Enon, Virginia.
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The United States Submarine Propeller Alligator The green, 47-foot-long Alligator was the U.S. Navy's first submarine—a technological wonder of the Civil War era. French engineer Brutus de Villeroi designed the Alligator. It . . .
(War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
The United States Submarine Propeller Alligator The green, 47-foot-long Alligator was the U.S. Navy's first submarine—a technological wonder of the Civil War era. French engineer Brutus de Villeroi designed the Alligator. It . . . (War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
”On June 26,...just as we were having roll call and the men were about to retire for the night, the boom of a cannon a little way down the river, and the whizzing of a shell as it sped us by, aroused us to the fact that the . . . 
Shortly after the Army of the James landed in Bermuda Hundred, a field hospital was established here at Point of Rocks. The hospital originally consisted of tents set up in the orchard around the Strachan House. The tents . . . 
Patients at Point of Rocks Hospital were under the care of two pioneer women in the field of medicine, Clara Barton and Harriet Dame. At a time when most women were not allowed to be near the fighting, these women saw the . . . 
"Petersburg at that hour was clearly at the mercy of the Federal Commander who had all but captured it" Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard on the June 15th attack at Petersburg. On June 9, 1864, as Grant prepared to shift . . . 
After taking heavy losses at Cold Harbor, Lt. Gen. Grant made the decision to move his army across the James River and attack Petersburg. The capture of that city and its key rail links would cut off Richmond from the rest . . . 
American author of best-selling novels, such as "Coniston", written between 1898-1941 and partly based upon actual experience in New Hampshire politics. His nearby residence, "Harlakenden House", was built in 1898 and burned . . . 
Thousands of African-American troops served in the Army of the James under the official designation of United States Colored Troops (USCT). Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler was a strong proponent of the use of African-American . . . 
This school, known first as Union Academy, was chartered June 16, 1813 "to train young men for leadership in the ministry." The original building, located about 1,000 feet west of here and dedicated to January 9, 1815, was . . . 
Like its pre-war economy, much of the southern war effort relied on slave labor. When Richmond became the capital for the newly formed Confederacy, both freedmen and slaves were used to maintain railroads, build . . . 
This photograph was taken from across the Appomattox River behind you. The large hospital ward in the photograph once stood in this field in front of you. This sign was sponsored by Douglas Waters, Carrollton, TX
The wooded area in front of you contains rare examples of a radiant heat system called a Crimean Oven. This system was used to heat hospital tents at Point of Rocks during the Civil War. The concept behind Crimean Ovens . . . 
This marker consists of three panels: one map and two historical. Before the Roads Shoshone Homeland Native Americans were the first to travel over this rugged country. Most of the year they spent traveling from place . . . 
This traditional Indian route provided access from Montana's buffalo country to Snake and Salmon river fishing streams. Hudson's Bay Company trapping expeditions came this way after 1822 and prosectors followed searching for . . . 
After crossing through Lemhi Pass, 12 miles east of here, Lewis unfurled the American flag for the first time west of the Rockies. Meriwether Lewis met with 3 Shoshoni Indians near here on August 13, 1805. "....leaving my . . . 
Esta torre fue construida a expensas del municipio de esta ciudad en el año de 1910., y se inauguro oficialmente el dia 15 de septiembre, dia del centenario de la proclamacion de la Independencia de Mexico; siendo Gobernador . . . 
Southerly on Old Church Road is located the first Roman Catholic edifice in New Hampshire. It was erected in 1823 under the direction of the Reverend Virgil Horace Barber, S.J. The building serves St. Mary's parish and . . . 
This renowned hotel had its origins in a simple log chalet built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1890. Early guests, including some pioneers of mountaineering in the northern Rockies, followed a packhorse trail from the . . . 
Akins’ Mill Pond About 1883, using a narrow gauge railroad with mule drawn hopper cars, Green Barnes built a dam on the headwaters of Mill Creek, creating a 300-acre pond, which soon came into the possession of Barnes’ . . . 
Broadway Landing was located three miles up the Appomattox River from City Point. It was the main supply depot for Federal artillery during the siege of Petersburg. Artillery pieces and ammunition were transported by ship or . . . 
