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Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

128th New York Monument

Type: Place

Veterans of New York's 128th Infantry Regiment dedicated a monument in memory of their comrades who died at the Battle of Cedar Creek. The monument marks the left end of the U.S. 19th Corps' position during the battle.

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park

The Legacy of the Port Royal Experiment

Type: Article

The Port Royal Experiment was not intended to be a re-envisioning of America, but it evolved as a model for how to transition away from slavery during Reconstruction. Historian Willie Lee Rose termed it a “Rehearsal for Reconstruction.”

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

William Moultrie

Type: Person

William Moultrie's 2nd South Carolina Regiment successfully defended Charleston Harbor from the Royal Navy in the Battle of Sullivan's Island on June 28, 1776. This Patriot victory marked the beginning of a meteoric rise for Moultrie as he achieved the rank of general and later served South Carolina as governor.

Banastre Tarleton

Type: Person

Banastre Tarleton, a British army officer, famously commanded the British Legion, a provincial regiment composed of loyalist infantry and dragoons, in the southern theater under Lord Cornwallis during the Revolution. Feared for his ruthlessness by the patriots, his early successes in the field earned him notoriety. Defeated at the Battle of Cowpens by Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan, Tarleton's favor with Cornwallis declined. Tarleton was present at the surrender at Yorktown.

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.

Manassas National Battlefield Park

Information Panel: Retreat From Chinn Ridge

Type: Place

Colonel Oliver O. Howard's brigade brought up the rear of the Federal flanking column. After crossing Bull Run, the New Englanders hastened toward the sounds of battle. In the mid-afternoon heat, dozens of men straggled on the march or collapsed by the roadside. By the time they reached the front, Union hopes for victory were fading.

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

Type: Place

The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site preserves and interprets Cedar Hill, where Frederick Douglass lived from 1877 until his death in 1895.

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.

Charles Lee

Type: Person

Charles Lee, former British Army officer, became the second highest ranking general of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. On June 28, 1776 he oversaw the victory at the Battle of Sullivan's Island in Charleston, SC. Two years later, his retreat on the field at the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse would result in his court martial and the end of his military career. Learn more about this controversial figure here.

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."

Fort Stanwix National Monument

William Gifford

Type: Person

Gifford was a young man when he joined the Continental Army. He witnessed and participated in the events surrounding the Siege of 1777. He later fought in the War of 1812.

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

George Simpson Antietam National Cemetery

Type: Place

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

20th New York Volunteer Infantry Monument

Type: Place

The 20th New York Infantry was organized in New York City. The regiment suffered 145 casualties, some of whom are buried in the National Cemetery. Their veterans’ association erected this monument in 1911.

Antietam National Battlefield