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Dr. Rufus Benjamin Weaver

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Pennsylvania, Adams County, Gettysburg

Rufus Benjamin Weaver, a native of Gettysburg, was a college student at the time of the battle in 1863. His father Samuel Weaver, a local photographer, supervised the collection and reburial of the Federal troops in the National Cemetery. Because of Samuel Weaver's experience and the fact that he and Dr. J.W.C. O'Neal had mapped all the known Confederate gravesites on the Gettysburg Battlefield, a number of Southern ladies memorial associations turned to him for help in returning the remains of fallen Confederate soldiers to the South. Unfortunately in 1869, before he could begin the hard work of disinterring and shipping the remains of Confederate soldiers, Samuel Weaver was killed in a railroad accident. The Southern ladies memorial associations then turned to his son to complete the task.

In 1871, now a doctor of anatomy, Dr. Rufus Benjamin Weaver took on the difficult job of exhuming, collecting, boxing, and shipping the remains of Confederate soldiers. Whenever a grave was opened, Dr. Weaver was present to ensure that all remains possible were recovered. Dr. Weaver was supposed to be paid the agreed price of $3.25 for each body he was able to recover, however the Southern ladies memorial associations were unable to pay more than 50% of what he was actually owed. Despite this fact, Dr. Weaver continued the noble work of repatriating the remains of 3,320 Confederate soldiers to the South. The majority of the remains, 2,935, went to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA. The remainder were dispersed between Raleigh, NC, Charleston, SC, Savannah, GA, and a few to other locations.

In grateful appreciation, Freeman's Battery Forrest's Artillery, Camp 1939 Sons of Confederate Veterans, acknowledges a debt of honor owed by all Southerners, and in appreciation of the generosity and humanity of his deeds, erects this marker to Dr. Rufus B. Weaver.

(Charity & Public Work • Science & Medicine • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.


Wilder-Holton House

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New Hampshire, Coos County, Lancaster

This Structure, erected by Major Jonas Wilder, from boards planed and nails wrought on the site, originally possessing a four-fireplace chimney and Indian shutters, is Coos County's first two-storey dwelling. Construction was initiated on the noted "Dark Day" of May 19, 1780, which caused work to cease temporarily. Successively a home, a tavern, a church, and a meeting place, it is now a museum.

(Churches, Etc. • Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Elba Mucklands

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New York, Genesee County, Elba
The rich black soil wascreated by draining the OakOrchard & Tonawanda Swampsin 1915 by the Western NewYork Farms Company.

(Agriculture) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Weeks Act

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New Hampshire, Coos County, Lancaster

The Lodge atop Mt. Prospect was the summer home of John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926), renowned "Father of the Eastern National Forests," author of The Weeks Act, passed by the U.S. Congress, March 1, 1911. The Act enables the government to buy privately owned land to be "permanently reserved, held and administered as national forest lands," for the protection, development, and use of their natural resources. Much of the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF), one of the 48 forests made possible by The Weeks Act, can be viewed from the Lodge and from the fieldstone fire tower near the Lodge.

(Environment • Politics) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Halada Farmstead

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Wisconsin, Kewaunee County, near Pilsen

     The brick veneer residence, built by George Halada circa 1878, is an excellent example of an Italianate style building popular with Bohemian settlers in this area. Several of the horizontal log farm buildings are in near original form and pre-date the home.

     The farmstead consists of 118 acres, and has been sold through family lines to the present owners. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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

Thaddeus S.C. Lowe

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New Hampshire, Coos County, Jefferson
Born nearby, this inventor and scientist gained unique distinction as a pioneer aeronaut in the United States. He organized and directed a military balloon force during the Civil War and later invented a number of important and basic devices for use in atmospheric observation and metallurgical processing.

(Air & Space • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, GPS coordinates, map.

