Middletown

Enemies and Friends

When Gen. Robert E. Lee and part of the Army of Northern Virginia passes through Middletown on September 10–11, 1862, they encountered a chilly reception. The inhabitants of this single-street hamlet on the National Road loved the Union, ...

Middletown in the Civil War

September, 1862, soldiers wounded in the Battle of South Mountain were hospitalized in churches here. July 1863, Gen. Meade established headquarters here as Union Forces pursued Confederates retreating from Gettysburg. July, 1864, Confederate Gen. Early occupied Middletown and collected $1,500 ...

Lindley Murray

Famous grammarian, author of the English Grammar, was born June 7, 1745, in a house on Indiantown Creek near this point. Robert Murray, his father, owned a mill here from 1743 to 1746.

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Lindley's Mill

In a Battle, September 13, 1781, Four Miles Southwest, Butler's Whigs Failed to Rescue Governor Burke From Fanning's Tories.

Marker is on NC Highway 87 South near East Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road, on the left when traveling south.

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Spindle House

Many Spotsylvania families lost property during the war, but Sarah Spindle nearly lost her life. The 36-year-old widow and her family had just sat down to breakfast on May 8, 1864, when the popping of rifles announced the presence of ...

The Spindle House

A large frame house belonging to Sarah Spindle stood here in 1864. The opening engagement of the Spotsylvania Campaign swirled across the Spindle Farm on the morning of May 8 as Union troops dashed through these open fields toward the ...

Findley Settlement

Judge David Findley and his sons worked farms which extended from the site of Interstate 70 to the John Glenn High School. Here, on Findley Creek, the Judge erected log houses and built a carding and fulling mill and a ...

Santee National Wildlife Refuge

This land...

inhabited by Native Americans.

This site, once occupied by Native Americans, was a major ceremonial

center for the surrounding area. The Santee Indian mound is typical of

pyramidal, flat-topped mounds that are widely distributed throughout

the eastern United ...

Woodlawn Memorial Park Veterans Memorial

In honor of those who served

in the Armed Forces of the

United States of America

In Memory of

All American Veterans

This memorial honors all American veterans who, although separate by generations, shared a common, undeniable goal -- ...

Cradlebaugh Bridge

The remains of Cradlebaugh Bridge, built in 1861 by William Cradlebaugh, stand ¼ mile westward. This bridge shortened the distance from Carson City to Aurora in the then booming Esmeralda Mining District.

There were two routes from Carson City south ...