The Cavalry Buys Time

July 1, 1863 - First Day

"The First Brigade maintained this unequal contest until the leading division of General Reynolds' corps came up to its assistance, and then most reluctantly did it give up the front."

Brig. Gen. John Buford, U.S.A.

Cavalry Corps, ...

The Monument and the General

Nathanael Greene’s statue, the largest in the park, looks like the monument of a victor. But by the end of the day the British had forced him from the field.

The fighting did not go according to plan for either side. ...

Battle of the Bulge Monument

Dedicated to the gallant men and women of

the United States Armed Forces who

participated in the “Battle of the Bulge,”

fought in Belgium and Luxembourg during

World War II. The greatest battle ever engaged

in by the United States Army lasted from 16

December, 1944, ...

Capt. Samuel G. Prather

(North face):

In memory of Capt. Samuel G. Prather. Who raised and commanded the 2nd Co. of the Potomac Home Brigade Maryland (Vols.) in Great Rebellion of 1861 against the only Free Government on the earth and died at his ...

The Milledgeville Hotel and Oliver Hardy

On this corner stood the Milledgeville Hotel built in 1858 while Milledgeville served as Georgia's capital. In 1903 Emily Norvell Hardy took over management of the hotel. She moved into the hotel with her two youngest children, including eleven-year-old Norvell ...

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Memorial

A Memorial to Our Fathers

[Dedicated] June 19, 1928

Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street and Main Street (U.S. 22), on the right when traveling north on Broad Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Embassy Bombings

Nairobi - Dar Es Salaam

Dedicated to the memory of all those who lost their lives in the embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - August 7, 1998.

[Outline map of Kenya and Tanzania on continent of Africa.]

Courtesy ...

To the memory of Colonel Israel Angell

Who commanded the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry

at the

Battle of Springfield

23rd June, 1780.

Headquarters, Rampaugh. 28th June, 1780.

Sir,

---- The gallant behaviour of Col. Angell’s regiment on the 23rd inst., at Springfield, reflects the highest honour upon the officers and ...

Army of the Mississippi

C.S.

Army of the Mississippi.

General Albert Sidney Johnston (Killed).

General G.T. Beauregard.

First Corps. Maj. Gen Leonidas Polk.

Second Corps. Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg.

Third Corps. Maj. Gen. Wm. J. Hardee, (wounded).

Reserve Corps. Brig. Gen. John C. Breckinridge.

The Confederate army, known ...

Mather School

Shortly after the Civil War, Mather School was founded here by Rachel Crane Mather of Boston. In 1882 the Women's American Baptist Home Mission Society assumed support of the venture, operating it as a normal school for black girls. With ...