MAJOR EDWIN HOWARD ARMSTRONG 1890-1954 "The Man Who Made Radio Sing" YONKERS RESIDENT AND INVENTOR OF THE REGENERATIVE CIRCUIT, GREATLY STRENGTHENING RADIO SIGNALS AND MAKING THEM AUDIBLE TO THE...
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Major General Kirby Smith chose five artillery batterie to be stationed at the forts. They were known as the Siege Train Battalion and consisted of the 26th, 27th and 31st regiments, and the...
There are no detailed descriptions or illustrations of Fort Randoiph being built. However, it is known from historic al reports that earthwork forts were roughly circular in shape and had outer...
This well dates from the first third of the 18th century. It was located on property which belonged to the Phillipse family of Phillipse Manor. The well originally extended down to the water...
In March 1865, bad news reached the forts from other parts of the Confederacy. The worse news arrived on April 15; General Robert E Lee was forced to surrender to Brigadier General Ulysses S....
Louisiana had suffered repeated invasions by the Union Army in 1863 and 1864. There were fears that a spring 1865 attack was going to be made. General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the...
Built in 1923, by the well-known architect Donn Barber, this building was revolutionary in many ways. Instead of placing the trading floor at street level, Barber placed it at the top. He canopied...