Black Soldiers of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment

In Memory of The

Black Soldiers of The

1st Rhode Island Regiment

Who Died In The

Battle of Pines Bridge

In Defense of America's

Freedom

May 13, 1781

Sponsored By

Afro-American Cultural Foundation

Westchester County, New York

John H. Harmon – Executive Director

The Rhode Island Black

Heritage Society

Rowena Stewart - Executive Director

Dedicated ...

The Great Sea Island Storm

( Front text )

On the night of August 27, 1893, a

huge "tropical cyclone," the largest

and most powerful storm to hit S.C.

until Hurricane Hugo in 1989, made

landfall just E of Savannah, Ga.

With gusts as high as 120 mph and a

storm surge ...

The Battle of Buffington Island

July 19, 1863

(Side A):

Department of the Ohio - Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside

Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Division XXIII Corps - Brig. Gen. Henry M. Judah

5th Indiana Cavalry (2 companies) (Lt. John O'Neil)

11th Kentucky Cavalry (Maj. Milton Graham)

14th Illinois Cavalry (Lt. Col. ...

The Battle of Buffington Island

July 19, 1863

Morgan's Cavalry Division - Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan

Duke's Brigade - Col. Basil Duke

2nd Kentucky Cavalry (Maj. Thomas Webber)

5th Kentucky Cavalry (Col. D. Howard Smith)

6th Kentucky Cavalry (Lt. Col. John Warren Grisby)

9th Tennessee Cavalry (Lt. Col. William W. ...

The Battle of Buffington Island

July 19, 1863

Morgan's Cavalry Division - Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan

Duke's Brigade - Col. Basil Duke

2nd Kentucky Cavalry (Maj. Thomas Webber)

5th Kentucky Cavalry (Col. D. Howard Smith)

6th Kentucky Cavalry (Lt. Col. John Warren Grisby)

9th Tennessee Cavalry (Lt. Col. William W. ...

The Shrinking Island

Glaciers, storms, tides and winds are constantly creating and destroying islands and shorelines throughout the Chesapeake Bay region. According to Maryland settler and Jesuit missionary Father Andrew White, St. Clement's Island was 400 acres in 1634. Today, the island, measured ...

Snow’s Island: Den of the Swamp Fox

Perhaps no place is more closely associated with Francis Marion’s Revolutionary War career than his legendary camp on Snow’s Island, the large, thickly forested landmass in front of you across the Great Pee Dee River.

With plenty of high, dry ground ...

Linking the "Island" to the City

River Farms to Urban Towers

A massive, Romanesque style Metropolitan Street Railway car barn once commanded the corner behind you across O Street, with repair shops across Fourth Street. They dated from the 1880s, and were part of Washington's first ...

Indian/Gunther Island Site 67 (Tolowot)

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance in commerating the history of the United States of America.

1964

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker can be reached from Startare Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Battle of Craney Island

On the morning of June 22, 1813, during the War of 1812, British naval and marine forces under the command of Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren landed here at Hoffler Creek. American armed militia under the command of Gen. Robert ...