Army of Tennessee

Nov. 22, 1864

Using country roads in this area, the corps of Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee moved northward to Columbia, in Hood's attempt to concentrate there and destroy Schofield's force before he could unite with Thomas at Nashville.

Marker is at ...

Natchez Trace

Crossing the Highway

Crossing the highway here, this famous road followed ancient Indian trails used by the travelers between Natchez and Nashville. It was built in 1801 by Army Engineers.

Officially "The Columbian Road", it was for many years the only ...

Norfolk County Almshouse

During the colonial period, the established church cared for the poor as in Great Britain. Beginning in the late 18th century, local governments began to appoint overseers of the poor instead to support indigents with donated funds or house them ...

Fort Strother

Creek Indian War Headquarters of Gen. Andrew Jackson 1813 - 1814 Erected By St. Clair County

Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 144 and Valley Drive, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 144.

Courtesy hmdb.org

With Deer Tails in Their Hair

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

On the morning of the battle, Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson’s Indian allies surrounded the lower portion of Horseshoe Bend.

The Cherokee were positioned across the river from where you stand; the Lower Creek were farther upriver to ...

Thomas Woodward

1/4 mile east stood the home of Thomas Woodward, prominent leader of the South Carolina Regulator Movement, 1768-1769. He was a member of the First Provincial Congress and a charter member of the Mt. Zion Society. As Captain of Rangers ...

A County Older Than The State, St. Clair County

Created in 1818 in first session of Alabama Territorial Legislature

from lands ceded by Creek Indian Nation in Treaty of Ft. Jackson, 1814.

Named for Gen. Arthur St. Clair, hero of Revolution, governor of Northwest Territory.

First settlers from Tennessee, Georgia - ...

The Spirit of ’98

Freedom • Patriotism • Humanity

Erected by the State of Ohio to the honor and memory of the Ohio veterans of the Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection and the China Relief Expedition.

1898 — 1920

“The cause which triumphed through their valor will live.”

(north-facing ...

Fort Heiman

Confederate fort erected in 1861. Federals occupied 1862. Seized by CSA Gen. Forrest in fall 1864. With field cannon his cavalrymen sank 2 Union river transports. Captured another and a gunboat, and commandeered them. Due east, this side of Kentucky ...

Fairfield County / Winnsboro

Fairfield County

A center of activity in the Regulator movement to bring law and order to the backcountry, this area in 1769 was made part of Camden District under the Circuit Court Act. In 1775 it formed part of the District ...