The Battle of Payne’s Farm

Stalemate at the Crossroads

“Gen. [Edward] Johnson … cheered us on to the fight with ‘Hurrah for North Carolina, go it North Carolina—give it to them boys!’ … The Federals were as thick as black birds in our front.” — Capt. ...

The Battle of Payne’s Farm

Unexpected Encounter

“There was a sudden commotion in the train ahead and several of the ambulances turned and came back in confusion. General [George H.] Steuart promptly ordered them back to their places, faced the brigade into line to the left ...

Dedicated to the Memory of Our Fallen Comrades

Dedicated to the Memory

Of Our Fallen Comrades

And Presented to the City of Bristol By

Harold F. Emmett Post No. 994

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Of The United States.

July 17, 1926

Marker is at the intersection of Memorial Boulevard and Mellen Street, on ...

Opening of the Wilderness Campaign

Near here the Second Corps of Grant's Army camped in the winter of 1863-64. To this point came Sheridan's cavalry, the Sixth Corps from Brandy Station, and the Fifth Corps from Culpeper. The Union Army moved hence to Germanna and ...

The Battle of Payne’s Farm

The Confederate Wheel

“Several efforts were made to charge the hostile line, but as these attempts were made by single brigades, without proper deliberation and without co-operation on the part of the other forces to the right and left, they naturally ...

The International Memorial to the Underground Railroad

Detroit Michigan became a well-known destination along the Underground Railroad, due in large part to its proximity to Canada. Slavery was outlawed in Canada in 1833 and many American slaves seeking freedom sought refuge in that country.

By the 1830s, ...

The Boone Family in Davie County

On 04 October 1750, Squire Boone received a Land Warrant and Survey for a 640-acre tract "lying...upon Grant's Creek, alias Lickon (Licking) Creek" in present Davie County. He received a grant for this 640 acres on the present Elisha and ...

Site of the Fort Worth Medical College

The Forth Worth Medical College was established as the medical department of Fort Worth University in 1894 by a group of prominent area physicians. Among those in its small charter class was Frances Daisy Emery, the first woman medical school ...

Stone Blocks from the Camden and Amboy Railroad

These stone blocks, which were cut by hand by prisoners at Sing Sing Prison, were originally intended to support wooden rails, topped with iron straps, as was common practice at the time (c. 1830). This would have sufficed if the ...

Southern Albemarle Rural Historic District

Bounded by the James River to the south and the Rivanna River to the north, this nationally significant district encompasses 83,627 acres. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, it includes buildings influenced by Jefferson’s Classical Revival ...