The Old Camp Road

Morristown National Historical Park

When the population of Jockey Hollow jumped from two or three farmers to 10,000 soldiers, the army had to build some roads. This is one of them, running between two pre-Revolutionary roads; the Jockey Hollow Road and ...

Army of Northern Virginia

General Robert E. Lee commanding

The Army consisted of Three Army Corps

First Corps Lieutenant General James Longstreet

Second Corps Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell

Third Corps Lieutenant General Ambrose P. Hill

Cavalry Division Major General J.E.B. Stuart

July 1. Heth's and Pender's Divisions Hill's Corps ...

In the Valley homes was great mourning

In the Valley homes was great mourning. For such a small population, the losses were almost overwhelming. In some families the male members were wiped out. It was many a long, weary year before the sorrow and suffering caused by ...

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

It is believed that parishioners of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church were worshiping in a private residence on North Street by 1859. The church eventually moved to a site on Church Street to accommodate the growing congregation. On March 2, ...

The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Helena

Helena has played a vital role in blues history for artists from both sides of the Mississippi River. Once known as a “wide open” hot spot for music, gambling, and nightlife, Helena was also the birthplace of “King Biscuit Time,” ...

The Little Fork Rangers Monument

1861.

Affectionately dedicated to

The Little Fork Rangers

{Co. D, 4. Va. Cavalry.}

For heroic deeds, and

Patriotic devotion.

1865.

Firm as the firmest where duty led,

They hurried without falter;

Bold as the boldest they fought and bled,

The battled wore on, but the fields were red,

And the ...

The Dam Melts Away

Just below you stands the remains of the South Fork Dam, a 931-foot-long dam made chiefly of earth. The dam remains intact on the ends where it joins the sides of the valley. But at its center, a 300-foot section ...

Minding the Gaps

“A very fatal oversight”

(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into ...

Army of the Tennessee

Major General U.S. Grant

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee.

Major General U.S. Grant.

First Division, Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand.

Second Division, Brig. Gen. W.H.L. Wallace (mortally wd.),

Col. James M. Tuttle, 2d Iowa.

Third Division, Maj. Gen. Lewis Wallace.

The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15th, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his March to the Sea. His army [US] moved in two wings. The Left Wing marched east from Atlanta in ...