Kentucky, Letcher County, Pound Gap
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Company F of the 5th Kentucky Infantry was formed on October 22, 1861 from the men of Letcher County and was commanded by Captain Benjamin E. Caudill. The company called themselves “Caudill’s Army" and was nicknamed “The Yahoos.” They disbanded at Hazel Green, Kentucky, on October 20, 1862. Most of the men joined the 10th Kentucky Mounted Rifles raised by Colonel Benjamin E. Caudill on November 1862. In March of 1865, the regiment was reorganized and named the 13th Kentucky Cavalry. They disbanded at Christianburg, Virginia, on April 12, 1865, but surrendered on April 30, 1865, at Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.
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Dedicated to the souls of the 13th Ky Confederate soldiers who fought & died during the Civil War: Pvt. John D. Adams • Cpl. Andrew Allen • Pvt. Emory Allen • Pvt. Franklin Allen • Sgt. Ira Allen • Sgt. Irvin Allen • Pvt. James Allen • Pvt. John A. Allen • Pvt. Humphrey Amburgey • Pvt. John Anderson • Pvt. Hillard J. Ashley • Pvt. Jesse Ashley • Pvt. Larkin S. Ashley • Sgt. Andrew J. Austin • Pvt. David J. Back • Pvt. William Barnes • Pvt. Lafayette Bentley • Pvt. John Blakenship • Pvt. Caleb Boiling • Cpl. John Bolling • Pvt. Leonard Branson • Sgt. Richard Branson • Pvt. Ezekiel Brashear • Pvt. John L Brashear • Pvt. Joseph E. Brashear • Pvt. Sampson Brashear • Pvt. Abner Caudill • Sgt. Ephraim Caudill • Sgt. Abraham Childers • Cpl. James L. Childers • Pvt, Daniel Cockerham • Lt. Isom W. Childers • Pvt. John B. Childers • Pvt. Marshall Collins • Capt. Henderson Combs • Pvt. Isaac Combs • Pvt. James Combs • Cpl. James M. Combs • Pvt. Jesse Combs • Sgt. Jesse Combs • Pvt. J. Peter Combs • Pvt. Kendrick Combs • Pvt. Joseph E. Cornett • Lt. James T. Crutchfield • Pvt. Thomas M. Dotson • Pvt. William N. Evans •
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Dedicated to the souls of the 13th Ky Confederate soldiers who fought & died during the Civil War: Pvt. Thomas Everidge • Pvt. John W. Francis • Pvt. Preston Francis • Pvt. Simeon Francis • Pvt. Wesley Francis • Cpl. Daniel Fugate • Pvt. William N. Fugate • Pvt. Zachariah Fugate • Pvt. Levitacus Fuller • Sgt. Joseph Gearhart • Pvt. Alexander Gearhart • Cpl. Elijah Gibson • Pvt. Clinton Godsey • Pvt. James Godsey • Lt. Edward Grisby • Sgt. Wesley Grisby • Pvt. Drewry Guinn • Pvt. William Halcomb • Cpl. Alfred Hall • Pvt. Fielding Hall • Sgt. Lee Hall • Pvt. Marshall Hall • Pvt. William Hart • Pvt. Wesley Harvey • Pvt. John Helms • Pvt. Paul Henson • Sgt. Hiram W. Hogg • Pvt. Morgan Howard • Pvt. James A. Huff • Pvt. Elisha Ison • Pvt. Robert Jackson • Pvt. Preston Johnson • Pvt. Joel Jones • Pvt. Andrew J. Madden • Pvt. George W. Madden • Sgt. William D. Madden • Pvt. Tandy Martin • Pvt. Thomas Martin • Pvt. Fugate McIntosh • Pvt. Verdamon McIntosh • Pvt. William T. McIntosh • Pvt. Riley Meade • Pvt. Harrison Mitchell • Pvt. John A. Mullins • Sgt. Daniel Napier •
