Confederate Hospital

This Church was used for a

Confederate Hospital

During the War

Between The States

Erected by

General John H. Forney

Chapter U.D.C. Sept 27, 1937

Marker is on Clinton Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west.

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Silver Star Lodge # 5

On this site stood the Silver Star Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons #5.

Chartered on Oct. 13, 1864, Lodge #5 once hosted the largest membership in Nevada.

Timberman Duane L. Bliss who established Glenbrook and was a builder of the Virginia ...

Branchville Depot

The first settlement of the town of Branchville was 1735 about one mile southeast of the present town. Almost 100 years later, the present town grew from 170 acres of land purchased from the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company. ...

Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road

This was the nations first major toll road, built by a private company incorporated 1792 by the state legislature. Completed two years later and praised as the finest highway of its day, the stone-and-gravel turnpike stretched 62 miles. The 35th ...

Assay Office and Justice Court

The assay office located here was one of the busiest places in the Gold Hill Mining District during the 1860s discovery era:

With statehood in 1864, came the justice court compleat with a jail. These structures were housed behind the assay ...

First Regular Brigade

Artillery Reserve

Army of the Potomac

Artillery Reserve

First Regular Brigade

Capt. Dunbar R. Ransom

1st U.S. Battery H

Lieut. Chandler P. Eakin, Lieut. Philip D. MasonJuly 2d and 3d Engaged on Cemetery Hill

3d U.S. Batteries F and K

Lieut. John C. TurnbullJuly 2d Engaged on Emmitsburg ...

Bloomfield Centennial War Memorial

South side of base:

In memory of all citizens of Bloomfield who served in the Army or Navy of our country for the defence of her freedom and honor

East side of base:

A tribute to the dead, a memory for the living, ...

Old B.J. Smith Property

Purchased from State of Texas at auction in 1853, by Smith, a school proprietor. Structure, one of the better early homes in Austin, was probably built in the 1850’s.

Handmade hardware, doors, and other structural parts reveal fine workmanship.

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Intendants and Mayors of Jacksonville

From 1836 to 1881 the head of the City Government

carried the title of Intendant. After that

that the office has been filled by the Mayor.

The following have served in this capacity:

William Harrison Fleming,

1836-49, 1859-61

John D. Hoke, 1850-51

J. R. Clark, 1852-58, ...

The Dean of Texas Trail Drivers Oliver Loving (1812 - 1867)

Founder of three major cattle trails, Oliver Loving came from Kentucky to Texas in 1845 and to Parker County about 1855. During the Civil War (1861-65), he supplied beef to Confederate forces. With Charles Goodnight as partner on a drive ...