Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Cemetery Ridge


Related Topics

In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  Cemetery Ridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cemetery Ridge is a geographic feature in Gettysburg National Military Park south of the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, that figured prominently in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1–3, 1863.
It formed a primary defensive position for the Union Army during the battle, roughly the center of what is popularly known as the "fish-hook" line.
At the northern end of Cemetery Ridge is a copse of trees and a low stone wall that makes two 90-degree turns; the latter has been nicknamed The Angle and The High Water Mark.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cemetery_Ridge   (231 words)

  
 Oak Ridge Cemetery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oak Ridge Cemetery is a cemetery located in Springfield, Illinois in the United States.
The tomb that serves as the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of his children is located at Oak Ridge.
A number of other prominent politicians and persons from Illinois are also buried at the cemetery.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oak_Ridge_Cemetery   (128 words)

  
 Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
Oak Ridge Cemetery is one of the most famous historic locations in the city of Springfield, Illinois.
Oak Ridge Cemetery is beautifully situated in the north section of Springfield, Illinois.
The second tallest monument in the cemetery, the tallest being Lincoln's tomb, is that of Bishop and Mrs.
www.geocities.com /llcschool/OakRidge.htm   (2498 words)

  
 Messines Ridge British Cemetery
Messines Ridge British Cemetery is located 9.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre on the Nieuwkerkestraat, a road leading from the Rijselseweg, N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen and on to Armentieres.
Messines Ridge British Cemetery, which stands on ground that belonged to the Institution Royale, was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefield around Messines and from a number of small burial grounds in the area.
The memorials are all in cemeteries chosen as appropriate to the fighting in which the men died.
www.webmatters.net /cwgc/messines_ridge.htm   (496 words)

  
 Gettysburg National Military Park Virtual Tour Stop#15- Cemetery Ridge
Hancock Avenue marks the line of Cemetery Ridge in the center of this view, taken in the 1980's.
Unlike Seminary Ridge, the gradual rise of Cemetery Ridge and better soil base allowed it to be farmed as pasture and planted in crops.
Yet he was unable to fill the section of Cemetery Ridge vacated that morning by General Sickles.
www.nps.gov /gett/getttour/tstops/tstd2-15.htm   (1405 words)

  
 Coriano Ridge War Cem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery is 3.5 kilometres west of Riccione, a seaside resort on the Adriatic coast, and is reached by turning west off the main Rimini/Riccione road, the SS 16, about 1 kilometre north-west of Riccione.
Coriano Ridge was the last important ridge in the way of the Allied advance in the Adriatic sector in the autumn of 1944.
The site for the cemetery was selected by the Army in April 1945 and it was formed by concentrations from the surrounding battlefields.
battlefieldsww2.50megs.com /coriano_ridge_war_cem.htm   (233 words)

  
 Union Ridge Cemetery, INC.
The cemetery was incorporated in 1963, by Incorporator 1, A.E.Gebhardt and Incorporator 2, Harry Gebhardt.
The new land addition to the cemetery, the "Gebhardt section", was donated by Salton and Mary Gebhardt.
The Cemetery caretaker shall have the authority to remove flowers,floral designs,etc. as soon as in judgement of the caretaker, they become unsightly or do not conform to the standards maintained.
www.orgsites.com /wv/unionridgecemetery   (631 words)

  
 Gettysburg National Military Park Virtual Tour Stop #06- Seminary Ridge
Seminary Ridge was the primary Confederate position west of Gettysburg for the final two days of the battle.
Cemetery Ridge from Seminary Ridge at the McMillan Farm.
Seminary Ridge today is marked by West Confederate Avenue, a park road designed and constructed at the turn of the century.
www.nps.gov /gett/getttour/tstops/tstd2-06.htm   (1115 words)

  
 Town of Cheektowaga Cemeteries including the villages of Depew and Sloan
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery was founded for the burial of Catholics with Italian background at a time when ethnic cemeteries were the norm.
Founded in 1913 with a purchase of 20 acres of land on Harlem Road, Cheektowaga, with an entrance between Genesee and the Kensington Expressway, the cemetery was consecrated by Bishop Henry Colton in 1913.
Mount Calvary; from 1885 for Buffalo Cemetery and 1898 for Ridge Lawn Cemetery.
members.tripod.com /~wnyroots/index-cheektowaga.html   (1988 words)

  
 StrategyPage.com - How Many Guns Bombarded Cemetery Ridge?
The number of Confederate cannon taking part in the bombardment of Cemetery Ridge on 3 July is given variously as anything from 138 to 179 in accounts which are all more or less equally reliable.
On the other side of the battlefield, were apparently 106 guns deployed along Cemetery Ridge.
There was room along the ridge for many more guns, but 136 or so were being held in reserve, for use once Confederate intentions became clearer.
www.strategypage.com /articles/gettysburg/guns.asp   (255 words)

