Army of the Cumberland

June 27, 1863

The Reserve Corps (Granger) moved south along this road, screened by the Army's Cavalry (D.S. Stanley). Taking Guy's Gap, against minor resistance, they pushed rapidly into Shelbyville, evacuated the same morning by the Corps of Maj. Gen. Leonidas ...

Army of the Cumberland

June 24, 1863

Moving to Bradyville, 14 mi. S.E., the XXI Corps (T.L. Crittenden) advanced against minor Confederate resistance on Manchester, to rendezvous with the rest of the Army under cover of Granger's feint at Shelbyville. This flanked the Army of ...

The Cumberland Valley Railroad

The first railroad to serve Hagerstown was the Franklin Railroad (F.R.R.). The City of Hagerstown invested $20,000 in this venture. The F.R.R. connected Hagerstown to the Cumberland Valley Railroad (C.V.R.R.) which ran from Chambersburg to Harrisburg. Service began in 1841. ...

Route of the Hiawatha- Man’s Mark on the Land

If you stood on this spot with a railroad surveyor in 1906, you would have gazed across a lush patchwork forest of large trees. The super hot 1910 fires burned the valley below and for years afterward the area presented ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- A Changing Landscape

“Change is inevitable. Change is constant.” Benjamin Disraeli

At the beginning of the 20th century, majestic western white pine, western larch and western red cedar, some over 400 years old, along with Douglas-fir and grand fir carpeted the Bitterroots.

As the railroad ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- “Wintering” Roland

Bitterroot winters are frigid and long-lasting, with the snow staying on the ridges and packed into the draws and gullies well into the spring.

Roland and East Portal can receive up to a foot of snow an hour during a big ...

The Woman's Club of DeLand

Established 1906

The Woman's Club of DeLand was organized in March 1906, and was incorporated on July 26 of that year with ninety-two charter members. Nearly from its inception club members wanted to have their own clubhouse. The organization purchased a ...

Landmark in the Wilderness

The building complex known collectively as Wilderness Tavern appeared in the early 19th century to serve the needs of travellers. Located on either side of the Fredericksburg-Orange Turnpike, the original roadbed of which survives today as the private dirt driveway ...

The Lay of the Land

The Watchung Mountains belong to a chain of ridges running from New Brunswick to West Point. They shielded the army from the British in New York City and helped protect the roads from Philadelphia to New England by way of ...

The Battle of Buffington Island

July 19, 1863

(Side A):

Department of the Ohio - Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside

Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Division XXIII Corps - Brig. Gen. Henry M. Judah

5th Indiana Cavalry (2 companies) (Lt. John O'Neil)

11th Kentucky Cavalry (Maj. Milton Graham)

14th Illinois Cavalry (Lt. Col. ...