Confederate Civil War Monument

[Marlboro County]

[Inscriptions: South face]

1861

UDC

303

of Marlboro’s noble sons sacrificed

their lives on the battlefield, in

prison, and by disease.

“God’s peace is everlasting”

are the dream-words of their sleep.

Erected A.D. 1907

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No country ever had truer sons ;

No cause - ...

Frederick County / Shenandoah County

Frederick County. Area 485 Square Miles. Formed in 1738 from Orange, and named for Frederick, Prince of Wales, Father of King George III. Several battles were fought in the vicinity of Winchester, 1862–1864.

Shenandoah County. Area 510 Square Miles. Formed ...

Confederate Veterans

In honor of each Confederate Veteran, known and unknown, buried in East Volusia County

Jasper J. Allman • Jesse Bennett • Simmons Bennett • Z. H. Bennett • Jackson D. Brooke • Rufus D. Brooke • Wm. W. Carter • ...

First Brigade

Second Division - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps Second Division

First Brigade

Col. John B. McIntosh

1st Md. (11 Cos.) Purnell Legion, 1st Mass. Co. A.

1st New Jersey, 1st, 3rd Penna. Cavalry

Section Battery H, 3rd. Penna. H. Artillery

July 2 After an exhausting ...

The Old Powder Magazine

The Old Powder Magazine

is the only public building remaining from the era of the Lords Proprietors, the eight English aristocrats who owned Carolina from 1670 to 1719.

Charles Town, as the capital and southernmost English settlement on the continent, ...

Turkey Island

Soon after landing at Jamestown in May 1607. Captain Christopher Newport, while exploring the James River discovered Turkey Island (two miles south). He named it for the large number of wild turkeys there. In 1684, William Randolph purchased Turkey Island; ...

The Flood of 1771

On May 27, 1771, a wall of water came roaring down the James River valley following ten to twelve days of intensive rain. As water swept through Richmond, buildings, boats, animals, and vegetation were lost. About one hundred fifty people ...

An Unexpected Clash

July 22, 1864. The attack by Walker's & Bate's divs. (Hardee's A.C.) (C.S) struck the two brigades Mersy's & Rices's, of Sweeny's 16th A.C. div. (U.S.) enroute to support the 17th in E. Atlanta.

Walker's troops came up Sugar Cr. valley ...

Liberty County Confederate Monument

1861-1865

War Between The States

"Lord God of hosts

defend us yet

Lest we forget.

lest we forget."

Marker is on Court Street near South Commerce Street, in the median.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Chaining the Hudson

Chaining the Hudson

Early in the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress realized that if the British controlled the Hudson River, they could divide the rebellious colonies. To prevent this, in march 1776, the Americans began construction of Fort Montgomery above Popolopen ...