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Dedicated to the souls of the 13th Ky. Confederate soldiers who fought & died during the Civil War: Capt. Alexander Noble • Pvt. Elias Noble • Pvt. George W. Noble • Pvt. Simpson Noble • Pvt. William Noble • Lt. William M. Noble • Pvt. Christopher Patton • Cpl. William H Patton • Pvt. Reuben Potter • Pvt. David Richardson • Pvt. Franklin Shular • Pvt. Ephriam Sizemore • Pvt. Hiram Sizemore • Pvt. Henry F. Slone • Pvt. John Slusher • Pvt. Sampson Smallwood • Pvt. Andrew B. Smith • Sgt. Elias Smith • Lt. Isaac Smith • Pvt. Samuel Smith • Cpl. William S. Smith • Pvt. Richard Sparkman • Pvt. Wesley Sumner • Pvt. John W. Teeters • Pvt. Thomas Terry • Pvt. William Terry • Pvt. Joseph Thomas • Pvt. John W. Tyree • Pvt. Madison Tyree • Pvt. Richard Wallace • Pvt. George W. Watts • Pvt. John C. Watts • Pvt. Benjamin Wright • Lt. Solomon Wright • Pvt. Elijah Yonts • Pvt. Nelson Mosley
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Company F of the 5th Kentucky Infantry was formed on October 22, 1861 from the men of Letcher County and was commanded by Captain Benjamin E. Caudill. The company called themselves “Caudill’s Army" and was nicknamed “The Yahoos.” They disbanded at Hazel Green, Kentucky, on October 20, 1862. Most of the men joined the 10th Kentucky Mounted Rifles raised by Colonel Benjamin E. Caudill on November 1862. In March of 1865, the regiment was reorganized and named the 13th Kentucky Cavalry. They disbanded at Christianburg, Virginia, on April 12, 1865, but surrendered on April 30, 1865, at Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.
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Dedicated to the souls of the 13th Ky Confederate soldiers who fought & died during the Civil War: Pvt. John D. Adams • Cpl. Andrew Allen • Pvt. Emory Allen • Pvt. Franklin Allen • Sgt. Ira Allen • Sgt. Irvin Allen • Pvt. James Allen • Pvt. John A. Allen • Pvt. Humphrey Amburgey • Pvt. John Anderson • Pvt. Hillard J. Ashley • Pvt. Jesse Ashley • Pvt. Larkin S. Ashley • Sgt. Andrew J. Austin • Pvt. David J. Back • Pvt. William Barnes • Pvt. Lafayette Bentley • Pvt. John Blakenship • Pvt. Caleb Boiling • Cpl. John Bolling • Pvt. Leonard Branson • Sgt. Richard Branson • Pvt. Ezekiel Brashear • Pvt. John L Brashear • Pvt. Joseph E. Brashear • Pvt. Sampson Brashear • Pvt. Abner Caudill • Sgt. Ephraim Caudill • Sgt. Abraham Childers • Cpl. James L. Childers • Pvt, Daniel Cockerham • Lt. Isom W. Childers • Pvt. John B. Childers • Pvt. Marshall Collins • Capt. Henderson Combs • Pvt. Isaac Combs • Pvt. James Combs • Cpl. James M. Combs • Pvt. Jesse Combs • Sgt. Jesse Combs • Pvt. J. Peter Combs • Pvt. Kendrick Combs • Pvt. Joseph E. Cornett • Lt. James T. Crutchfield • Pvt. Thomas M. Dotson • Pvt. William N. Evans •
