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Jackson's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Jackson's Brigade Cheatham's Division - Polk's Corps Brigader General John K. Jackson September 19, 1863, 1 P.M, 2d Position. 1st Georgia (Confederate) 2nd Battalion, - Major James C. Gordon. 5th Georgia - Colonel Charles P. . . .

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

Scogin's Georgia Battery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
C.S.A. Georgia. Scogin's Battery. Captain John Scogin. Jackson's Brigade. Cheatham's Division. 1:30 P.M., September 19, 1863.

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Scogin's Georgia Battery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Scogin's Georgia Battery 2 6 Pounders, 2 12 Pounder Howitzers. Jackson's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, Polk's Corps. September 19, 1863. Captain John Scogin, Commanding. 1st Lieutenant William E. Lyons. 2d Lieutenant George . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

1st and 27th Tennessee Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Tennessee. 1st & 27th Regiments Infantry. Maney's Brigade. Cheatham's Division. 2:30 P.M. September 19, 1863.

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

5th Georgia Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
C.S.A. Georgia. 5th Infantry. Colonel Charles P. Daniel. Jackson's Brigade. Cheatham's Division. 1:30 P.M., September 19, 1863.

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

4th Confederate Tennessee Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Tennessee 4th Confederate Regiment Infantry Maney's Brigade Cheatham's Division 2:30 P.M. September 19, 1863.

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hall-Whiting Memorial

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Hancock, New York.
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(Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, 2nd Iraq) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Fort

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West Point, Kentucky.
Union Army General William T. Sherman built a fort on top of the hill overlooking West Point in 1861 to protect the supply base here. The trenches remain intact to this date. It was named for Fort Duffield, in honor of the . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sherman's Headquarters

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West Point, Kentucky.
Troops under the command of General William Sherman had their headquarters in this house in 1861. Built in 1845, it was known as the Judge Fisher home.

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

Ditto-Lansdale House / Civil War Hospital

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West Point, Kentucky.
Ditto-Lansdale House This house was built by Abraham Ditto and his brother-in-law, Samuel Lansdale, in 1823. During the War Between the States, it served as a military hospital and in World War I, it was an army canteen. . . .

(War, US Civil • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Clinton

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near Cuero, Texas.
Created in 1846, DeWitt County was named for Empresario Green DeWitt. The county seat, originally at Cameron, was moved in 1848 to the pioneer town of Clinton, named for DeWitt's son. County government returned briefly to . . .

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

1st Confederate, 2nd Battalion Georgia Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
C.S.A. Georgia 1st Confederate 2d Battalion Infantry. Major James Clarke Gordon. Jackson's Brigade. Cheatham's Division. 1:30 P.M. September 19, 1863.

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

Old Ellis County Jail

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Waxahachie, Texas.
Due to overcrowding in the existing jail facility, this structure was completed in 1888. The Ellis County Commissioners Court awarded the contract to Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, Missouri. A . . .

(Law Enforcement) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Loss of the Pewabic

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Alpena, Michigan.
The Civil War created an insatiable demand for copper. At a time when Michigan's Upper Peninsula produced the majority of America's supply, vessels like the Pewabic played a critical role in the war effort. On a typical trip . . .

(Disasters • Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

24th Tennessee Battalion Marker

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Tennessee 24th Battalion Infantry Manet's Brigade Cheatham's Division 2:30 P.M. September 19, 1863.

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

Pen d'Oreille City

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near Athol, Idaho.
A gold rush to Montana brought steamboat service to lake Pen d'Oreille in 1866, with its dock at Pen d'Oreille City 5 miles east of here on Buttonhook Bay. Traffic to British Columbia's Wild Horse mines also used this route. . . .

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

Farragut State Park

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near Bayview, Idaho.
In 1942, a large United States Naval training station, with facilities for 40,000 sailors, opened here. Then, from 1946 to 1949, it became Farragut College. When postwar college enrollments slacked off, Farragut State Park . . .

(Education • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Farragut Naval Training Station

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near Bayview, Idaho.
"Placed in honor of 293,381 recruits and others who received seamanship training and served in the United States Navy protecting our freedom. As we play and refresh ourselves at FARRAGUT STATE PARK may we remember these . . .

(Education • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Maney's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Maney's Brigade Cheatham's Division, - Polk's Corps. Brigade General George Maney. September 19, 1863, 3 p.m. 1st Tennessee, - Colonel Hume R. Field. 27th Tennessee, - Colonel Hume R. Field. 4th Tennessee, Provisional Army, . . .

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

The Trafalgar Way

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, United Kingdom.
The Trafalgar Way Bodmin – 3rd Post-Horse Change On Monday, 21" October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed the . . .

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