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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D_c-o-canal-aqueduct_Williamsport-MD.html
On September 10, 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and a detachment of 15,000 men, about two-thirds of the Army of Northern Virginia, to capture the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry and secure Confederate lines of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C_williamsport_Williamsport-MD.html
On June 15, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North began here as 2,000 of Gen. Albert G. Jenkins's infantrymen splashed across the Potomac River. For the next eleven days, almost 50,000 soldiers under Gens. James Longs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B_herbert-s-miles-safety-roadside-rest_Red-Bluff-CA.html
In recognition of his contributions to the State highway system over a 42 year career and his leadership as District Engineer in establishing the Safety Roadside Rest Program in California.
Redding Rotary and Friends
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A_underground-railroad_Uniontown-PA.html
The path to freedom led this way for slaves fleeing the South in the years before the Civil War. Here, they were given haven and helped along their journey by local people, through one of the key stations on the Underground Railroad, in a house on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29_the-great-meadows-campaign_Farmington-PA.html
"Up to this time the colonies have been acting as entirely separate and independent states." From message of Governor James Glenn to the South Carolina Assembly, March 5, 1754.
The Great Meadows Campaign marked the first active united action on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28_morgan-county-berkeley-county_Hedgesville-WV.html
Morgan County. Formed, 1820, from Berkeley and Hampshire. Named for Gen. Daniel Morgan of the Revolutionary Army. Many of his renowned "Riflemen" were from the Eastern Panhandle, where he once lived. Famed Berkeley Springs here.
Berkeley County…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27_site-of-the-snyders-evangelical-church_Hedgesville-WV.html
Site of the Snyders Evangelical Church founded by Jacob Albright in 1850. Merged with United Brethren Church in 1952. Razed in 1957.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26_1862-antietam-campaign_Leesburg-VA.html
Fresh from the victory at the Second Battle of ManassasGeneral Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 1-6, 1862,to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25_maryland-antietam-sharpsburg-campaign_Fairfax-VA.html
Following the Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly) on 1 Sept. 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee pondered his options and strategy. Encouraged by Confederate victories and Federal disorganization, Lee acted quickly to continue the offensive. On 3 Sept., Lee's Army…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24_point-basse_Nekoosa-WI.html
Five rapids covering a distance of about three miles in this area were referred to as Nekoosa (swift water) by the Chippewa Indians, who made their campground on high Swallow Rock overlooking these rapids. At the lower end of the rapids, Wakeley's…