Chattanooga National Cemetery
United States Colored Troops (USCT) constructed the Chattanooga National Cemetery and buried their Black and white comrades here — the final resting...
Newtown Cemetery
African Americans established the community of Newtown in this area after the Civil War. In 1869 five trustees purchased land here for a cemetery open...
Lebanon Historical Society and Museum
Celebrated as the "Heartbeat of the Revolution", the city of Lebanoon was critical to the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The Lebanon...
Alexandria Academy
On 17 Dec. 1785, George Washington endowed a school here in the recently established Alexandria Academy "for the purpose of educating orphan children...
Union Army Enters Richmond
Here Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, commander of the Army of the James, entered and took possession of Richmond at 8:15 A.M. on 3 April 1865 after...
Battle of Ironsworks
This site marks an important battlefield where a crucial skirmish was able to divert British troops from providing immediate support at Washington's...