John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864)

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Known as the "Thunderbolt of the Confederacy," Morgan was born in Huntsville, Alabama; in 1831 moved to Lexington. After attending Transylvania, he fought in the Mexican war. In Lexington, he prospered as owner of hemp factory and woolen mill. Morgan ...

Littlejohn Family Reunion

Site of

Littlejohn Family Reunion

Since 1939

Placed here by their descendants,

this plaque honors those 18th

century pioneer immigrants who

were among the first to settle

in this section of South Carolina,

namely, Thicketty Creek, in 1774.

Marker is on Asbury Road (South Carolina Route 211).

Courtesy hmdb.org

Saint John’s Episcopal Church and Guild Hall

The guild hall of this church is an outstanding example of Nordic Architecture: It was completed in 1889 at a cost of $9,200. The adjacent church was erected for $10,000 and the first service was held December 18, 1892. Saint ...

Cavalry Engagement at Jack’s Shop

First known as Jack’s Shop for a blacksmith shop that stood nearby, Rochelle was the scene of a cavalry skirmish on 22 September 1863. While Confederate cavalry under Major General J. E. B. Stuart engaged Union Brigadier General John Buford’s ...

Battle of Jack’s Shop

Attacked from all Sides

In September 1863, Union cavalry moved into

Madison County, scouting roads and river fords

for a possible move around Confederate Gen.

Robert E. Lee’s army camped in Orange County.

Learning of the presence of Federal troops in the town of Madison, ...

A Camp of Stonewall Jackson’s

Just to the north, on the night of November 25, 1862, Stonewall Jackson, with his corps, camped. He was on his way to join Lee at Fredericksburg.

Marker is on Old Blue Ridge Turnpike (County Route 670) just south of Quaker ...

Col. John Jameson

Col. John Jameson (1751-1810) owned land nearby. He served as the Culpeper County court clerk (1772-1810) and a captain in the Culpeper Minute Men battalion during the Revolutionary War. In Sept. 1780, while serving under Gen. Benedict Arnold in New ...

Luna's Jacal

Here at the edge of Alamo Creek, Gilberto Luna raised a large family in this small house called a jacal (hah-KAHL). Built from rock, earth, and plant fiber, the dwelling was well adapted to desert conditions: notice a dramatic temperature ...

Joseph Vallence Bevan (1798-1830)

Georgia's First Official Historian

There was "None, No None!" reads the epitaph on this tomb.

"Against Whose Name the Recording Angel Would More Reluctantly Have Written Down Condemnation."

Born at Dublin, Ireland.son of a Georgia planter, Joseph V. Bevan attended the Univ. of ...

Site: J. Oliver Powell House Sherman's H'dq'rs

West of this point 75ft., was the ante-bellum residence of James Oliver Powell (1826-1873), Sherman's headquarters, July 19, 1864.

Sherman traveled with Schofield's 23d A.C. from the Chattahoochee River as Power's Fy. July 17 & arrived here July 19.

The house was ...