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This memorial commemorates one of the first Black regiments to serve in the Civil War.

Herbert Hill, veteran of the 8th Vermont Infantry Regiment, was just 18 years-old during the Battle of Cedar Creek. Twenty years after the war ended, Hill erected a monument where the 8th Vermont made its sacrificial stand to slow the Confederate attack.

Corinth Crossroads

The old Workers' Village used during the construction of Fort Pulaski was turned into a safe haven for freedom seekers.

Ellwood was a slave plantation dating to the 1790s. During the Battle of Chancellorsville, this building was a Confederate field hospital. During the Battle of the Wilderness it was the headquarters for US Generals Warren and Burnside. Though most famous because Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson's amputated left arm is buried in the family cemetery, the house has many more stories to tell. The house is open seasonally.

First constructed in the 1700s, Ellwood is best known for its association with the Battles of Chancellorsville and the Wilderness during the Civil War. However, this place has a much wider and more expansive history. Learn about the people who first inhabited this land and the ways that colonial settlement altered the physical landscape.

Established in 1807, the Ellwood cemetery contains the remains of fifteen members of the Jones family who owned Ellwood in the 1800s. Today, the cemetery contains one marker, for the amputated arm of Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson. How did this small family cemetery become intertwined with the history of Jackson and the Lost Cause?

The Dolton Ferry was once located near the present-day Indiana Avenue bridge. From the 1830s until the Civil War, those escaping enslavement fled into the Calumet region. From here, they moved on to Chicago, Detroit and Canada. This meant that freedom seekers were frequently using the ferry/bridge crossing. The Ton family, along with other early settlers, were a part of the Underground Railroad.

The corner that ushered in a new age of warfare.

Fort Pulaski is an amazing feat of engineering and architecture from the early nineteenth century. On top of that, the fort is inextricably tied to the American Civil War.