Captain L.D. Bradley

(1831 - 1886)

Came to Texas from Alabama in 1855. Civil War commanded Co.B, 2nd Battalion, Waul's Texas Legion. On May 22, 1863, was a leader of one of most daring defensive actions in the Siege of Vicksburg. Volunteered, along with ...

Missionary Ridge Historic District

Missionary Ridge

Historic District

Has been placed on the

National Register

Of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

Listed September 5, 1996

Marker is at the intersection of South Crest Road and Rosemont Drive, on the right when traveling south on South Crest Road. ...

Cross Swamp Methodist Church

[Front]:

Cross Swamp Methodist Church, the first Methodist congregation in upper Colleton County, was founded in 1808. James and Asia Sineath deeded an acre on this site to church trustees in April and the first sanctuary, which was a log pole ...

Finishing Fort Drewry

Immediately after the battle, men of Chesterfield County’s own Southside Artillery, along with others, worked to strengthen the fort. The section before you was likely their first project. Eventually the earthworks around you formed an enclosed fort, armed with as ...

The Sunken Road

For 130 years, this was a road like thousands of others. First called the County Road, then Telegraph Road, it carried farmer's wagons into Fredericksburg or townsfolk to visit relatives in the country. During the 1830s an adjacent landowner built ...

May 15, 1862—The Battle of Drewry's Bluff

When Federal gunboats rounded the distant bend in the James, they entered a shooting gallery. Confederate soldiers and Marines along the riverbanks raked the decks with musket fire. Confederate guns here in the fort opened fire. The river obstructions, consisting ...

Collins’ Overland International Telegraph

Promoted by Perry Collins, the U.S. Commercial Agent in Russia, and dependent on the Western Union Telegraph Company’s money, men and technology for its execution, this early telegraph line roused the enthusiasm of the white residents of British Columbia. At ...

Duty Above and Beyond

“Mr. President, these are the young heroes of Fort Darling…. The President took them all by the hand and personally thanked them for their magnificent conduct and example, ordered that each one should receive a Medal of honor and to ...

The Geographic Center of the United States

Lat. 39º 50' Long. 98º 35'

Located by L.T. Hagadorn of

Paulette & Wilson - Engineers and

L.A. Beardslee - County Engineer.

From data furnished by

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Dedicated April 25, 1940

Marker is at the intersection of 130th Road (Kansas Route 191) and ...

Fredericksburg National Cemetery

Approximately 20,000 soldiers died in this region during the Civil War, their remains scattered throughout the countryside in shallow, often unmarked, graves. In 1865 Congress established Fredericksburg National Cemetery as a final resting place for Union soldiers who died on ...