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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6DO_battery-g-second-u-s-artillery_Gettysburg-PA.html
Army of the PotomacSixth CorpsArtillery BrigadeBattery G Second U.S. ArtillerySix 12 PoundersLieut. John H. Butler commandingJuly 2 Arrived in the afternoon with the Corps and held in reserve.
July 3 Brought up to Ziegler's Grove in rear of Thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6DE_fifth-new-york-light-artillery_Gettysburg-PA.html
Army of the PotomacArtillery ReserveSecond Volunteer BrigadeFifth New York Light ArtillerySix 20 pounder ParrottsCaptain Elijah D. Taft CommandingJuly 2 Arrived and halted in park about 10.30 a.m. Moved to the Cemetery at 3.30 p.m. and engaged fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM672_quaker-meeting-house-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
On this site in the 1790s stood one of Philadelphia's five Quaker meeting houses. Here members of the Society of Friends gathered to worship.The religious freedom guaranteed to those who settled in Pennsylvania attracted not only Quakers, but many…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66Z_quaker-school-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
In schools like the one that stood here in the 1700s, Quaker teachers educated all children and servants — male and female, black and white.Although Quaker influence over city and state politics declined steadily in the 18th century, their i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66Y_fawcitt-house-site_Philadelphia-PA.html
Delegates walking to Carpenters' Hall (to your left) for meetings of the First Continental Congress in 1774 passed an aging wood house at this site. The two-story house was built about 1706 for bodice-maker Nathan Fawcitt.The Fawcitt House, like m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66X_new-hall_Philadelphia-PA.html
Built 1791 by the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia - location of War Department offices 1791 - 1792.Reconstructed 1959.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66W_first-continental-congress_Philadelphia-PA.html
The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New yorkers, New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.—Patrick Henry, Carpenters' Hall, 1774
In 1774 the American colonies felt threatened. Their grievances agai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66T_carpenters-hall_Philadelphia-PA.html
. . . for the purpose of obtaining instruction in the science of architecture and assisting such of their members as should by accident be in need of support, or the widows and minor children of members . . .By-laws of the Carpenters' CompanyCarpe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64Q_twentieth-maine_Gettysburg-PA.html
(Front):Twentieth MaineThird Brig. - First Div.Fifth Corps
(Left):Here the 20th Maine Regiment. Col. J. L. Chamberlain Commanding, forming the extreme left of the national line of battle on the 2nd day of July 1863. Repulsed the attack of the e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM63V_army-of-the-potomac_Gettysburg-PA.html
Second, Fifth and Sixth Corps, Lockwood's Brigade from the Middle Department, First and Third Brigades Second Cavalry Division, Third Cavalry Division and the Artillery Reserve reached the field of Gettysburg. First and Second Brigades First Caval…