Sergeant John E. Buffington

The Breakthrough

Sergeant John E. Buffington

6th Maryland Infantry, 2nd Brigade,

3rd Division (Seymour), Sixth Corps

Resident: Carroll County, Maryland

Enlisted: August 1862

Sergeant John Ezra Buffington, with five other men of his regiment, stormed the ramparts of the Confederate works near this position during the ...

Jackson's Command

Anderson's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division

C.S.A.

Jackson's Command,

Anderson's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division.

Brigadier General Geo. B. Anderson,

Commanding.

Organization.

2d, 4th, 14th, and 30th North Carolina Infantry.

(September 17, 1862.)

On the night of September 16, 1862, Anderson's Brigade bivouacked on either side of the Boonsboro Turnpike near ...

General Albert Sidney Johnston

C. S.

General Albert Sidney Johnston

Commanding

the Confederate Army,

Was mortally wounded

at 2.30 P.M.,April 6, 1862,

Died in ravine, 50 yards

south-east, at

2:45 P.M.

Marker is on Hamburg-Savannah Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of Childhood Home of Richard Malcolm Johnston

Richard Malcolm Johnston (1822–1898), educator and author, was born at Powelton. Later, his father moved to Crawfordville for better school facilities for his children. The Powelton home was torn down and reerected on this site. Johnston was educated at old ...

John Basil Lamar

Col. John Basil Lamer, aide-de-camp of General Howell Cobb, his brother-in-law and close friend, was mortally wounded on September 14, 1862 while vainly trying to rally Cobb’s Brigade at Crampton’s Gap, Maryland. After temporary burial in Charles Town, Virginia, he ...

The John Haines House

The oldest house in Medford

is on land patented to the

builder’s father in 1682. The

west section was built c. 1690,

with later additions. It was

in the Haines family until 1919.

1847-1997

Marker is on Fostertown Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The History of Victor B. Jenkins Jr. Memorial Boys Club

In a modest garage apartment building at the corner of Jefferson and 35th Street, the Jefferson Athletic Club For

Boys was founded in 1933. The nation was in the throes of a great economic depression. The need arose for ...

The Dr. Josiah Reeve House

Dr. Reeve built this home

in 1876. Medford’s first

dentist, Dr. W. Roland Dunn,

rented office and waiting

room space here from the

1930’s to the mid 1950’s.

Marker is on N Main Street (County Route 541), on the right when traveling south.

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San Juan Bautista Historic District

San Juan Bautista 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 Second Street, on the right when ...

José Eusebio Boronda Adobe Casa

Built between 1844 and 1848 by José Eusebio Boronda, this is an outstanding example of a Mexican era rancho adobe. Virtually unaltered since its construction, it shows many features of the "Monterey Colonial" style which resulted from the fusion of ...