Yellow Fever Epidemic 1878 / The 31 Victims of Yellow Fever Who

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1878

Taking 31 Lives in Tuscumbia

Citizen's Relief Committee:

F.H. Aydlett, H.M. Finley, J.J. Davis, James Jackson, Chm.

J.W. Rand Jr., F.A. Ross, J.N. Sampson, Sec. and C. A. Womble.

This committee, together with volunteers of both white and black~~ assisted ...

Wesley Methodist Church

(Front text)

Wesley Methodist Church is the oldest African American Methodist congregation in Columbia. It was founded in 1869 by Rev. J.C. Emerson and was a separate black congregation instead of forming from an established white church. First called the ...

Barnard Elliott Bee

Born Charleston, S.C., 1824.

Graduated West Point 1845.

Brigadier General, C.S.A., 1861.

Commanded 3rd Brigade,

Army of the Shenandoah.

July 21, 1861, at Manassas, Va., where he gave Gen. T.J. Jackson the name "Stonewall." Mortally wounded, he died July 22, 1861, and is buried in ...

Salado Church of Christ

Founded in March 1859, this congregation first met in a brush arbor on the north bank of Salado Creek. The first two elders were James Anderson and J.W. Vickrey, both of whom were instrumental in the organization of Salado College. ...

2nd and 3rd Battalions, 4th Illinois Cavalry

Sherman's Division

U.S.

Camp of

2d and 3d Battalions,

4th Illinois Cavalry,

Sherman's (5th) Division,

Army of the Tennessee.

April 6, 1862.

Marker can be reached from Hamburg-Purdy Road 0.4 miles east of Sherman Road, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Armstrong-Adams House

Dr. David H. Armstrong, who served as one of the first trustees of the Salado public free schools, and his wife, Julia, built this home between 1869 and 1872. It later became the residence of a succession of Salado doctors, ...

A-6E Intruder

BuNo. 152599

Developed as a carrier-based attack aircraft,

the A-6 Intruder gave the Navy and Marines

an accurate all-weather capability. Placed

into service in the early 1960s, the Intruder

served in the Vietnam War, raids on Lebanon

and Libya in ...

The 1st Rhode Island Regiment and the Battle of Rhode Island

The 1st Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Line

1775 – 1783

The war for American Independence was a long and arduous struggle that demanded much of the American people. Rhode Island responded to those demands with patriotic fervor, enduring the ...

Camp of 43rd Illinois Infantry

Raith's Brigade - McClernand's Division

U.S.

Camp of

43d Illinois Infantry.

Raith's (3d) Brig., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

First position in line of battle April 6, 1862, was 100 yards forward, in the ravine.

Marker can be reached from Hamburg-Purdy Road 0.4 miles east ...

Veatch's Brigade

Hurlbut's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee

25th Ind., 14th Ill., 15th Ill.,

Veatch's (2d) Brigade,

Hurlbut's (4th) Division.

On Monday, April 7, 1862, these regiments were in reserve behind the 1st brigade until noon. They were then moved via Ross' headquarters, Duncan House, to McCook's ...