New York Memorial Stone at Falls Church

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Virginia, Falls Church
In Memory
of the Civil War Soldiers
who were buried here in this
Hallowed Ground
1861-1864
Edward Bowman, 21st NYVI
John Decker, 20th NYSM
Patrick Doyle, 20th NYSM
Horace Dougherty, 144th NYVI
Franklin E. Dunham, 20th NYSM
Curtis Fagan, 144th NYVI
James H. Fleming, 16th NY Cavalry
Jacob H. Fox, 20th NYSM
Hezekiah E. Goldsmith, 20th NYSM
William B. Hallenbeck, 20th NYSM
Abraham C. Hinkley, 20th NYSM
Amasa L. Hoyt, Jr., 144th NYVI
Ananias Hyatt, 20th NYSM
— — — — — — — — — —
William Keator, 20th NYSM
William H. Lee, 14th NYVI
Smith McCoon, 20th NYSM
John M. Mowers, 23rd NYVI
Thomas Paine, 144th NYVI
Hiram Risedorf, 20th NYSM
Charles Schoonmaker, 20th NYSM
Isaac Smith, 20th NYSM
Ira M. Stevens, 20th NYSM
Josiah Upright, 20th NYSM
Eliphalet S. Webb, 144th NYVI
James R. Willson, 21st NYVI

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Butterfield Trail

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Texas, Taylor County, Tye


U.S. Mail Route
St. Louis to Los Angeles
1858 – 1861
Crossed at this point

Marked by
John Davis Chapter D.A.R.
1929

(Communications • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

France and Canada

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Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax
France and Canada share a long history. Theirs is a story of enduring friendship.

It began 400 years ago, in Nova Scotia, the birthplace of Acadie, with the arrival of the first French settlers and of Samuel de Champlain at Port-Royal in 1605.

Halifax had its first contact with France at the beginning of the 18th century. In 1711, the French engineer Delabat drew fortification plans for Chebucto Bay (present day Halifax harbour).

In autumn of 1746, the Duc D’Anville led an ill-fated expeditionary force to reclaim Acadie. Battered by severe storms, the fleet limped into Chebucto harbour and set up camp. D’Anville died shortly after while many of his men succumbed to fever and disease. Raging seas, unfavorable winds and disease ultimately doomed the mission.

A century later, in 1855, commander de Belvèze, on board the light frigate La Capricieuse put in at Halifax harbour on his way to Quebec City. He was sent by Emperor Napoleon III to mend relations with Canada.

In times of war, France and Canada remained staunch allies. France will never forget the thousands who gave their lives for its freedom at the battles of Beaumont-Hamel (1916), Vimy (1917), Dieppe and the beaches of Normandy (1942-1944). Nor will it ever forget the thousands of victims of the Halifax explosion on December 6, 1917.

During the Second World War, Halifax citizens raised funds to put Surcouf House at the disposal of Free France. It was from Halifax that Admiral Muselier set sail for Saint- Pierre and Miquelon to take possession of the Archipelago in the name of Free France.
From June 8 to 15, 2005, the maritime group composed of the aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, the frigate, Jean Bart, the frigate, Tourville, the attack submarine, Rubis and the supply ship, Meuse called in Halifax on its first trip to Canada along with the British destroyer, Nottingham.

Unveiled for the occasion, this plaque bears testimony to the deep and enduring friendship that unites France and Canada.

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La France et la Canada partagent une longue historie. C’est l’histoire d’une longue amitié.

En Nouvelle-Écosse berceau de l’Acadie, elle a commencé il y a 400 ans avec l’arrivée de premiers Français, et de Champlain à Port-Royal en 1605.

Halifax a des liens avec la France depuis le début du XVIIIème siècle. En 1711, l’ingénieur Delabat avait dressé un plan de fortifications pour la baie de Chibouctou. A l’automne 1746, l’escadre du Duc d’Anville, partie de France pour reprendre l’Acadie, y établit son campement. Le Duc d’Anville y mourut et les fièvres emportèrent nombre de ses hommes. Le vents et la maladie firent échouer l’entreprise.

