The March to the Sea

On Nov. 26, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman's army (USA), which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Oconee River at Ball`s Ferry and concentrated at ...

The Huguenot Monument

(left panel) Upon this tract of land, the Glebe Farm, and near this site was located the first church of the French Protestant refugees. The present and fourth church erected 1895, and dedicated April 13,1896

(center panel) This memorial erected by ...

Wadhams Brothers Memorial

[ west side ]

Wadhams

The battle is fought,

the victory won.

Rest, Soldiers, Rest.

[ north side ]

Edward Wadhams

1st Sergt.

Co. E. 8. Regt. C.V.

Killed near Fort Darling Va.

May 16, 1864

Aged 27

[ east side ]

Capt.

Luman Wadhams

Co. A. 2. C.V.A.

Wounded at the Battle

Cold ...

The Old Slater Mill

The birthplace of the cotton manufacturing industry in America. Here in 1793 Samuel Slater, Moses Brown, and William Almy established the first successful cotton factory in the United States.

Marker can be reached from Roosevelt Avenue.

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The Continental Army

Camped here

on the march from

Newburgh to Morristown

Marker is at the intersection of New Milford Road (New York Route 94) and Sanfordville Road, on the left when traveling north on New Milford Road.

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Confederate Defenses at the Mouth of Caney Creek

During the Civil War (1861-65), Federal forces tried several times to seize Texas ports. Galveston was taken on October 5, 1862, but recaptured by a Confederate army on January 1, 1863. Lt. Dick Dowling's troops stopped a Federal invasion at ...

The Slaughter Pen Farm

Where the Battle of Fredericksburg Was Decided

As hard as it is to believe, the beautiful and historic landscape you see before you was once on the verge of being bulldozed for an industrial park.

It was here, on December 13, 1862, ...

Settlement of the Upper Cape Fear

[Thistle symbol]

Commemorating the settlement

of the Upper Cape Fear by the

Highland Scotch

Two Hundredth Anniversary

Marker is on Hay Street, on the left when traveling east.

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Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

May 20, 1775

Abraham Alexander, Chairman •

John McKnitt Alexander, Secretary •

Ephraim Brevard, Clerk

Hezekiah Alexander •

Ezra Alexander •

Adam Alexander •

Charles Alexander •

Waightstill Avery •

Hezekiah J. Balch •

Richard Barry •

Henry Downs •

John Flennegin ...

Headquarters Site of the Quartermaster General

Supplying the American Army was always critical. At Yorktown Colonel Timothy Pickering of Massachusetts, seconded by a man of his own choice, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dearborn of New Hampshire, held the responsibility for Washington’s Quartermaster Department.

Marker is on Historical Tour ...