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Twentieth Army Corps

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Twentieth Army Corps. Major General Alexander McD. McCook. 1st Division -- Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis 2d Division -- Brigadier General Richard W. Johnson. 3d Division -- Major General Phillip H. Sheridan. September . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

We'wha

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San Francisco, California.
Respected Zuni lhamana, or two spirit, accomplished potter, weaver and cultural ambassador of the Zuni nation

(Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battery C, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Battery C, 1st Illinois Light Artillery. 4 3" Rifles, 2 12 Pounder Howitzers. Bradley's Brigade, Sheridan's Division, McCook's Corps September 19, 1863. Captain Mark H. Prescott, Commanding. 2d Lieutenant Joseph R. Channel. . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battery C, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text from the Front Side of the Monument: Battery C, 1st Light Artillery. 3rd Division - Sheridan. 20th Army Corps - McCook. Text from the Back Side of the Monument: Commanded By Captain Mark H. Prescott. September 19, . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wilder's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Wilder's Brigade Reynolds' Division - Thomas' Corps. Colonel John T. Wilder. September 20, 1863, Morning. 92d Illinois - Colonel Smith D. Atkins. 98th Illinois - Colonel John J. Funkhouser. 123rd Illinois - Colonel James . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Davis' Division

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Davis' Division - McCook's Corps Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis September 19th, 1863, Noon. 1st Brigade - Colonel P. Sidney Post. 2d Brigade - Brigadier General William P. Carlin 3d Brigade - Colonel Hans C. Heg. The . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hindman's Division

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Hindman's Division - Polk's Corp's. Major General Thomas C. Hindman. September 20, 1863, 1 p.m. Anderson's Brigade -- Brigadier General Patton Anderson. Deas' Brigade -- Brigadier Zach C. Deas. Manigault's Brigade -- . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dr. Rush Nutt (1781-1837)

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Rodney, Mississippi.
Dr. Rush Nutt, who built Laurel Hill Plantation about 1815, is known for his agricultural and scientific study for initiating improvements in agricultural implements and techniques and for his civic contributions in early . . .

(Agriculture • Notable Persons • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sundown Mounds

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Mayflower, Louisiana.
Sundown has 3 mounds that form an equilateral triangle. Two of the mounds are platform shaped and one is dome shaped. The largest measures 11 feet tall, while the other two are less than 8 feet tall. Decorated pottery found . . .

(Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lincoln Historic District

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Lincoln, New Mexico.
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.

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

Cushman Home Site

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Marksville, Louisiana.
The two story plantation home of Judge Ralph Cushman was near this site. Cushman died of yellow fever in 1855, and is buried in this cemetery which bears his name. Other family cemeteries which were founded during this . . .

(Antebellum South, US • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Van Cleve's Division

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Van Cleve's Division - Crittenden's Corps. Brigadier General Horatio P. Van Cleve. September 20th, 1863. 1st Brigade - Brigadier General Samuel Beatty. 2nd Brigade - Colonel George F. Dick. 3rd Brigade - Colonel Sidney M. . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Town of Rodney - Structures

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Rodney, Mississippi.
Old Rodney Presbyterian Church, dedicated in 1832, is located north on Commerce Street at Church Street intersection. Also on Commerce Street at the south edge of town is Sacred Heart Catholic Church, built about 1869. Most . . .

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

Manigault's Brigade

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near fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Manigault's Brigade Hindman's Division, -- Polk's Corps. Brigadier General Arthur M. Manigault. September 20, 1863, 3 p.m. 24th Alabama, Colonel N.N. Davis. 28th Alabama, Colonel John C. Reid. 34th Alabama, Colonel John N. . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Richard Potts - Revolutionary War Patriot

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Frederick, Maryland.
Richard Potts Member of the House of Delegates Born 19 July 1753 in Upper Marlboro, MD Died November 1808 in Frederick, MD Marker placed by Carrollton Manor Chapter, NSDAR Eleanor Murdoch Potts 2nd wife of Richard Potts . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Green's Prairie Cemetery

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Town of York, Wisconsin.
This cemetery marks the gravesites of the pioneer settlers of York, Adams, and Primrose Townships, who began settling here in 1838. Many were from the New York state, for which York Township is named. Polly Crowel was the . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

72-09-35 Cornelius Fonville House

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Fairmount Heights, Maryland.
The Fonville House represents the foursquare houses popular in the early twentieth century. It was one of the largest houses during the early development of the Fairmount Heights community. It was built by Cornelius . . .

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

Cambridge City Veterans Memorial

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Cambridge City, Indiana.
Dedicated in memory of those who fought to maintain this nation’s freedom

(War, Afghanistan • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Post Office

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The Rock, Georgia.
First Post Office at The Rock Stage Coach Route on Old Federal Road 1816. Marked by Gov. Edward Telfair Chapter D.A.R. Thomaston, GA. 1923.

(Communications • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

French Huguenots in North America

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Bayport, Florida.
Side 1: This marker commemorates the French Huguenot landing near this site on May 1, 1562, and their lives as colonists on the land until 1565. Hoping to escape religious persecution in Western Europe, the Huguenots set . . .

(Churches & Religion • Exploration • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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