Un siècle plus tard, en 1855, le commandant de Belvèze faisait une escale à Halifax à bord de la corvette «La Capriecieuse» avant de se rendre à Québec. L’Empereur Napoleon III lui avait confié la mission de rétablir les relations avec le Canada.
Dans l’adversité, l’amitié franco-canadienne ne s’est pas démentie. La France n’oubliera jamais les milliers de combattants de Beaumont-Hamel (1916), de Vimy (1917), de Dieppe et des plages de Normandie (1942-1944), tombés pour lue rendre sa liberté. Elle n’oublie pas les victimes de la terrible explosion du 6 décembre 1917.

Pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale, la Maison Surcouf fût offerte à la France Libre par une souscription des citoyens de la ville. C’est d’Halifax que l’amiral Muselier partit prendre possession, au nom de la France Libre, de l’archipel de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Due 8 au 13 juin 2005, le groupe aéronaval composé du porte-avions «Charles de Gaulle», de la frégate «Jean Bart», de la frégate «Tourville», du sous-marin d’attaque «Rubis» et du pétrolier-ravitailleur «Meuse», a effectué à Halifax son premier déplacement au Canada avec le destroyer britannique «Nottingham».

Inaugurée à l’occasion de cette escale, cette plaque porte témoignage de l’amitié ancienne et solide qui unit la France et la Canada.

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Georges Island

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Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax
English
The Island was first fortified when the British founded Halifax in 1749. During the period of the Acadian Deportation, 1755 to 1762, the island was sometimes a detention camp for Acadians prior to being shipped to other British colonies. During the 19th century Halifax became a major British naval base and Georges Island one of an inter-connected system of harbour defences. As military technology changed, the defences of Georges Island were updated.

The island remained an important seaward defence after the Government of Canada took over the Halifax defences in 1906. Georges Island helped defend the harbour in both World Wars. The island became a national historic site in 1965.

French
L’île a d’abord été fortifiée au moment de la fondation d’Halifax par les Britanniques en 1749. Pendant le déportation des Acadiens, de 1755 à 1763, elle a servi, à l’occasion, de camp de détention pénible où un grand nombre d’Acadiens y étaient détenus avant d’être embarques dans des vaisseaux en direction d’autres colonies britanniques. Au XIXᵉ siècle, Halifax est devenu une importante base navale britannique et l’île Georges faisait partie du réseau des ouvrages de défense du port qui étaient reliés entre eux. Les défenses de l’île ont été adaptées à mesure que la technologie militaire évoluait.

L’île Georges continua d’être une importante défense maritime après la prise de contrôle en 1906 des défenses d’Halifax par le gouvernement du Canada. L’ile a contribué à la defense du port au cours des deux guerres mondiales. L’île Georges a été classée lieu historique national en 1965.

(Forts, Castles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Grand Dérangement

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Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax
This monument/marker is made up of four panels, two in English and two in French. Each language has a panel dealing with The Grand Dérangement and Georges Island. On top is a large, round medallion featuring a map showing Acadian deportation routes.

English
The Grand Dérangement
L’Acadie, established by France in 1604, was a strategically located and highly coveted colony. In 1713, it was handed over to England and renamed Nova Scotia. The foundation of Halifax, in 1749, led part of the Acadian population to move to French territory. The remaining Acadians were still perceived as a threat, and in 1755, the British authorities launched their systematic deportation, splitting up families and communities, seizing all lands and possessions.

This was the Grand Dérangement or Great Upheaval. Nearly 10,000 men, women, and children were piled into ships and deported to Anglo-American colonies, to England and to France. Others escaped the deportation, seeking refuge in French territory and forming a resistance. Over the next ten years, almost half of the Acadian nation was lost at sea or died from disease and famine. By 1765, a mere 1,600 survivors remained in Nova Scotia, their fertile land now occupied by settles from other areas.

Some Acadian families returned to their former home. but most never again set eyes on Acadie. Many took root in Quebec and France, while in Louisiana they gave rise to a new community that produced the rich Cajun culture. Yet, the Grand Dérangement was unable to wipe out the Acadian presence on its native soil. L’Acadie lives on in Atlantic Canada, speaking French and offering to the world its proud and dynamic culture.

