Major General C.C. Washburn

Cadwallader Colden Washburn was born in Maine in 1818. He settled in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, in 1839 and served in Congress before moving to La Crosse.

When the Civil War broke out, Washburn organized the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and ...

Jacob Odom House

This site, approximately halfway between Augusta and Columbia, was the location of Jacob Odom's house, where George Washington spent the night of May 21, 1791, on his trip northward through South Carolina. His escort at this time consisted of Colonels ...

Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart

This monument, erected in memory of Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart, C.S.A., by his cavalrymen about thirty feet from the spot where he fell mortally wounded on May 11, 1864, was dedicated June 18, 1811, by the Governor of ...

John Wesley Hardin (1853-1895)

Near Boyhood Home of

Notorious outlaw who killed over 30 men. Son of a Methodist minister. "Wes" was an ardent southerner. His resistance to Union occupation troops made him a hero and set him on his lawless career. He always claimed ...

Colonel James H. Childs

Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry

At this spot

Colonel James H. Childs

of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry

in the temporary command of Averill's

Brigade fell mortally wounded on

the morning of September 17th, 1862.

Marker is on Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when ...

Lt.-Gen. James Longstreet

This was the post-war home of General Longstreet, whom General Lee called his “Old War Horse”.

Born in South Carolina January 8, 1821, Longstreet grew up at Augusta. The family moved to Alabama, and he entered West Point from that ...

College of San Juan de Letran

Colegio de San Juan de Letran

Founded by Diego de Santa Maria, O.P., in 1630. This institution absorbed the school of Juan Geronimo Guerrero in 1638. In 1648, after its building had been detroyed by the earthquake of 1645. The College ...

Old Pickens County Jail

This 1906 jail was built to replace the old rock jail that stood behind the courthouse. The rock jail had replaced the first county jail, a two-story log building. Dr. William B. Tate urged the construction of the jail as ...

Doctor Jonathan Potts

On this site was the house occupied by Dr. Jonathan Potts; Deputy Director General, 1777-1780, of Northern and Middle Departments of the Continental Army.

Marker is on Penn Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Hospital de San Juan de Dios

Here once stood the Hospital de San Juan de Dios. First known as the "Hospitalito de Santa Ana". Built in 1578 by Franciscan lay brother, Juan Clemente. Managed by the Hermandad de la Santa Misecordia with spiritual administration handled by ...