Perryville Prelude

Two largest skirmishes of Civil War in Jefferson County occurred here Sept. 27 and 30, 1862. CSA forces, already in control of the State Capital, were threatening Louisville. In first clash the Confederates were driven back to Floyds Fork. Three ...

In Memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise

In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.

Sperry and Bordoise were fatally shot by San ...

John and Mary Perry Cleland House

This house, one of Georgetown’s earliest, was built ca. 1737 by John and Mary Perry Cleland. Mrs. Cleland inherited the property from her father John Perry, who had been granted a large tract in 1705 including the site of present-day ...

Matthew J. Perry House

(Front text)

Matthew J. Perry, Jr. (b. 1921), lawyer, civil rights pioneer, and jurist, lived in a house on this site as a youth; the house was torn down in 1997. He served in the U.S. Army during World War ...

Perry-Rainey Institute

Perry-Rainey Institute founded 1892 by Mulberry Baptist Assn. at Appalachee Baptist Church, Auburn.

Predecessors of Perry-Rainey Institute - Harmony Grove Academy, Mulberry High School and Perry-Rainey College.

Named for Reverend Hiram Rainey and Mrs. W.T. Perry, donors. Institute opened 1893, chartered in ...

Mr. Richard Perry Home Site

Here dwelt

Mr. Richard Perry

first owner of this land

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He was Secretary to

The General Court of

The Colony of New Haven

and received this land

as a grant

from the town proprietors

A.D. 1640

Marker is at the intersection of Elm Street and Church Street, on the right ...

Perry's Victory

Perry's Victory

in Lake Erie

Sept. 18, 1813

Marker is on The Strand Drive.

Sperry Flour Mill Office

1888

This structure once housed the general business offices of the second largest flour milling operation in California. An addition to this building, matching the original Victorian Commercial architecture, was completed in 1917. Sperry & Company was founded in Stockton 1852

Stockton ...

Battle of Perryville

October 8, 1862

Here 16,000 Confederates under General Braxton Bragg fought 22,000 Federals under General Don Carlos Buell. Bragg, facing superior forces, withdrew. Union casualties, 4211; Confederate, 3396.

Marker is on Park Road 0.1 miles west of Battlefield Road (State Route 1920), ...

Battle of Perryville

October 8, 1862

Here 16,00 Confederates under

General Braxton Bragg

fought 22,000 Federals under

General Don Carlos Buell.

Bragg, facing superior forces,

withdrew.Union casualties 4211;

Confederate, 3396.

Marker is on West 2nd Street (U.S. 150) near Buell Street (U.S. 68), ...