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105th Ohio

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
105th. Regiment Ohio Infantry, King's Brigade, 4:30 P.M. September 19, 1863.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Johnson's Division

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Johnson's Division - Longstreet's Corps Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson. September 20, 1863. Johnson's Brigade, - Colonel John S. Fulton. Gregg's Brigade, - Colonel Cyrus A. Sugg. McNair's Brigade - Brigadier General . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

McNair's Brigade

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
McNair's Brigade Johnson's Division, - Longstreet's Corps. Brigadier General Evander McNair Colonel David Coleman. September 20, 1863, 7 a.m. 1st Arkansas Rifles, (Dismounted) - Colonel Robert W. Harper. 2d Arkansas Rifles, . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. Arsenal 1839-1875 Powder Magazine

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Dearborn, Michigan.
The powder magazine, 23' by 67', originally built in 1839 as part of the 1833 - 1875 Detroit Arsenal in Dearbornville, was located about 930 feet east of the eleven buildings shown on the edges of this marker. It was made of . . .

(Forts, Castles • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. Arsenal 1833 - 1875

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Dearborn, Michigan.
Four of the eleven buildings that comprised the arsenal stood directly in a north-south line with this marker. Facing Michigan Avenue was the saddlers shop, while in this area were the smiths and carpenters shops, all three . . .

(Forts, Castles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Evergreen

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Evergreen, Louisiana.
Site of Evergreen Home Institute (1856); Henry Clay Kemper, 1st headmaster. Later became Evergreen College; then Evergreen High School in 1904. These schools had a note-worthy influence on education in Avoyelles and Louisiana.

(Education • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brothers Of The Sacred Heart

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New Orleans, Louisiana.
Since 1869 the Brothers and their colleagues have touched the hearts and shaped the lives of the City's youth. As St. Aloysius in the Vieux Carre, Cor Jesu on this site and, since merging in 1969 into Brother Martin High . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Historic Oaks of Cottonport

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Cottonport, Louisiana.
The history of Cottonport began about 1823 when Joseph Ducote II married Marguerite Bordelon. On the bank of Bayou Rouge he cleared a cane brake, built a house, & planted these oak trees. About 1835 he donated some of his . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Marc Eliche

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Marksville, Louisiana.
Traveling through the prairie that is now Avoyelles, had a breakdown on his wagon. He stayed, the trading post he established became the city of MARKSVILLE

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Bunkie, Louisiana.
"Freedom Is Not Free, We Paid An Awful Price For It..." Ray Davis, Lt. Col. USMC. Medal Of Honor, Korea

(War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
C.S.A. Georgia 4th Battalion Sharpshooters, Major T.D. Caswell, Captain B.M. Turner, Lieutenant Joel Towers, Bates Brigade, Stewart's Division, 4:30 P.M., September 19, 1863.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

New Boston

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Sandisfield, Massachusetts.
New Boston Settled 1751 Founded along the Farmington River by the Dantel Brown family of Boston. Smiths, Demings, Hawley and sears were also early farming settlers. The Browns established the New Boston Inn a store and . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The New Boston Inn

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Sandisfield, Massachusetts.
This Property Has Been Placed On The National Register Of Historic Places By The United States Department Of The Interior

(Colonial Era) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gen. Henry Knox Trail

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Otis, Massachusetts.
Through this place passed General Henry Knox in the winter of 1775 – 1776 to deliver to General George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston. . . .

(Notable Events • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

31st Indiana

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Indiana. Thirty-First Regiment Infantry, (Smith) First Brigade, (Cruft) Second Division, (Palmer) Twenty-First Corps, (Crittenden) Saturday, September 19th, 1863, 4 P.M. till night.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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New York, New York.
1884 - 1962 The first lady of The United States (1933 - 1945), as a political activist known for her unwavering support for human rights, lived here from 1959 to 1962. As a delegate to The United Nations (1946 - 1952), she . . .

(Peace • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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New York, New York.
October 11, 1884 - November 7, 1962 Humanitarian, reformer, stateswoman made this her Greenwich Village home from 1942 - 1949

(Peace • Politics) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

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Washington, District of Columbia.
One of the best preserved and least altered of old American canals, the Chesapeake and Ohio grew from Washington's vision of linking the valleys of the early west with the east by “ties of communication,” The Potomac Company . . .

(Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Corner In Celebrities

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Frankfort, Kentucky.
Homes of Thomas S. Todd, John M. Harlan, George M. Bibb, John J. Crittenden, John Brown, James Brown, Thomas Metcalfe, Robert P. Letcher, George C. Vest, Benjamin G. Brown, James Harlan, Charles S. Morehead, Thomas S. . . .

(Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Good Shepherd Church

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Frankfort, Kentucky.
Front An active Catholic presence was established in Frankfort in 1808 with with Reverend Angier as priest. In 1820s mass was offered at house on Broadway, opposite Capitol. In 1835 worship held in house near railroad . . .

(Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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