The Cattle Raid

Just to the north of the road here, at old Sycamore Church, Wade Hampton, coming from the south, attacked the Union cavalry guarding Grant's beef cattle, September 16, 1864. The Unionists were overpowered; Hampton, rounding up 2,500 beeves, succeeded in ...

Jordan's Point

Weyanoke Indians, part of the Powhatan Chiefdom, occupied Jordan's Point, around two miles north on the James River, when English colonists arrived in 1607. There, about 1620, Samuel Jordan settled; the place was called Jordan's Journey. By 1625, his widow ...

Clayton Road

Named in memory of

Colonel Bertram T. Clayton

Headquarters, 1st Division

Killed in action in France

May 30, 1918

Marker is on Clayton Road, on the left when traveling east.

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Fort Gaines Guards

Organized in 1836 under the command of Col. J. E. Brown, for 74 years the Fort Gaines Guards was one of the best and, later, the oldest military organization in western Georgia. Kept intact between wars, the Guards fought in ...

World War I Veterans Memorial Park

Harrison Park

World War I

Veterans Memorial Park

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Dedicated May 30, 1919

by

The Town of Wallingford

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Re-Dedicated

November 10, 1991

by

Boy Scout Troop 2

and

Town Veteran Organizations

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Cedar Lane and Kovacs Place, on the left when traveling east.

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Stuart's Ride Around McClellan

J.E.B. Stuart, on his famous ride around McClellan's army, June 12-15, 1862, arrived here in the early night of June 13, coming from Hanover Courthouse. He rested here several hours and then pressed on to the Chickahominy River, rejoining Lee's ...

To All Pioneers Who Passed This Way to Win and Hold the West

Route of Sublette cut-off from Big Sandy to Bear River. Traversed after 1843 by emigrants to Oregon and California.

Marker is on U.S. 191 just north of Old Luman Road, on the left when traveling north.

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Confederate Memorial Day in Macon

On Thursday, April 26, 1866, the graves of Confederate soldiers in Rose Hill Cemetery and in the cemetery at 7th and Cherry Streets were decorated with flowers by the members of the Ladies’ Memorial Association, organized in March 1866 with ...

Pronghorn Antelope and the High Cold Desert

Dominated by sagebrush grasslands, the "high cold desert" provides habitat for one of the largest pronghorn antelope herds in the world. This region is home to 40,000 to 60,000 antelope, known as the Sublette Herd. The pronghorn has keen eyesight ...

Battery H, 3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Battery H

3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

1st Brigade 2d Division

Cavalry Corps

Mounted as a battery of light artillery May 6 1863

Second Section Participated in the Battle

Mustered in

January 19 1863

Mustered out July 25, 1865

Temporarily attached to

the 1st Brigade 2d Division

Cavalry Corps

from June 28 to ...