The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah -- the March to the Sea. He divided his army [US] into two wings. The ...

Flambeau Trail – The Mercer Depot

Iron County Heritage Area

The arrival of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad in 1889 was a major factor in the economic development of Mercer’s isolated logging settlement. Timber and other natural resources could now be shipped year ‘round to ...

Black Hawk at Turtle Village / The U.S. Military at Turtle Villa

Black Hawk at Turtle Village

Turtle Village, a large and important Ho-Chuck (Winnebago) Indian village, once stood on the east side of the Rock River near its confluence with Turtle Creek. During the Black Hawk War of 1832, the Ho-Chunk ...

Flambeau Trail – Gateway to the Flambeau Trail

Iron County Heritage Area

The most popular gateway to the Flambeau Trail started here, on the shore of Oronto Bay. Also known as the “Montreal River Trail”, it was the only route inland into the dense virgin forest until the late ...

Control of the Mechanicsburg Gap

Federal Battery E, 1st (West) Virginia Volunteer Artillery was assigned to the command at Fort Mill Ridge. The Battery was armed with six 3-inch rifled cannons. It is believed that two of these cannons were positioned in the central redoubt.

The ...

The Homestead

Milton S. Hershey was born here on September 13, 1857. The house was built by his great-grandfather, Isaac Hershey, in 1826. Milton S. Hershey purchased The Homestead in 1897 and lived there with his wife Catherine from 1905 to 1908. ...

The Cavalry Skirmish

On the night of Nov. 21, 1864, Murray’s brigade of Kilpatrick’s cavalry [US], which during the day had burned buildings and destroyed railways facilities in Griswoldville, camped on the E fork of Little Sandy Creek, ½ miles NE. At dawn, ...

Gun from the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa

5 inch / 25 caliber

“Dual Purpose” secondary artillery gun

The U.S.S. Tuscaloosa was equipped with eight such guns, located in single turrets, four on either side of the ship. Developed in the 1920’s, its purpose was for both antiaircraft and surface ...

Battle of Griswoldville The Deployment and Assaults

About 1:30 P.M. Nov. 22, 1864, after halting in Griswoldville to reform his column and report his progress, Brig. Gen. P.J. Phillips began moving his command (1st Division, Georgia Militia and attached units) east to clear the town, intending to ...

The Orangeburg Massacre

On February 8, 1968, after three nights of escalating

racial tension over efforts by S.C. State College

students and others to desegregate the All Star

Bowling Lanes, 3 students died and 27 others were

wounded on this campus. S.C. Highway Patrolmen

fired on a crowd ...