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Dedicated to the souls of the 13th Ky Confederate soldiers who fought & died during the Civil War: Pvt. Thomas Everidge • Pvt. John W. Francis • Pvt. Preston Francis • Pvt. Simeon Francis • Pvt. Wesley Francis • Cpl. Daniel Fugate • Pvt. William N. Fugate • Pvt. Zachariah Fugate • Pvt. Levitacus Fuller • Sgt. Joseph Gearhart • Pvt. Alexander Gearhart • Cpl. Elijah Gibson • Pvt. Clinton Godsey • Pvt. James Godsey • Lt. Edward Grisby • Sgt. Wesley Grisby • Pvt. Drewry Guinn • Pvt. William Halcomb • Cpl. Alfred Hall • Pvt. Fielding Hall • Sgt. Lee Hall • Pvt. Marshall Hall • Pvt. William Hart • Pvt. Wesley Harvey • Pvt. John Helms • Pvt. Paul Henson • Sgt. Hiram W. Hogg • Pvt. Morgan Howard • Pvt. James A. Huff • Pvt. Elisha Ison • Pvt. Robert Jackson • Pvt. Preston Johnson • Pvt. Joel Jones • Pvt. Andrew J. Madden • Pvt. George W. Madden • Sgt. William D. Madden • Pvt. Tandy Martin • Pvt. Thomas Martin • Pvt. Fugate McIntosh • Pvt. Verdamon McIntosh • Pvt. William T. McIntosh • Pvt. Riley Meade • Pvt. Harrison Mitchell • Pvt. John A. Mullins • Sgt. Daniel Napier •
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Dedicated to the souls of the 13th Ky. Confederate soldiers who fought & died during the Civil War: Capt. Alexander Noble • Pvt. Elias Noble • Pvt. George W. Noble • Pvt. Simpson Noble • Pvt. William Noble • Lt. William M. Noble • Pvt. Christopher Patton • Cpl. William H Patton • Pvt. Reuben Potter • Pvt. David Richardson • Pvt. Franklin Shular • Pvt. Ephriam Sizemore • Pvt. Hiram Sizemore • Pvt. Henry F. Slone • Pvt. John Slusher • Pvt. Sampson Smallwood • Pvt. Andrew B. Smith • Sgt. Elias Smith • Lt. Isaac Smith • Pvt. Samuel Smith • Cpl. William S. Smith • Pvt. Richard Sparkman • Pvt. Wesley Sumner • Pvt. John W. Teeters • Pvt. Thomas Terry • Pvt. William Terry • Pvt. Joseph Thomas • Pvt. John W. Tyree • Pvt. Madison Tyree • Pvt. Richard Wallace • Pvt. George W. Watts • Pvt. John C. Watts • Pvt. Benjamin Wright • Lt. Solomon Wright • Pvt. Elijah Yonts • Pvt. Nelson Mosley
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
General John H. Martindale’s division of the 18th Corps deployed on this ground prior to its participation in the Federal attack on the morning of June 3, 1864. At 4:30 a.m., the roughly 3,400 men of the division advanced toward strong Confederate earthworks, approximately 1,000 yards in front of you. Charging into concentrated rifle and artillery fire, Benjamin Hett of the 12th New Hampshire recalled, “The men went down in rows, just as they marched in the ranks….” Martindale’s division absorbed perhaps the most complete defeat of the day and suffered 1,043 casualties.
On the morning of June 1, General Lee was anxious to regain control of the Old Cold Harbor Crossroads and ordered two Confederate infantry divisions to attack the outnumbered Union cavalry troopers defending the intersection. 
Along the streams of this region are ruins of many charcoal iron furnaces and forges built between 1790-1850. Juniata iron was the best in America. Its reign ended with the rise of coal and coke iron making.
Built to protect the settlers against Indian raids. In July, 1778, Continental troops and Militia were ordered here as part of plan of defense against Indian attacks. Old Fort stood 200 yds. south, at Stone Creek and the Juniata.
