Gordon's Attack Falters

Union reinforcements rushed to the sound of fighting as twilight turned to darkness in these gloomy woods. The Confederates lost direction and momentum in the smoky gloaming, and eventually the firing died away. Gordon's attack had achieved only a local, ...

Gordon's Flank Attack

The right flank of the Union line rested here in the early evening of May 6. Two Union brigades occupied this area with the benefit of neither strong works nor substantial artillery support. Suddenly, the Rebel yell echoed through the ...

First Division

Fifth Corps

Army of the Potomac

Fifth Corps

First Division

Brig. General James Barnes

First Brigade Col. Wm. S. Tilton

Second Brigade Col. J.B. Sweitzer

Third Brigade Col. Strong Vincent, Col. Jas. C. Rice.

July 2. Crossed Rock Creek in the morning and was massed on Baltimore Pike ...

Here Stood The State House

Built 1786-1790

James Hoban Architect

Burned By Sherman's Troops

February 17, 1865

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Assembly Street.

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Crawfordville Academy Alexander Stephens Institute

This school, one of the finest of the early Georgia Academies, was chartered by the Legislature, Dec. 26, 1826. First trustees were Archibald Gresham, R. Q. Dickinson, Wylie Womack, Hermon Mercer, Leonidas B. Mercer. Among the first masters were William ...

Skipwith Academy

Grey Skipwith, Sr., a midshipman in the Confederate navy purchased the original site, formerly "Fort Hill", a Civil War parade ground, in 1890. Lord Alfred Bosson designed Bekeby, an English style Tudor mansion, in 1927 for Admiral Grey Skipwith, Jr.

The ...

The Big Church on the Hillside

This plaque is dedicated to the early German immigrants who came to the Middleton area between 1840 and 1850 and chose this site for a church. A log church was built just north of this structure in 1854. It soon ...

John Gordon Proposes a Flank Attack

On the morning of May 6, Confederate General John B. Gordon occupied the far Confederate left, in this vicinity, with his brigade of Georgians. Gordon reconnoitered to his left and front and discovered the Union right flank to be vulnerable ...

Freedom Tree

Freedom Tree

To Honor Iranian Hostages

Released On January 20, 1981

After 444 Days In Captivity

Proclamation & Historical Records

Are Contained In Vault On This Site

Eugene M. Hope

Mayor

[ Inscribed on the edge ]

Vault & Stone Donated

by

Joseph A. ...

Defense of the Gap

During the Civil War this earthwork - called Fort Rains by the Confederates and Fort McCook by the Federals - was one of many fortifications ringing Cumberland Gap.

These defenses were considered too formidable to be taken by direct assault, which ...