Georges Island - Halifax
It was in Halifax on July 28th, 1755 that the Nova Scotia Council made the decision to remove every Acadian from the colony. Over the next decade, Georges Island (small island in the harbour) was used as a prison for hundreds of Acadians at the time. The first prisoners were the deputies who pleaded the Acadian cause before the Nova Scotia Council in July 1755.

Lieutenant-governor Lawrence described the island as “the place of most security,” so Acadian partisans who took part in the resistance often ended up there. The facilities on the island were inadequate and living conditions were terrible. The last attempted mass deportation came in 1762 when more than 600 prisoners were shipped to Boston. Massachusetts refused to accept them and the ship returned to Halifax.

The Deportation policy ended in 1764, and the government made sure that the Acadians who resettled Nova Scotia did so in scattered communities. In Nova Scotia a vibrant, new Acadie lives on in communities such as Clare, Argyle, Chéticamp, Isle-Madame, Pomquet.

French
Le Grand Dérangement
L’Acadie, fondée par la France en 1604 et convoitée pour sa situation stratégique, est cédée à l’Angleterre en 1713 et rebaptisée Nouvelle-Écosse. La fondation de Halifax, en 1749, entraîne l’exode d’une partie de la population acadienne vers les territories français. Les Acadiens qui restent son perçus comme un menace par les autorités britannique qui, en 1755, commençant leur expulsion systématique, fragmentant familles et communautés, confisquant terres et biens.

C’est la Grand Dérangement. Près de 10 000 hommes, femmes et enfants son entassés à bord de navires et déportes dans les colonies anglo-américaines, en Angleterre et en France. D’autres échappent aux déportations, fuyant en territoire français et formant une résistance. En dix ans, près de la moitié du peuple acadien périt en mer ou succombe à la maladie et à la famine. La Nouvelle-Écosse compte à peine 1 600 rescapés en 1765, leur terres fertiles désormais occupées par des colons venus d’ailleurs.

Certaines familles acadiennes reprendront le chemin du retour, mais le plupart ne reverront jamais l’Acadie. Plusieurs feront souche au Québec et en France, alors que la Louisiane sera le foyer d’une nouvelle communauté qui donnera naissance à la riche culture cadienne. Cependant, le Grand Dérangement n’aura pas réussi à effacer la présence acadienne de sa terre d’origine. Au Canada atlantique, l’Acadie est bien vivante, parle le français et propose au monde une culture fière et dynamique.

Île Georges - Halifax
C’est à Halifax le 28 juillet 1755 que le Conseil de la Nouvelle-Éscosse prend la décision d’expulser la population acadienne de la colonie. Au cours de la décennie suivante, l’île Georges (petite île dans la havre) sert de prison pour des centaines d’Acadiens à la fois. Les représentants de la population acadienne ayant plaidé la cause des leurs devant le Conseil en julien 1755 en sont les premiers prisonniers.

Le lieutenant-gouverneur Lawrence décrit l’île comme «le lieu le plus sûr» et il n’est pas rare que les partisans acadiens ayant pris par à la résistance s’y retrouvent. Les installations de l’île sont inadéquates et les conditions de déportation massive en 1762, plus de 600 prisonnier son transportes à Boston. Le Massachusetts refuse de les accepter et les navires doivent remettre le cap sur Halifax.

La politique de la Déportation prend fin en 1764 et le gouvernement fait en sorte que le peuple acadien revenant s’établir en Nouvelle-Écosse soit éparpillé sur le territoire. En Nouvelle-Écosse, la nouvelle Acadie se retrouve, bien vivante, dans des communautés comme Clare, Argyle, Chéticamp, Isle-Madame, Pomquet.

