Guarding the Turnpike

Federal forces built Cheat Summit Fort to control the strategic Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, the road below you. It ran from Virginia to Parkersburg, (West) Virginia. When finished, the turnpike opened the first continuous route between Richmond and the Ohio River. The ...

Behind the Parapet

Union soldiers built the main earthworks here to provide defense. They made the embankment by forming a crib with spruce logs. The crib was then filled with earth and stone.

Such a fortification would provide protection from rifle and artillery fire. ...

Henderson’s Station

About 1 mi. N., now the village of Afton, Anthony Moore settled on Sinking Creek in 1778; his daughter was the first white child born hereabouts. Daniel Kennedy came in 1779, fought at King’s Mountain and was Greene County’s first ...

Bradwell Institute

The town of Hinesville was established in 1837 and shortly thereafter, in 1841, the Hinesville Institute (or Academy) was established with Colonel James Sharpe Bradwell as its first headmaster. The first building was erected at a cost of $349.12 1/2 ...

Giles A. Smith's Brigade

Morgan L. Smith's Division

Giles A. Smith's Brigade

Morgan L. Smith's Division, - 15th Corps.

Col. Nathan W, Tupper.

Nov. 25, 1863.

55th Illinois, - Col. Oscar Malmborg.

116th Illinois, - Lieut. Col. James P. Boyd.

127th Illinois, - Lieut. Col. Frank S. Curtiss.

6th Missouri, - Lieut. ...

Battle of des Allemands

Le district des Allemands, settled by Germans about 1720, the scene of numerous skirmishes between Confederate guerillas and Union forces, 1862-63. Most famous skirmish resulted in capture of an entire detachment of Union soldiers on September 4, 1862.

Marker is on ...

Lightburn's Brigade

Morgan L. Smith's Division

Lightburn's Brigade.

Morgan L. Smith's Division, 15th Corps.

Brig. Gen. Joseph A.J. Lightburn.

Nov. 25, 1863.

83rd Indiana, - Col. Benjamin J. Spooner.

30th Ohio, - Col. Theodore Jones.

37th Ohio, - Lieut. Col. Louis Von Blessingh.

47th Ohio, - Col. Augustus C. Parry.

54th ...

Site of Argyle Dance Hall

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places

Built as a Residence 1898,

site was Argyle Dance Hall 1881

and lost in Main St. Fire of 1896.

Marker is on South Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Andrew Jackson Poppleton

(1830 - 1896)

Andrew was born on July 25, 1830, in Oakland County, Michigan, one of seven children, and was reared on a farm. His father, William, had served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Andrew attended the University ...

New Bedford Historic District

Has been designated a registered National Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the historic sites act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States

Marker is on Williams Street, on the ...