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Homestead National Historical Park

Cupid Steward

• Type: Person

In 1879, Steward submitted homesteadapplication number 9952at the Huntsville, Alabamalandoffice, requesting a patent for160and19/100 acres of land atthesouthwest quadrantof Section 14, Township3S, Range 6E in JacksonCounty, Alabama.

Pecos National Historical Park

Glorieta Battlefield-North Loop

• Type: Place

Blue Ridge Parkway

Orlean Puckett

• Type: Person

Legendary midwife, Orlean Puckett, delivered over 1,000 babies in the Appalachian Mountains of southern Virginia.

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

Historic Turnpike Crossing

• Type: Place

The Valley Turnpike was the main transportation route through the Shenandoah Valley in the early 1800s. During the Civil War both US and Confederate armies used it. The armies contested the crossing at Cedar Creek during the campaigns of 1862 and 1864, with the bridge burned and rebuilt several times.

Boston National Historical Park

Paul Revere's Ride to Revolution

• Type: Article

April 18, 2025, marks the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's Ride. Participate in commemorative events across Boston.

George Crook

• Type: Person

Best known today for his military campaigns against the Indians before and after the Civil War, George Crook rose from the command of the 36th Ohio Infantry to the command of a cavalry division which fought in Tennessee and southwestern Virginia. During the war he became friends with future president Rutherford B. Hayes.

Autumn trailbuilding along the Cross Plains Segment of Ice Age National Scenic Trail

• Type: Article

Between October 18 and October 22, 2023, 268 volunteers donated 4,776 service hours to build trail along the Ice Age National Scenic Trail.

Manassas National Battlefield Park

Information Panel: The Tide Crests

• Type: Place

Robert Milroy's Union brigade occupied the washed-out bed of Sudley Road before you. Behind them, artillery occupied the crest of Henry Hill, in position to fire safely over the infantry.

Manassas National Battlefield Park

Information Panel: Aftermath

• Type: Place

Following the Union retreat, Lee remained determined to crush Pope. Again, he divided his army and sent Stonewall Jackson's troops on an encircling march to cut off the enemy's escape route to Washington.

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Theodore Roosevelt Association Public Speaking Contest highlights best, brightest NYC high school students

• Type: Article

On Thursday, April 18, 2019, nine New York City high school students (one 9th grader; four 11th graders; and four 12th graders) gathered at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City to show-off their oratory and presentation skills during the finals of the 2019 Theodore Roosevelt Association Public Speaking Contest.

Manassas National Battlefield Park

Auto Tour Stop #5: Sudley

• Type: Place

Throughout August 29, 1862, Federal troops repeatedly attacked Jackson's left flank - Gen. Maxcy Gregg's South Carolina Brigade - on a knoll just west of here.

Manassas National Battlefield Park

The Fight at the Fenceline

• Type: Place

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

Lucy Buck

• Type: Person

Lucy Buck (left) and her sister, Nellie (right), witnessed the Battle of Front Royal. Lucy’s wartime diary was later published as Sad Earth, Sweet Heaven.

John Pegram

• Type: Person

John Pegram was a career United States army officer and West Point graduate who resigned his commission in 1861 to accept a position in the Confederate army. In the summer of 1861, at Rich Mountain, Virginia, he became the first former US Army officer to be captured by Federal forces when he surrendered his entire regiment. Pegram returned to the Confederate army and served until his death in February 1865.

Susan Small

• Type: Person

Susan Small was a seventeen-year-old wife and mother when she escaped to freedom with her infant son Philip aboard the Confederate steamer the "Planter."

Julia Ward Howe

• Type: Person

Reformer and writer Julia Ward Howe is most famous for writing the words to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" during the American Civil War and the "Mother's Day Proclamation" (1870). She advocated for the abolition of slavery, women's suffrage, and peace.

Antietam National Battlefield

New York State Monument

• Type: Place

One of the tallest monuments on the field at about 58 feet tall, it was dedicated September 17, 1920, on the 58th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam. The bronze tablets list the generals from New York who were in command and the New York regiments and batteries at Antietam and depict the New York State coat of arms. Almost one-fourth of the Union army at Antietam was from New York. Over 250 Civil War veterans attended the dedication.

Antietam National Battlefield

Monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee

• Type: Place

The monument to General Lee and his role in the Battle of Antietam. At Antietam he hoped for a decisive victory, but Lee had to settle for a military draw.

Antietam National Battlefield

5th, 7th, and 66th Ohio Infantry Monument

• Type: Place

A monument to three regiments who fought at the Battle of Antietam. Their combined loss was 17 men killed, 4 officers and 87 men wounded, 2 men missing, total 110.

Antietam National Battlefield

4th Pennsylvania Reserve Monument (33rd) Volunteer Infantry Monument

• Type: Place

The Regt. arrived on the field on the afternoon of September 16, 1862. Formed at this point on the morning of the 17th, advanced about 600 yards South and became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division