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Battle of Rice's Station

On April 6, 1865, Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's command reached Rice's Station, only to discover that it was blocked by Union troops led by Maj. Gen. John Gibbon.


Ashokan Reservoir

Most, however, such as Brown's Station, are remembered in historical markers along routes 28 and 28A.

August Willich

The Thirty-second gained nationwide recognition for its stand against Confederate forces at Rowlett's Station, Ky.

Battle of Campbell's Station

Following parallel routes, Longstreet and Burnside raced for Campbell's Station, a hamlet where the Concord Road, from the south, intersected the Kingston Road (now called Kingston Pike) to Knoxville.

Battle of Rowlett's Station

In 1867, the state of Kentucky transferred the remains, as well as the limestone tablet bearing an inscription in the soldiers' honor in German, the 32nd Indiana Monument, to Cave Hill National Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky.

Bledsoe's Station

During this period, the Winchester family also managed to change the name of Bledsoe's Lick to "Castalian Springs", the name being derived from the spring of mythological importance near Delphi in Greece.

Capture and rescue of Jemima Boone

By the late spring of 1776, fewer than 200 Americans remained in Kentucky, primarily at the fortified settlements of Boonesborough, Harrodsburg, and Logan's Station in the southeastern part of the state.

Chickahominy River

At Savage's Station, east of Fair Oaks, they had a large hospital and many military stores.

Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Several other engagements were fought in Dinwiddie County, including the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House, Battle of Sutherland's Station, and Battle of White Oak Road.

First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Over the next four days the First Corps retreated toward Virginia, passing through Bean's Station and heading for Rogersville in Hawkins County, Tennessee, where Longstreet halted on December 9.

Fort Nashborough

Together these frontiersmen built other fortified "stations" in the vicinity which were named for members of the party: Eaton's Station (on the east side of the Cumberland); Clover Bottom Mansion (the Donelson family plantation on the Stones River); Freeland's Station; Mansker's Station; Thompson's Station; and Buchanan's Station —still remembered as neighborhood or town names in the modern Nashville area.

Griswell

Griswell's Station, also known as Griswell's, a stagecoach station in Arizona

Siege of Dunlap's Station

The Northwest Territory had been established in 1787, within which Judge Symmes had organized the Miami Company and then advertised the availability of this land.


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