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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99Q_burrel-hemphill_Blackstock-SC.html
In memory of Burrel Hemphillkilled byUnion SoldiersFeb. 1865although a slavehe gave his liferather than betray a trustHe was a member of Hopewell
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99P_general-turner-ashby-of-fauquier_Harrisonburg-VA.html
A mile and a half southeastof this spotGeneral Turner Ashby of Fauquier,"Knight of the Valley", was killed in battleJune 6, 1862.To honor himand all of Rockingham's enlisted men,1861-1865this tablet is erected,1926.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99O_brainerd-institute_Chester-SC.html
This institute grew out of an 1866 school for freedmen; it became Brainerd Institute in 1868 when the Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church in New York appointed Rev. Samuel Loomis to help establish churches and schools among the blacks nea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99N_world-war-soldiers_Chester-SC.html
DedicatedNovember 11, 1932to the memory of the boys who entered the service of their countryfrom Chester County and who gave their livesin the World WarNames on marker front:Robert L. AtkinsonWalter CampbellKing CastleWilliam F. CauthenLeander T. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99M_fort-darling_Richmond-VA.html
Eastward 150 yards was the Confederate Fort Darling which constituted, with the works at Chaffin's Bluff across the James, the main defence of the approaches to Richmond by water. Often the target of Federal fire, Fort Darling held out till Richmo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99L_the-half-way-house_Richmond-VA.html
The house that stood here, midway between Richmond and Petersburg, was a landmark in the campaign of 1864. East and Southeast were Batteries Brooks, Semmes, Wood and Dantzler which defended the South side of James river from Drewry's Bluff to the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99K_chester-county-courthouse_Chester-SC.html
This courthouse, built in 1852, was designed by Edward Brickell White (1802-1888) of Charleston, whose work was greatly influenced by Robert Mills. Additions by Alfred D. Gilchrist of Rock Hill in 1896 and 1928 included three-story rear wings and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99J_drewrys-bluff-battlefield_Richmond-VA.html
On a line that here crossed the Richmond-Petersburg turnpike, Confederate troops under command of General G.T. Beauregard attacked the Federal army of Major-General B.F. Butler on May 16, 1864 and forced its withdrawal to the Bermuda Hundred defen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99I_drewrys-bluff-defences_Richmond-VA.html
Here, on the second line of the Drewry's Bluff defences, Confederate troops were concentrated May 12-15, 1864, to take the offensive against a Federal force that had advanced from Bermuda Hundred under command of General B.F. Butler and had cut th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99H_aaron-burr-rock_Chester-SC.html
In 1806Aaron Burr while passingthrough Chester a prisonerdismounted on this rock and appealed in vain to the citizens for help.