J. Horace McFarland

(1859 - 1948)

Printer, horticulturist, conservationist, and "City Beautiful advocate. President, American Civic Association, 1904-24, and editor, "American Rose Annual," 1916-43. He worked successfully for preservation of Niagara Falls and creation of the National Park Service. McFarland stressed the duty of ...

John Wilkes Booth

Escape of an Assassin

Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylander’s hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and families at odds in Maryland ...

Jackson's Command

C.S.A.

Jackson's Command

Major General Thomas J. Jackson,

Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)

Jackson's Command was in order of battle at 5:30 a.m. Jackson's Division, commanded by J.R. Jones, in two lines, its right resting on the Hagerstown Turnpike 230 yards north of this. Early's and ...

Restoration of the James G. Willie Home

Originally built around 1865, the 1½ story rock home of James G. Willie is typical of the over 40 stone homes that were built in Mendon prior to 1880. Brigham Young encouraged early settlers to use native rocks for home ...

Noah Benjamin Kendrick House

1922

The home of business, civic, religious and educational leader and member of the North Carolina Legislature. Designed to demonstrate the quality of the products of Kendrick Brick and tile.

Marker is on 416 N Mountain St..

Courtesy hmdb.org

John Lemuel Stetson

Here fell in the

foremost of the advance

of Sumner's Second Corps

John Lemuel Stetson

* of *

Plattsburgh, New York

Lieut. Col. of the 59th New York

1862 - Volunteers - 1919

Marker is on Hagerstown Pike (State Highway 65), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

Jackson County Marshal's House and Jail Museum

Built in 1859, these buildings served as United States Provost Marshal's headquarters during the Civil War. Frank James, outlaw, and William C. Quantrill, border war guerrilla, were jailed here. In use until 1933.

Marker is on Main Street near Truman Road, ...

Safe Haven in Lynchburg: Project Y

In 1951, the National Gallery of Art established a secret emergency repository (Code named Project Y) for its distinguished collection of art on the campus of Randolph-Macon Woman's College. The specially designed reinforced concrete building, situated at the end of ...

Jackson's Command

Starke's Brigade, Jackson's Division

C.S.A.

Jackson's Command,

Starke's Brigade, Jackson's Division

Brig. Gen. William E. Starke, Commanding.

Organization.

1st, 2nd, 9th, 10th, and 15th Louisiana Infantry,

Coppen's (Louisiana) Battalion.

(September 16-17, 1862.)

On the evening of September 16th, Starke's Brigade formed line perpendicular to this road, on the left ...

Jackson's Command

Taliaferro's Brigade, Jackson's Division

C.S.A.

Jackson's Command.

Taliaferro's Brigade, Jackson's Division,

Colonel J.W. Jackson, 47th Alabama, Commanding.

Organization.

47th, and 48th Alabama and 10th, 23d, and 37th

Virginia Infantry.

(September 16-17, 1862.)

On the evening of September 16, Taliferro's Brigade formed in the second line perpendicular to this road, ...