Johann Neudörfer

[Marker text in German:]

Hier stand bis

zum Jahre 1945

das Wohnhaus

des Schreib- und

Rechnenmeisters

Johann

Neudörfer

Geb. 1497, Gest. 1563

[Marker text translated into English:]

Here until 1945 stood the residence of the writing- and computational-master, Johann Neudoerfer. Born 1497, died 1563.

Marker is at the intersection of Burgstrasse ...

Corput's Georgia Battery

Capt. W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.

Corput's Georgia Battery

Four 12 Pounder Napoleons.

Capt. W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.

Stevenson's Division. - Breckinridge's Corps.

Nov.24, 1863, 2 P.M.

Capt. Max Van Den Corput, Commanding.

1st Lieut. M.S. McWhorter.

2nd Lieut. W.S, Hoge.

2nd Lieut. J.E. Stilwell.

2nd Lieut. W.A. Russell.

About 1 A.M. ...

The Home of the 17th President

Andrew Johnson Patterson, son of Martha Johnson Patterson and grandson of President Andrew Johnson, was born and died in this house. To him and his loyal and devoted wife, Martha Barkley Patterson, the nation is indebted for their untiring efforts ...

The Homestead Grounds

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

There are no written records describing the Homestead grounds as Andrew Johnson knew them from 1869 until 1875. The earliest descriptions of the landscape during that period come from the oral accounts of Andrew Johnson’s descendants ...

Gänseviertel (Goosetown)

Goosetown began forming around the flour mills, brewery, and railroad tracks circa 1870. Settlers were largely German-Bohemian Catholics of peasant stock who farmed and worked in nearby industries. Inhabitants kept geese which were free to roam, thus the name "Goosetown." ...

The Bastion That Never Was

When army engineers originally designed the second Fort Smith in 1838, they planned for it to withstand attack. A key feature in achieving this goal was a stone wall about twelve feet high and from two to three feet thick. ...

Preserving the President’s Legacy

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

“ . . . I believe that my Father was the greatest man this country ever produced!”

Martha Johnson Patterson

Three generations of Andrew Johnson’s family devoted time and effort to preserve his memory and legacy. In ...

The Heart of the Household

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

“At four in the morning I had to be up. I went up and made the fire in [Johnson’s] room, shined his boots, and then made a fire in the kitchen stove. I stood by ...

An Early Home

Andrew Johnson National Historic Park

Andrew Johnson and his family lived in this two-story brick house from some time in the 1830s until 1851. During these years, Johnson’s life changed drastically as he ventured from the tailoring trade into politics. After ...

The Metropolitan Branch and Takoma Park

Geology

This section of the trail is on the border of two physiographic provinces, the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont Region, display traces of two different times on Earth.

The Coastal Plain stretches south and east from where you are standing ...