, as a residence, by Capt. William Brinton Hooker, on the northwest corner of Madison and East Streets. A Georgia native, he moved to Florida in 1830 and signed its first Constitution in 1839. In 1843 Hooker settled ...

The Holiday Drive-In Marquee 1953

This sign marks the site of The Holiday Drive-In, which operated from 1953 until 1988. Drive-In theaters were popular in the 1950s and 1960s, especially among young families and amorous couples, where films could be viewed from the relative privacy ...

Welsh Neck Church

Side A

This church, the pioneer center of Baptist influence in the area, was constituted January 1738 by Welsh from Pennsylvania and was originally located about two miles northeast of here. The first pastor was Philip James. It was incorporated ...

John P. Rhoads

In Memory Of

One of the Donner Relief Party. Born Oct 5 1818, he carried little Naomi Pike over the snow clad mountains to Sutter Fort in 1847.

Dedicated May 29, 1932.

By Liberty Parlor 213

Native Daughters

Of the Golden West

Marker can ...

A Rocky Beginning

James Lankford settled in the Rockport area in 1808, moving his wife and daughter into a cave under the bluff overlooking the Ohio River. Other settlers moved into the lowland that became downtown Rockport (originally dubbed Hanging Rock). By 1818 ...

21st Georgia Infantry

Second Battle of Manassas

August 28, 1862

7:15 p.m.

Trimble's Brigade, Ewell's Division

Left Wing (Jackson)

Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

21st Georgia INfantry

Capt. Thomas C. Glover

"The fence being reached, the work of death commenced at short range. From this fence we poured volleys into the ...

W. D. Craig House

One of Chesterfield's earliest houses, the Wm. Duke Craig House, c.1820, stood here before it was moved in 1975. Craig (1845-1935), farmer and merchant, also owned nearby Craig's Grist Mill. He fought in the Civil War with the 21st Regiment, ...