The Cauldron

The defense of the high ground around Middletown Cemetery by the 2nd Division, U. S. VI Corps, stopped the Confederate momentum. Confederate forces from the divisions of Generals Stephen D. Ramseur and Gabriel Wharton regrouped in the area between Meadow ...

General N.B. Forrest's Command Position

General Forrest positioned himself in the area of the Inner Breastworks when he arrived on the morning of April 12, 1864. From here he could observe the Union fort which was visible from this point at the time of the ...

Kettle Creek Battlefield

Marker Front:

The Patriots whose names appear on this marker are those who have been proved to have participated in the Battle of Kettle Creek on February 14, 1779.

Many brave men fought on this hallowed ground, some were wounded and others ...

United States National Military Cemetery - Staunton

United States

National Military Cemetery

Staunton.

Established 1867.

Internments 753.

Known 232.

Unknown 521.

Marker can be reached from Richmond Avenue (U.S. 250).

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Healing the Wounds

After surviving the Battle of McDowell, in which he lost many comrades, Lt. “Shep” Pryor was later wounded in battle near Culpepper, Virginia. He survived the war, returned to his beloved Penelope, and became Sheriff of Sumter County, Georgia. Lt. ...

Site of Old Rancho Davis

Home of Henry Clay Davis, a Kentuckian

Came to Texas in 1839 * served with Taylor's army in 1846 * married into the Garza family, pioneer settlers and large landowners in the region * Around his home, Rio Grande City grew ...

Ghost Town of Adamsville

In the 1870's, a flour mill and a few stores formed the hub of life in Adamsville, where shootings and knifings were commonplace, and life was one of the cheapest commodities. Most of the adobe houses have been washed away ...

North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company

This was a major hydraulic operation in California. Its vast system of canals and flumes using a drainage tunnel 7800 feet long was termed a feat of engineering skill. It was the principal defendant in an anti-debris lawsuit settled by ...

“… to go wee did not know where”

On April 20, 1862, the Confederate garrison left Fort Johnson to protect Staunton, and to avoid being cut off from the rear by another advancing Union Army. Lt. Pryor describes the retreat from the mountain.

Camp at Westview, 7 mil

N, Of ...

82nd Fighter Group

Dedicated to the members

of the 82nd Fighter Group

95th, 96th, & 97th Squadrons

World War II

554 Aerial Victories

Three Distinguished Unit Citations

Foggia, Italy, 26 Aug 43

Cancello, Italy, 2 Sept 43

Ploesti, Rumania, 10 June 44

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