Old Whipping Post

Public whipping for minor crime was a custom brought from New England by Monroe's earliest American settler's. Not general in the midwest, the punishment was administered here chiefly to ne'er-do-wells whom the citizens wished to be rid of.

Peter P. Ferry, ...

John De La Howe School Lethe Farm Trail

Lethe Farm was a colonial and early federal period plantation owned by Dr. John de la Howe, founder of John de la Howe School. The farm was operated from about 1770 until 1806.

An archeological survey and limited test excavations were ...

Darby Plantation

The old Marietta Rd. joined the Sandtown Rd. here -- 1864.

June 17-19. Geary’s (2d) Div., 20th A.C., supporting 13th N.Y. & Pa. E batteries, were N. of rd. & Cox’s (3d) Div. 23d. A.C., supporting 1st Ohio Bat. D. [US] ...

Confederate Cemetery

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Stonewall Cemetery is located on part of a plot given as a burial site by Gen. Lewis Lawrence Griffin when he founded Griffin in 1840. Several hundred Confederate and one Union soldier, casualties of the Battles of Atlanta and Jonesboro, ...

The Orphan Brigade

At Bear Creek Station (Hampton), on Sept. 4, 1864, Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis famous “Orphan Brigade” (2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th Kentucky Infantry) was relieved from assignment to Bate’s division, Hardee’s corps. Army of Tennessee [CS], in which ...

Trenches and Tunnels / Army Discipline

Trenches and Tunnels

It was common for forts of this period to have rifle pits or trenches outside the walls as a line of first defense. Fort Cumberland was likely no exception. However, the excavations most people refer to apparently had ...

John De La Howe Forest

John de la Howe Forest

has been designated a

Resigtered

Natural Landmark

This site possesses exceptional value

as an illustration of the nation's natural

heritage and contributes to a better

understanding of man's environment.

Marker is on Tomb Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Sacred to the Memory

Sacred To The Memory

Of All Those

Known And Unknown

Who Served Our Country

Erected 1976 by the Orange Bicentennial Commission

Marker is at the intersection of Orange Center Road and Schoolhouse Lane, on the right when traveling north on Orange Center Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Brotherhood of Ferndocs

Brotherhood of

Ferndocs

1970

Vietnam Veterans

Lest We Forget

Andersen Martin W. Major

Deangelis Richard N. P.F.C.

Davis Blakely Jr. U.S.M.C.

Dorsey Edward R. P.O. 3rd Cl.

Fecteau Gene E. P.F.C.

Fenton William C. Jr. Spec. 4

Gagne Renald L. P.F.C.

Johnson Richard A. J. U.S.M.C. P.F.C.

Keller Timothy W. Spec. 4

Miglierina Robert ...

Old Sandtown Road

1.5 Mi. N.W. is the site of old Gilgal Primitive Baptist Ch. (at DUE WEST) -- a landmark of military operations.

JUNE 5-17, 1864.S.E. along this road Cleburne’s div. of Hardee’s Corps [CS] withdrew from Gilgal to old Marietta Rd. S. ...