(Notable Events • Settlements & Settlers • War, French and Indian) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Shorter, Alabama

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Alabama, Macon County, Shorter

Shorter was originally called Cross Keys for the birthplace in South Carolina of an early settler, J.H. Howard. It was later named Shorter for former Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter. The town embodies the memories of the proud Creek Indian Nation, the Old South, and the Civil Right Movement. It was originally a part of Creek Indian Territory and now a part of Macon County, which was created in 1832. Shorter is home to several state historical sites and boasts one of the longest stretches of the Old Federal Road built in 1804. Although the community has existed for more than a century, Shorter was not officially incorporated until February 29, 1984. Over the years, the town has been guided in its growth and development by dedicated leaders and enriched by the many citizens who call Shorter home. At the time of this marker dedication, elected officers included Mayor Willie Mae Powell, elected in 1998, and council members Desiev Howard, Betty Jeter, Edward Pollard, Rhonda McCloud, and Derrick McCloud. Harold D. Powell was the town clerk.

(Civil Rights • Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Charles Morris

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Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax
Charles Morris was Nova Scotia’s Chief Surveyor and one of he first residents of Halifax.

In 1750, on order from the founder of Halifax, Edward Cornwallis, Morris began surveying the entire peninsula, laying out new suburbs and 240 acres of “common land” to be used for firewood and pasturage. A 1762 plan by Morris defined the original Halifax Common, which was officially granted by King George III to the town’s inhabitants in 1763.

Morris’s role in the establishment of Halifax went beyond his position as Surveyor - he also served as a member of the Nova Scotia Council, Justice of the Peace and First Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court, a position he held until his death in 1781.

As Chief Surveyor, Morris laid out towns for settlement across the Province, including Barrington, Yarmouth, Liverpool and Lunenburg. Much of his work was done from his office, which stood very near to this spot (and immediately adjacent to his house). A simple Georgian building dating back to the mid 1700s, the office was first located at the corner of Hollis and Morris Streets It moved 30 metres south along Hollis to its 2nd location in 1898 and 50 metres more in 2009. Here it sat waiting for a new home - and another move - as the site at the corner of Morris and Hollis Streets was developed and the building was constructed.

Morris’s office survives today at 2500 Creighton Street in the city’s North End due to the work of the Ecology Action Centre, the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia and to generous donations of Nova Scotia Power, Dexel Developments and HRM.

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

Ships and Men of the Royal Canadian Navy

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Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax
This memorial was erected
by the
Atlantic Chief and Petty Officies Association
to commemorate the
Ships and Men of the Royal Canadian Navy
who failed to return through enemy action,
stress of weather and accidents during
The Battle of the Atlantic
and
to remind future generations of
The Price of Victory

They are one with the tides of the sea
They are one with the tides of our hearts

Dedicated in the fifty seventh year
of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and
the one hundredth year of the founding
of the Canadian Navy

(War, World I • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Merrill Post Office

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Wisconsin, Lincoln County, Merrill
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places

by the United States
Department of the Interior
Merrill Post Office
1915


(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Drummond Cemetery

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Texas, Taylor County, near Abilene
In 1879, after her husband’s death in Jamaica, Helen Fanny Harris Drummond returned with her children to England. She immigrated with them to the United States in 1885, settling in Brazos County, Texas. In October 1891, she purchased 100 acres in Taylor County, including this site, from the Hammond family. By 1895, she had donated two acres for the Drummond cemetery; the deed for the property was officially recorded in 1901.
     The earliest grave is believed to be that of an infant buried in 1892. Later that year, the infant son of Joseph C. and Nannie Stewart Hammond died and was interred here. His is the earliest marked grave. Helen Drummond’s grave dates to 1896. Several of her descendants, as well as those of the Hammonds, are also interred at the cemetery. Of note is the gravesite of pioneer settler Martha Jones Hardin Heffernan (d. 1918), who was living in the area by 1880.
     Today, the burial ground, enlarged in 1996, is maintained by a cemetery association of community residents and family members. It remains an important link between early area settlers and the generations that have followed.

Historic Texas Cemetery

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wilhelmina Schleiss

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Germany, Bavaria, Kreis Schweinfurt, Gerolzhofen

Hier wurde
Wilhelmina
Schleiss

+18.08.1903 z. Bischw.
von Verbrecherhand
in der Nacht vom
22-23.2.25 ermord.

Marker text translated into English:
Wilhelmina Schleiss, born August 18, 1903 in Bischwind, was criminally murdered here on the night of the 22nd-23rd of February, 1925.

