Harold C. Brooks / Fitch-Gorham-Brooks House

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Harold Craig Brooks (1885-1978) was Marshall's mayor from 1925 to 1931, patron, and philanthropist. His interest in city beautification set a standard for preservation and adaptive use as early as 1921. He owned and protected more than a ...

Jonesboro Threatened

August 30, 1864. On receipt of Hardee’s report from Rough and Ready of Federal threats to the M. & W. R. R., at Jonesboro, Hood directed Hardee & S. D. Lee [CS] to come to headquarters. The locomotive N. C. ...

Fort Donelson

The mounds of earth you see before you are the remains of Fort Donelson, which originally covered 15 acres. Confederate soldiers, and enslaved African Americans built the fort over a period of seven months. The walls, made of logs and ...

Grand Army of the Republic / The G.A.R. Hall

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In 1866 northern Civil War veterans organized the Grand Army of the Republic to fight for veterans' pensions and other benefits. Michigan's first chapter was formed the next year. National membership peaked in 1890 with 409,489 men, while Michigan's ...

Ebbets Field

This is the site of the former Ebbets Field

Marker is at the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Sullivan Place on Bedford Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Capt. Dempsey Hammond Salley

1838 - 1903

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A patriot and Christian

devoted to his country, his

family and his god.

He served his country well

as a member of Hart's Battery

and died loving the cause

for which he fought.

Dempsey Hammond Salley was ...

Fourth Brigade

Second Battle of Manassas

August 30, 1862

3:15 p.m.

Jackson's Division (Starke), Left Wing (Jackson)

Army of Northern Virgina, CSA

Fourth Brigade

Col. Leroy A. Stafford

1st Louisiana 10th Louisiana

2nd Louisiana 15th Louisiana

9th Louisiana Coppens' Battalion

"The Federal line advanced in perfect order, as if on dress parade, ...

Huguenot Springs Confederate Cemetery

Approximately 250 unidentified Confederate soldiers, who died at nearby Huguenot Springs Confederate Hospital, are buried in unmarked graves about a mile and a half southwest of here. Burial records have never been located. The former Huguenot Springs Hotel Resort/Spa, opened ...

Perdue Hill Industrial School

The Perdue Hill Industrial School was founded by Patrick J. Carmichael after he moved to this area in 1918. Carmichael acted as both the principal and teacher during the early years of the school, which was originally a one-room structure ...

Lydia Rural Fire Dept.

The Lydia Rural Fire Department, the first rural fire department in this county, was organized in 1954 after fires destroyed three houses in less than a month. Its organizers met at the store and gas station owned by E. Gay ...