Round Hill Redoubt

Fort Montgomery’s “Round Hill” redoubt was built to protect a piece of high ground that commanded the rest of the fort. It was one of three redoubts that the Americans built as they realized their gun batteries, which faced the ...

Battle of Springfield

This point marks the farthest advance of the Confederates into the city. After finally routing the 72nd Enrolled Missouri Militia, Confederates were forming along Walnut Street for the final assault into the city when drums along Jordan Creek to the ...

Midnight

1910 - 1936

A Legend in His Own Time

As He Is Today

Midnight was born in Canada, the property of Tim McNabb. McNabb's "Door Key" brand was Midnight's mark throughout his life. He bucked on the American Rodeo circuit from 1923 to ...

93rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

Third Brigade, Third Division

(Front):3rd Brig.

93rd Reg't Pa Vols

July 2nd and 3rd 1884

Erected by

the surviving members

of the Regiment

Oct. 30th 1864.

(Back):

93. Regiment Penn. Volunteers formed line of battle at this point under the immediate direction of Maj-Gen. John Sedgwick commander of the ...

Pluck and Good Fortune

“I won’t die here in this creek… [I’m] getting out of here.” - Pinkie Adair, homesteader and camp cook

During the 1910 Fires, perseverance often meant the difference between life and death. At 26 years old, Ione “Pinkie” Adair could ride, ...

Charles City Road

This strategically important road ran from the Williamsburg Road southeast past White's Tavern, across White Oak Swamp, and into the Riddell's Shop intersection with the Long Bridge and Darbytown roads, eight miles distant. As Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces converged ...

Upper Springfield Meeting House and Cemetery

Historical Site

This Site was placed in the National

and New Jersey State Historical Registers

in 1979.

The Meeting House, situated at the

intersection of two Indian Trails, is one

of the oldest in Burlington County.

Early Quakers worshipped here and

are resting in the Burial Grounds.

Marker is ...

Texan Capture of Mexican Dispatches

The San Jacinto Campaign in Southwest Harris County

After the fall of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, Gen. Sam Houston led the Texan Army in retreat from Gonzales. The Mexican army under Gen. Santa Anna followed eastward from San ...

Darbytown Road

During the Seven Days' Campaign, Maj. Gen. James Longstreet's and Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill's Confederate divisions moved east along Darbytown Road toward its junction with the Long Bridge Road. This junction is about three miles southwest of Riddell's Shop. ...

Round Hill Redoubt

Fort Montgomery’s “Round Hill” redoubt was built to protect a piece of high ground that commanded the rest of the fort. It was one of three redoubts that the Americans built as they realized their gun batteries, which faced the ...