First Brigade

First Division - Eleventh Corps

Army of the Potomac

Eleventh Corps First Division

First Brigade

Col. Leopold Von Gilsa

41st. (9 cos.) 54th. 68th. New York

153d. Pennsylvania Infantry

July 1 The Brigade except the 41st New York having been temporarily left at Emmitsburg arrived about noon ...

Gen. George H. Thomas' Headquarters

Army of the Cumberland [US]

In field west of rd., where right of 14th joined left of 20th corps [US].

From this point, June 27, Gen. Thomas [US] directed the assault of 5 brigades of 4th and 14th Corps, against Hardee’s Corps ...

The Army of the Cumberland at Stilesboro

May 23-24, 1864: The 4th, 20th & two divisions of the 14th corps [US] converged here, from Etowah River crossings at Island Ford, Gillem’s & Milam’s bridges, & moved S.E. up the valley of Raccoon Cr. to Burnt Hickory P.O. ...

Howth Abbey, St. Marys / "Mainistir" Bhinn Éadair

Howth Abbey, St. Marys

Sigtrygg, King of Dublin, founded the first church here in 1042. When this church was amalgamated with another on Ireland's Eye in 1235, it was re-founded by Luke, Archbishop of Dublin. Much of the present church dates ...

Ohio Institution for Education of the Blind

This nine acres of land was purchased by the citizens of Columbus in 1837, and deeded to the state for use as the Ohio School for the Blind. The first building, designed by N. B. Kelly and occupied in October ...

Old Mission of the Sacred Heart

Opened for services in 1853, this is the oldest building in Idaho.

Black-robed Jesuits founded the mission on the St. Joe River in 1842, but moved here is 1846 and raised this imposing building in a complete wilderness. Dwellings and outbuildings ...

Noon Under the Trees

July 22, 1864. Gen. McPerson & staff spent the forenoon in conference at Sherman's headquarters & inspecting Army of the Tenn. lines. Noon found them in an oak grove just S. of the R.R. where they were joined at luncheon ...

Stages of Construction / Crescent Mounds

Stages of Construction

The earth walls were built over a period of approximately three hundred years and used for a couple of hundred years beyond that. American Indians used the shoulder bones of deer and elk, split elk antler, clam shell ...

Division Street School

[Side 'One']

Because of the growing number of African-American school-age children, the New Albany School Board authorized a new elementary school for them June 1884. It opened here 1885. An 1869 Indiana law had mandated education of colored children, with separate ...

Brandon Homestead

In 1876 James H. Brandon, son of town

founder John Brandon and wife Martha,

built this large two-story frame home for

his wife Johanna and their seven

children. They loved entertaining guests

in their Folk Victorian southern mansion.

In 1901 ...