Bald Head Island, North Carolina.
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A rectangular sand bastion, Battery No. 2 mounted a 100-pounder Brooke Cannon and was located about 200 yards east. The site of circular-shaped Battery No. 1 with its 10-inch Columbiad cannon is about a 100 yards to the . . .
(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
A rectangular sand bastion, Battery No. 2 mounted a 100-pounder Brooke Cannon and was located about 200 yards east. The site of circular-shaped Battery No. 1 with its 10-inch Columbiad cannon is about a 100 yards to the . . . (Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
Dedicated to the memory of All Veterans living & deceased who served their country in all wars —————————— Veterans' Memorial "Centre" Park renamed in honor of the veterans of all wars Upon the recommendation of Frank S. . . . 
Assault, May 19, 1863 killed 8, wounded 31, missing 1, total 40, Lieut. Hiram McClintock killed, Capt. Johns Riddle mortally wounded. 
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This stone marks the farthest advance of the Thirtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the assault of May 22, 1863. 
Fort Holmes’s largest earthen battery was built on the southwestern elbow of Bald Head Island to guard Old Inlet for blockade running ships. Its seacoast cannon provided cross-fire with Fort Caswell on Oak Island. Erosion . . . 
In this area stood the main base camp for Fort Holmes’s garrison troops, and the headquarters of Colonel John J. Hedrick, 40th Regiment NC Troops. The barracks and storehouses were made largely of red cedar lumber and . . . 
Battery No. 4 highlights what remains of Fort Holmes. This crescent-shaped sand bastion mounted two 24-pounder and two 32-pounder cannon to guard against an enemy attack from the direction of East Beach and Bald Head Creek. . . . 
British troops constructed Fort George to defend Bald Head Island and their warships’ anchorage at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. American forces attacked the fort, but were repulsed, in early September 1776. This was . . . 
End of main gallery from Ewing's approach. Carried to this point the forenoon of July 4. Preparations had been made for charging a mine at head of gallery with 2200 pounds of powder, when work was stopped by order of Gen. Grant.
Wilmington, North Carolina was the Confederacy's most important Seaport during the Civil War. By 1864, it was the last Atlantic Port open to trade with the outside world. General Robert E. Lee said: “If Wilmington falls, I . . . 
El pueblo Dominicano al Gran Filantropo Don Francisco X. Billini Descubridor de los restos de Don Cristobal Colon en la Yglesia Catedral de Santo Domingo Instalador de la 1ª Casa de Beneficencia 1888 Creador y Sostenador del . . . 
End of Giles A. Smith's approach to Confederate Lunette in front. Carried to this point July 3, and a galley for a mine started but not finished. Sap-roller at head of approach faced by a Confederate 6-pounder rifled gun in . . . 
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen Su construcción data de 1615 y fue ampliada en 1729. Las rejas con el escudo carmelita que se observan en los volúmenes de las capillas, son consideradas las más antiguas de la colonia, . . . 
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Ayuntamiento de Santo Domingo 1912 Juan Pablo Duarte Jacinto de la Concha Juan Ysidro Perez Jose Maria Serra Benito Gonzalez Felix Maria Ruiz Felipe Alfau Pedro Alejandro Pina y Juan Nepomuceno Ravelo Contituyeron en esta . . . 
Plaza Patriótica Francisco del Rosario Sánchez Marzo 9 de 1816 – Julio 4 de 1861 En esta Puerta del Conde, el 27 de Febrero de 1844, el Prócer Sánchez izó la primera Bandera de la naciente Republica Dominicana, como Símbolo . . . 
Lieut. Col. 27th Infantry Killed in battle June 21 1863
