Seventh Armored Division

From the beaches to the Baltic

Activated at Camp Polk 1 March 1942

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes

Alsace

Central Europe

Belgian Fourragere

Home Station Fort Polk

Presented by the Seventh Armored Division Association in honor of those who gave their lives in the service of their country while serving ...

American Indian History

Side 1

Oka Kapassa (Ococoposa), meaning "Cold Water", was the Chickasaw name given to Spring Creek and to a trading post established near the Tennessee River about 1780. About 1817, Michael Dickerson and others were greeted at what by then was ...

Colbert County Courthouse Square District

22 structures, first Northwest Alabama historic district placed on National Register of Historic Places (1973): Courthouse, erected 1881, shows Italianate and Greek Revival influences. Fifth Street, Commercial Row, seven adjoining brick structures (late 1840's) housed commission merchants and later "The ...

Goshen United Methodist Church

A local society of Methodists was organized and meeting in this community by the 1790s. The first meetings were held in the homes of its members. On July 7, 1801, the group initiated the subscription of funds to establish a ...

5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)

Memorial Park

In honor of the soldiers and families of the 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) for their dedicated service and support to Fort Polk, Louisiana

21 September 1975 to 21 November 1992

RED DEVILS!

Marker can be reached from Louisiana Avenue east of Colorado ...

Richardson's Battery

Battery D, 1st Missouri Light Artillery - W.H.L. Wallace's Division

U.S.

Richardson's Battery,

"D" 1st MO. Lt Art., W.H.L. Wallace's (2d) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee

One section of this battery was engaged here from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. ...

Confederate Counterattack

After Union troops burned the railroad bridge they began to leave the field. The Confederates decided to re-cross the river by way of a wagon bridge one half mile above the railroad and counterattack the small Union rear guard.

The ...

Jackson's Military Road

Side 1

After the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, General Andrew Jackson proposed this road as a shorter and improved route for military movements between Nashville and New Orleans. The U.S. War Department authorized Jackson to appoint an engineer and ...

3rd Iowa Infantry

Williams' Brigade - Hurlbut's Division

U.S.

3d Iowa Infantry,

Williams (1st) Brig., Hurlbut's (4th) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee

This regiment was engaged here at 4 p.m. April 6, 1862. It fell back through its camp at 5 p.m. where ...

Old Pioneer Cemetery

This was the first established cemetery of Fort Gaines. The earliest death date on a stone marker is 1830. The tombs of Georgia Militia General John Dill and his family are found in an enclosed lot. Reverend John E. Brown, ...