Partly built by Charles Kellog in 1823. Sold to Horace Rounds in 1851, to his son Eugene Rounds in 1865, to W.E. Rounds & A Ryan, 1919
Among Detroit’s first skyscrapers, the nineteen-story Ford Building was built between 1907 and 1909. The Chicago architectural firm Daniel H. Burnham and Company designed it and two other Detroit buildings, the Majestic and the Dime. One of the first buildings in Detroit to utilize a steel frame, the edifice is sheathed in terra cotta and accented with Italian marble. The 250-foot-tall structure was the tallest building in Detroit for several years. Named after Toledo based glass manufacturer Edward Ford (1843-1920), it served Detroit’s Financial District and housed several of the city’s leading legal firms. During the 1926 Ossian Sweet trials, Clarence Darrow led the defense from offices on the seventeenth floor.
Plaque South Post East Side.
This pillar of the Memorial Arch of Ipswich is erected in honor of the valiant men of the Community of Ipswich who answered our country's call to arms in the World War 1917-1918 and as an everlasting monument to those who so nobly made the supreme sacrifice.
William C. Dickerson
Clarence W. Elstad
Clifford Evans
Einer Jorgenson
William Keppler
Adolph Forkel
Carl Neis
Benjamin J. Picton
Walter L. Stanard
Harry A. Stroup
Andrew Schaurer
Matt Kirzinger
Plaque North Post West Side.
This pillar of the Memorial Arch of Ipswich is erected as a lasting tribute to the Vision, Foresight and Tireless Energy of Joseph W. Parmley and his co-workers who in 1912 founded the greatest of our trans-continental highways, the Yellowstone Trail. The first portion of the Yellowstone Trail was built from Ipswich its home, east to Aberdeen. From that beginning this great highway grew to span our nation from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound.
Sign on North Post East Side and South Post West Side
Home of the
Yellowstone Trail
Organized 1912
Highway U.S. 12
Park Marker
Charles Collier
Memorial
Roadside Park
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior-Circa 1909
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior-Circa 1850
Governor of the State, 1915-19, outstanding educator, was born near here April 14, 1862. Superintendent county schools, 1884-90. Juniata College president, 1895-1906; 1924-30. Died Mar. 14, 1930. Buried in Valley View Cemetery
Entering the town of Lieutenant Daniel Webster Dotson, born Sept 25, 1920; died May 2, 1953. A veteran of the Korean War and World War II. Virginia’s second-highest decorated soldier and Wise County’s most decorated soldier in the Korean War.
Francis Gary Powers (1929-1977) was raised here
in Pound and graduated from Grundy High School.
Powers enlisted in the U. S. Air Force in 1950 after
graduating from Milligan College in Tennessee. In
1956, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
recruited him to fly espionage missions over the
Soviet Union. On 1 May 1960 the Soviets shot
down his U-2 spy plane. Parachuting to safety,
he was captured, tried, and sentenced to ten
years in prison for espionage. Powers was exchanged in 1962 for a Soviet spy. The CIA and
the military decorated him for his efforts. He
died l Aug. 1977 in a helicopter crash
and is
buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
The town of Wise was known as Big Glades
when a post office was established here in
1850,
Before being incorporated as Wise in 1926 it was also called Gladeville and Wise Court House. Since the creation in 1856 of
Wise County, named for Henry Alexander
Wise, governor of Virginia (1856-1860), the town has served as the county seat.
During
the Civil War, a skirmish was fought here
between Union and Confederate troops on 7 July 1863. After the Civil War the town grew
because of the expansion of the railroads
and the increased mining of coal in the
region. The current county courthouse was
completed in 1896.
has been designated a
On April 7, 1852, seventeen-year-old Eliza Ann McAuley, with her older brother Thomas and sister Margaret, left Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to travel overland to California. For a time they were accompanied by the "Eddyville Company," led by William Buck and Ezra Meeker. 
"... the greatest impediment on the whole route from the United States to Fort Hall." - Theodore Talbot, 1843 
"One continual stream of honest looking open harted people going west" - James Cayman, mountain man, captured this sentiment in his diary as he watched pioneers heading west in 1846. 
