Built in 1853 in Rockland, Maine this building served as the house of General David Tillson (1830-1895), a prominent Civil War figure and local businessman. Tillson served in the Civil War as captain of the 2nd Battery, 1st Maine Mounter Artillery;…
This stone marker commemorates the place of death of Private Thornsbury Bailey Brown. On May 22, 1861, upon his return to Grafton from a rally in Pruntytown, West Virginia, Private Brown was killed at the Fetterman Bridge by members of a Confederate…
Atop a pile of rocks about a half mile north of the town of New Market Virginia sits a stone tablet on which a poem is inscribed. It reads: "This rustic pile, the simple tale will tell: It marks the spot, where Woodson's Heroes Fell'. This simple…