Ellen “Nelly” VanVactor

Free Black Female Landowner

Nelly and her family lived on the northwest corner of Summer and Irish streets. Her daughter, Erie, and Erie’s two sons were emancipated in 1822. Nelly’s son, Alfred VanVactor Thompson, was born free in 1818. Well educated, ...

Lewis' Brigade

Breckinridge's Division

Lewis' Brigade, Breckinridge's Division.

Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis.

Nov. 25th 1863.

2nd Kentucky - Lieut. Col. James W. Moss.

4th Kentucky - Maj. Thomas W. Thompson.

5th Kentucky - Col. H. Hawkins.

6th Kentucky - Lieut. Col. W. L. Clarke, (Detached).

9th Kentucky - Lieut. ...

William Davis Brown

1813 - 1868

William Brown is credited as Omaha's founder (although not its first settler). He operated a Missouri River ferry from Council Bluffs and was a principal in the company that first developed the Omaha townsite.

Mr. Brown came west as ...

Calvert's Arkansas Battery

Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Calvert's Arkansas Battery

Two 6 pdrs., Two 12-pdr. Howitzers.

Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Cleburne's Division.

1st Lieut. Thomas J. Key Commanding.

1st Lieuts. R. Fitzpatrick and W. M. Hopwood.

2d Lieut. J. G. Marshall.

Nov. 25th, 1863. Noon

The battery occupied ...

The Royalton Raid

October 16, 1780

To terrorize the valley from Tunbridge to Royalton, nearly 300 Indians led by a British officer fell on these defenseless frontier settlements, killing 4, taking 26 prisoners, & reducing Royalton to ashes. The captives hauled back to Canada ...

Edward Chalmers Huffaker

July 16, 1856 – January 3, 1936

Born near Sevierville, Tennessee, Edward C. Huffaker earned degrees in mathematics and engineering. Between 1890 and 1892, while experimenting with gliders, he discovered the principle by which a curved wing surface generates lift. ...

Alma Woodsey Thomas

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Alma Thomas, nationally known African-American artist, was the eldest of four daughters born to John Maurice Thomas and Amelia Whitaker Cantey. Highly cultured and socially involved, the Thomas family owned this Victorian home in the Rose Hill district, where ...

Matthies' Brigade

John E. Smith's Division.

Matthies' Brigade

John E. Smith's Division - Smith's Corps.

Brig. Gen. Charles L. Matthies.

Col. Benjamin D. Dean.

Col. Jabez Banbury.

Nov. 25, 1863.

93d Illinois - Col. Holden Putnam (Killed).

93d Illinois - Lieut. Col. N.C. Buswell.

5th Iowa - Col. Jabez Banbury.

5th Iowa ...

Boston Naval Shipyard

Boston Naval Shipyard has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the historic sites act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States

U.S. Department of ...

Kentish Guards Drill Field

1774-1974

Kentish Guards Drill Field

To those Kentish Guardsmen who in 1774 utilized this field to prepare themselves for the conflict that assured our independence. This tablet was dedicated on the 200th Anniversary of the Kentish Guards October 19, 1974

Marker can be ...