Close Quarters

George W. Palmer built this log cabin in 1867 in Logan Township, Nebraska, some 14 miles from Beatrice. He used oak, ash, and other hardwoods cut from the banks of Bear Creek for his cabin walls. He made the brick ...

"Unknown Soldiers"

In Memory of those who stood and fought,

But names have been forgotten.

May they rest in peace.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Major General Joseph Bradford Carr

1828 – 1895

[Left of Monument: ]

United States Volunteer Service.

Mustered in United States Service   May 14, 1861.

Commissions.

Colonel   Second New York Volunteers, May 10, 1861.

Brigadier General United States Volunteers, Sept. 7, 1862.

Major General ...

Ebenezer Confederate Memorial

[West side]

Remembering how they resisted oppression and injustice, defended truth and the right, fought for their native land, enduring hardship and sacrifice. We assume the sacred trust of perpetuating their memory with love and devotion.

Comrades

[East side]

To our Confederate soldiers.

Erected by ...

Town of Ebenezer

This former farming community grew up around Ebenezer Presbyterian Church which had been organized by 1785. Here was located the famed Ebenezer Academy often called "The Athens of York." The first post office was established as Ebenezer Academy in 1822. ...

Murchison School

Side A

The Murchison School, built in 1902, was named for John D. Murchison (1826-1892), a merchant and the first mayor of Bennettsville. It was given to the city in his memory by his widow, former teacher Harriet Murchison Beckwith ...

Birthplace of Daniel Harvey Hill

Hill's Iron Works

[South side]

Birthplace of Daniel Harvey Hill

Lieutenant General in the Confederate States Army

Soldier, Educator, Author

A worthy son of the land we love.

[East side]

S.68.44 W. 737 feet from this point was the site of Hill's Iron Works.

The original corner stone ...

Hewn-Timber Cabins

The African Americans who built the two hewn-timber cabins that stand 200 yds. S. on Wallace Woods Road were brought to Mars Bluff as slaves in 1836. They lived in these cabins on the cotton plantation of J. Eli Gregg, ...

Old Trolley Line

You are walking on old trolley line. Just in back Jim's pop corn stand. Ice cream, hot-cold sandwiches.

Beside Jim's was trolley station; also Pen Mar post office.

This was in early 1900's.

Marker can be reached from Pen Mar Road (Pennsylvania Route ...

“a place of importance” - Union Leadership at Decatur

“A Hard Nut To Crack”

The Decatur crossing of the Tennessee River was used extensively by Union forces. In the Fall of 1863, elements of Major General William T. Sherman’s Army of the Tennessee passed through Decatur on their way from ...