near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
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C.S.A. Scott's Tennessee Battery 4 Gun Smith's Brigade, Cheatham's Division September 19, 1863. 12:30 to 2 p.m. Lieutenant A.T. Watson.
(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
C.S.A. Scott's Tennessee Battery 4 Gun Smith's Brigade, Cheatham's Division September 19, 1863. 12:30 to 2 p.m. Lieutenant A.T. Watson.(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Constructed around 1875 by John Seaborn Watt for his bride, Emma Chastillette Williamson, this fine example of Victorian architecture was originally located near Yancey's Bend prior to the construction of Weiss Lake. The . . . 
In the late 19th century, Henry Flagler created the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) and the Florida East Coast Hotel Company, both of significantly boosted development and tourism for Florida. By 1900, Flagler had purchased . . . 
Commissioned Brigadier to rank from July 7, 1864 Carter had worked his way up from the rank of Captain by distinguishing himself with the Army of Tennessee at Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro & Chickamauga. Taking part in . . . 
Site of the largest Civil War camp in the Kanawha Valley, it was named for Union Col. A. Sanders Piatt of the 34th Ohio (Zouaves). Location along present-day U.S. Route 60 and the Kanawha River was of strategic importance to . . . 
C. Scott's Tennessee Battery. 2 6 Pounders, 2 12 Pounders Howitzers. Smith's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, Polk's Corps. September 19, 1863. 1st Lieutenant John H. Marsh, Commanding (Wounded). 2d Lieutenant A. T. Watson. . . . 
In fort built to halt Indian depredations in North Texas. One of buildings and units on inspection in May 1871 by Gen. Wm. Tecumseh Sherman, when news came of massacre of Warren Wagon Train, 24 miles northwest. Killers, . . . 
When the U.S. was drawn into World War II in 1941 the federal government increased the number of training facilities across the nation. The area around Lake Bridgeport (built in 1931) made for an ideal site to train airmen . . . 
Prior to World War II, the U.S. aircraft industry focused primarily on producing aircraft for civilian airlines; few manufacturers specialized in military airplane construction. In the fall of 1940, the War Department . . . 
Joseph Jackson built one of the first sawmills in Orion Township on this site in 1825. During the nineteenth century the waters of Paint Creek powered machines that cut logs into board lumber and ground wheat into flour. In . . . 
17th. Regiment Ohio Infantry, Connell's Brigade. 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. September 19, 1863.
35th. Regiment Ohio Infantry, Van Derveer's Brigade. 10:00 to 11:30 A.M. September 19, 1863.
The burning spring that existed here and the salt lick that was located three miles downstream at the river’s edge were two natural phenomena that influenced much of the development of the Kanawha Valley. The spring was . . . 
Indiana. Eighty-Second Regiment Infantry. (Hunter) First Brigade. (Connell) Third Division. (Brannan) Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas) Saturday, September 19th, 1863, 9 A.M. to 12 M.
Indiana. Eighty-Seventh Regiment Infantry. (Gleason) Third Brigade. (VanDerveer) Third Division. (Brannan) Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas) Saturday, September 19th, 1863, 8 a.m.
Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the U.S. in 1860. He received fewer than 2,000 votes in Virginia, most from present-day West Virginia. Lincoln preserved the Union, ended slavery, and played the decisive . . . 
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[Photos of Ralph Hay, Hay's Auto Dealership and the Canton Bulldogs (photo appears to show Jim Thorpe, who played for Canton in 1920)]
Paint Creek begins in a Brandon Township wetland and flows southeast to Rochester where it empties into the Clinton River. Today a thriving trout stream, the creek was important for waterpower during the nineteenth century. . . . 
Mayor Stanley A. Cmich was Canton's longest serving mayor, holding office for 20 years. Mayor Cmich served in the U.S. Army in World War II and was awarded two Purple Heart decorations. He began his career in public service . . . 