(Notable Events) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Canadian Corp of Commissionaires

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Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax
The corp was formed in Nova Scotia and elsewhere across Canada in 1937, on the instigation of the Canadian Government, to find employment for worthy older veterans.
Its organization was patterned along military lines of the British Corps of Commisionaires, founded in 1859.
The Black-Binney House was acquired by the Board of Governors in 1965, and was restored as an historic building, for use as Divisional Headquarters.
It is dedicated to the service of veterans as a Centennial project for 1967.

Colonel S.C. Oland, V.D.C.D.
Chairman
Board of Directors

(Charity & Public Work) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Black-Binney House

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Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax
English
Built about 1819 by John Black, successful merchant and Executive Councillor (1813-23), this house is a notable example of the finest Halifax residences of its day - the first important era of stone construction in the town. James Boyle Eniacke, Premier of Nova Scotia (1848-54), lived here for some years until about 1855. From then until 1887 the house was occupied by the Anglican Bishop of Nova Scotia, the Rt. Rev. Hibbert Binney.

French
Construite vers 1819 par John Black, commerçant prospère et membre du Conseil exécutif (1813-23), cette maison illustre à merveille les demeure typiques de l’époque, premières maison de pierre de Halifax. James Boyle Uniacke, premier ministre de la Nouvelle-Écosse (1848-54), y vécut quelques années, jusqu’en 1855 environ pus l’évêque anglican de la province, le Très Révérend Hibbert Binney, l’habita jusqu’en 1887.

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Real Rock of Chickamauga

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Georgia, Walker County, Chickamauga
At the start of the war some of the Walker County men retained their Unionist sympathies, but Lincoln's announcement of an unconstitutional military invasion of the south to force the seceding states back into the Union caused most of them to quickly change their minds. Ten companies of infantry and one of cavalry were raised in Walker County for Confederate military service. Two of the first companies were raised at Crawfish Spring. These were promoted by James Clark Gordon, the son of James Gordon who built the well known Gordon-Lee house, and Jerome Henderson, the son of John Henderson who owned the nearby Henderson Plantation and stock farm.

Jerome Henderson as a student at Penfield College (now Mercer University), and he came home in June of 1861. Most of the young men in the local area were excited about the coming war, and eager to do their part. Henderson discussed the matter with his friend James Clark Gordon and they organized a barbeque at Crawfish Spring that attracted a large number of men from Walker and Catoosa Counties. The two of them then took turns speaking to the crowd, using the large rock that still exists by the entrance to the drive leading to the Gordon Lee House as a platform. Response was good, and two Confederate companies were formed. Henderson was elected Sergeant of his company, and rather than waiting to get in a Georgia regiment, they joined the 26th Tennessee Infantry. Sergeant Henderson was subsequently captured with his regiment at Fort Donelson and died in prison at Camp Douglas, Illinois.

James Clark Gordon was elected Captain of his company, and the unit became a part of the 36th Georgia Infantry Regiment, and they were assigned to the Army of Pensacola. The regiment took part in the defense of Fort McRee in Pensacola Harbor during the Battle of Pensacola on November 22-23, 1861.

Then on January 31, 1862, the regiment was re-organized and designated as the 1st Confederate Infantry Regiment, also called the 1st Georgia Infantry. Captain Gordon was elected to the rank of Major. In July of 1863, the regiment was assigned to the Army of Tennessee and for the rest of the war it took an active part in all the battles and campaigns of that unit. In the fight at Chickamauga, the regiment was commanded by Major James Clark Gordon. The regiment lost 46 % of the 181 men engaged at Chickamauga, and totaled 138 in December 1863.

Sometimes called the 2nd Sharpshooter Battalion, the regiment was field consolidated with the 66th Georgia Infantry in September 1864, but was still called the 1st Confederate. On April 9, 1865, it was consolidated with the 25th, 29th, 30th, and 66th Georgia Infantry Regiments and 1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion and designated the First Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion. Most of the men, however, still called it the First Confederate. Only a handful of the men in the original company lived to the surrender in April 1865. Major Gordon led these home.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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