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Confederate Sentinel

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Frederick, Maryland.
Erected A.D. 1880. By the Ladies Monumental Association of Frederick County In honor of the soldiers of the Confederate Army who fell in the battles of Antietam, Monocacy, and elsewhere and are buried. Honor To the Brave To . . .

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

Tampa Confederate Salt Works

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Tampa, Florida.
(side 1) Salt was an essential commodity during the Civil War because it was required for the preservation of meat and fish. When the Confederate states no longer had access to vital sources of salt in West Virginia and . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hyde Park's Bungalow Terrace

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Tampa, Florida.
Bungalow Terrace was developed by Alfred Swann and Eugene Holtsinger on what was Morrison Grove in 1913. The Bungalow Style home was modeled after the bungalows in California because of the low cost, adaptability, . . .

(Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. Gunboat Carondelet

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near Dover, Tennessee.
The onshore Columbiad fired projectiles that tore all the way through the gunboat, showering sailors with splinters. When Carondelet's acting starboard bow gunner, John Hall, saw shots coming, he crouched down and called out . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. Gunboat Pittsburgh

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near Dover, Tennessee.
"Still approaching with caution nearer and nearer to the fort, we continued firing shell, reducing the 15 second to 5 second fuse until within 450 yards of the fort, up to which time, 4:15 p.m., we had expended 111 rounds... . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. Gunboat Louisville

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near Dover, Tennessee.
A solid shot from the 10-inch Confederate Columbiad onshore crashed through the Louisville's bow porthole. That one ball killed three men. Blood and brains splattered Commander Benjamin Dove, the Louisville's captain. Dove . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. Gunboat St. Louis

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Dover, Tennessee.
"...and after a severe fight of an hour and a half, being in the latter part of the action less than 400 yards from the fort...the St. Louis alone received 59 shots, 4 between wind and water and one in the pilot-house, . . .

(War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S.A. Naval Forces, Western Division

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near Dover, Tennessee.
U.S.S. St. Louis, Flagship, Lieutenant Leonard Paulding U.S.S. Louisville, Commander Benjamin M. Dove U.S.S. Pittsburgh, Lieutenant Egbert Thompson U.S.S. Carondelet, Commander Henry Walke U.S.S. Conestoga, Lieutenant S. . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hillsboro

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Hillsboro, Georgia.
Hillsboro (originally spelled Hillsborough), named for pioneer settler Isaac Hill, is one of the oldest communities in central Georgia. It is the birthplace of Benjamin Harvey Hill, a United States and later Confederate . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sunshine Church

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Round Oak, Georgia.
As part of a two-pronged Cavalry raid, on Wednesday, July 27 1864, Union Major General George Stoneman with over 2,100 troopers left the main Federal army then located near Atlanta. Stoneman's orders from Major General . . .

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

Civil War Children's Memorial

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Frederick, Maryland.
Dedicated to the Memory of The Children Who Served and Died In the Civil War 1861-1865

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

Old Clinton

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Clinton, Georgia.
Founded in 1808 Clinton was a commercial and educational center and the early seat of Jones County. It was planned with streets in a New England styled gridiron pattern and a central square. In 1820 Clinton was the fourth . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cowles-Bond House

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Macon, Georgia.
This impressive home was already more than a quarter century old when Union Major General James Harrison Wilson occupied it in 1865. It is a masterpiece of one of Macon's most notable early master-builders, Alexander Elam . . .

(Architecture • Notable Places • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

James L. (Jim) Caskey, Jr.

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Baltimore, Maryland.
Jim Caskey, who lived at 523 Scott Street, served his Southwest Baltimore neighbors in many ways. He co-founded and long served as Treasurer of the South Baltimore Federal Credit Union, which for many years was located in . . .

(Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Walters Public Bath House No. 2

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Baltimore, Maryland.
Walters Public Bath House No. 2 placed on National Register of Historic Places June 19th, 1979. William P. Gonce, Jr. Director of Urban Services, William Donald Schaefer Mayor of Baltimore City.

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Frederick, Maryland.
Veterans Buried In This Cemetery French and Indian War 1754 - 1763 Revolutionary War 1775 - 1783 Whiskey Rebellion 1791 - 1794 War of 1812 1812 - 1815 Mexican War 1846 - 1848 Civil War 1861 - 1865 Indian Wars 1800's . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Hawkins

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Macon, Georgia.
During the early 1800s, Georgia grew through a series of treaties with the Creek Indians. After the Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson authorized Benjamin Hawkins, Agent for Indian Affairs, to negotiate the 1805 . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Leonardo Bravo

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, Mexico.
Leonardo Bravo Insurgente Chilpancingo fue su cuna en el año de 1764 patriota insurgente segundo a Morelos defendiendo Cuautla el gobierno tiranico diole muerte en Mexico en el año de 1812 English translation: Leonardo . . .

(Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

José María Chávez

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, Mexico.
Jose Maria Chavez Defensor de la Republica Nacio en 1812 en Aguascalientes; Goberno con acierto en su estado natal, abrio centros de cultura popular. Murio defendiendo a su patria contra extranjeros invasores en el año de . . .

(Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gordon

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Gordon, Georgia.
Station Number 17 on the Central Railroad of Georgia, Gordon was named for. William W. Gordon, first president of the Central Railroad (and grandfather of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA). It was a . . .

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