Wheeler’s Cav. at Decatur

July 22, 1864. Coincident with Hardee's night march to attack Federal forces in E. Atlanta, Wheeler's cavalry (CS) was sent to seize McPherson's wagon trains parked N. of the Decatur public square, guarded by Sprague's 16th A.C. brigade & three ...

The March to Decatur

McPherson's Army of the Tenn. (US), consisting of the 15th, 16th, & 17th corps, having crossed the river at Roswell, made a wide swing S.E. to cut the Georgia R.R. at & E. of Decatur.

Logan's 15th A.C. was the extreme ...

Robert Edward Flournoy, Jr.

September 30, 1930 - August 10, 2003

Lawyer, Legislator, Mayor, Judge Robert Flournoy moved to Marietta from Atlanta in 1957 to practice law. He served in the Georgia House 1963 – 1965, creating the Cobb State Court. Flournoy founded the Downtown ...

The Two Old Guns Of Captain Henry Felder

The setting was the small village of

Orangeburgh. May 11,1781. Cannons

roared as a vital sequence of the

American-British Revolution took

place within the boundries of the

Orangeburgh District.

The two old cannons before you

played a vital part in making the

Orangeburgh District free of ...

Confederate Soldiers

W. B. Moore of VA.

F. A. Shelton of N.C.

Killed near here

in first battle on Penn. soil

June 30, 1863

Marker is on Buchanan Trail (Pennsylvania Route 16), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

On October 7, 1858, Abraham Lincoln and Stephan A. Douglas met in Galesburg for the fifth of seven joint debates. From a platform erected along the east side of Old Main on the Knox College campus, Lincoln said: "He is ...

Birthplace and Childhood Home of Col. Harland Sanders

Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken

Erected 1987 by these Local Franchisees:

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bagshaw

Mr. & Mrs. William Bridges

Mr. & Mrs. William Bright

Mr. & Mrs. Roy Burchel

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Cummings

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Fordyce

Mr. ...

The Founding of Downs, Kansas

In 1879 the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad designated a site on the homesteads of John Beal, Harriet Delay, and Azariah and Marinda Blunt as their new division point. The town of Downs was named for railroad superintendent ...

Second Baptist Church / James P. Poindexter

Historic Underground Railroad Site

Side A:

Second Baptist Church - Columbus' Oldest Black Baptist Church, 1836

Second Baptist Church cordially received its independence as a mission church from the First Baptist Church on January 7, 1836. Rev. Ezekiel Fields was chosen as ...

Sherman's Headquarters

Green-Meldrim Mansion

General William Tecumseh Sherman used this house as headquarters from Dec. 22, 1864, until Feb. 1, 1865. Charles Green offered the use of his home to General Sherman and his staff. Sherman's chaplain conducted the Christmas services in St. ...