  
 Oak Ridge Cemetery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The cemetery is fenced in, however undergrowth hides most of the fences.
The park just north of the cemetery is Fife's Grove at the present time.
The cemetery is not closed; people simply began using the Rose Hill Cemetery in the nearby town of Mount Ayr.
www.ringgoldcountyiowa.com /oakridge.html   (372 words)

  
 Smith Ridge Cemetery
I am not sure about the name of this cemetery, but I think it is a SMITH family Cemetery.
To get to this cemetery, take route 67 from Richlands toward Jewell Ridge Va. Go about 9 miles, on the left there will be route 616, this is Smith Ridge.
Go about 4 miles around Smith Ridge, the cemetery will be located on the left side of the road.
members.tripod.com /~TimothyV/index-180.html   (136 words)

  
 Dickenson County Cemeteries
This project was donated to the Sandy Basin DAR by "Dickenson County Gal," with earlier data being gathered by her.
Anyone wishing to document a Dickenson County cemetery to be listed here, please email the data, along with road numbers, directions or GPS coordinates to: dar@peggykeen.com.
If the name of a particular cemetery is unclear, we will call the cemetery by the surname of the most graves in it.
www.sandybasindar.org /users/dickensoncemeteries   (171 words)

  
 Long Ridge Cemetery
The Long Ridge Cemetery is located on Long Ridge Road in the far southern part of Danbury.
This cemetery was most likely affiliated with the Long Ridge Methodist Church, which still exists about 1/4 mile south of the cemetery.
All fragments may not be present in the cemetery.
home.att.net /~gravestones/LongR.html   (431 words)

  
 Description of Cemetery Ridge Hiking Trail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
To reach the Cemetery Ridge Trail, follow the eastern segment of the Creekside Meadows Trail to the Cemetery Ridge intersection.
The Cemetery Ridge Trail then crosses Clear Creek Road and heads up the ridge in a series of switchbacks.
The Cemetery Ridge Trail ends when it meets the Fern Trail, still on top of the ridge.
www.hockinghills.com /clearcreek/cemetery.htm   (162 words)

  
 15 minutes of fury on Cemetery Ridge - Civil War - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
About an hour later, the second stage of the assault was launched against the center of the Union position on Cemetery Ridge.
As evening approached on July 2, Confederate forces continued their efforts to penetrate the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, coming close further north near the Codori Farm and at East Cemetery Hill.
If you travel north on the Park Service road on Cemetery Ridge, the monument is on the left side of the road just before the huge Pennsylvania monument.
www.washtimes.com /civilwar/20050701-092508-9105r.htm   (812 words)

  
 Oak Ridge Cemetery, Town of Eagle, Waukesha County Genealogy (GenWeb)
It is administered by the Oak Ridge Cemetery Association which was established in 1884.
It is believed that a group of women of the village went door-to-door to collect enough money to buy a piece of land to be used for a cemetery.
On motion Resolved that the corporate name be and is hereby the Oak Ridge Cemetery Association of Eagle Wisconsin.
linkstothepast.com /waukesha/34.html   (345 words)

  
 Ryker's Ridge Cemetery - Madison Twp
Ryker’s Ridge Baptist Church was founded in 1840 and it was preceded in 1818 by a non-denominational church.
The 1831 minutes of the Presbyterian General Assembly lists the membership of Ryker’s Ridge Presbyterian organization (whether a full church or mission is not known) at 20 and gives it a Stated Supply, which means it didn’t have its own minister.
This cemetery does not include the new section of the Ryker’s Ridge burial ground, a half mile north.
myindianahome.net /gen/jeff/records/cemetery/madryker.html   (3053 words)

  
 Rehobeth-Ridge Road Cemetery (Warlock's Grave)
Rehobeth-Ridge Road Cemetery, which is better known as the Warlock's Grave, is located on the north side of Ridge Road, near the intersection with University Drive, in New Philadelphia, Ohio (Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County).
Supposedly a warlock is buried within the large stone pillars towards the back of the cemetery.
When they return to the cemetery several days later, the candles are still burning.
www.graveaddiction.com /rehobeth.html   (307 words)

  
 Tatum Ridge Cemetery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Tatum Ridge Cemetery is located on Kennedy Lane, Fruitville, at Tatum Ridge Baptist Church.
The understanding is that any lineal descendant of the Tatum's and their spouses could be buried there as long as space remained.
The information was taken from Cemeteries of Sarasota County Flaoida which was compiled by The Genealogical Society of Sarasota, Inc 1992.
home.comcast.net /~WestGenealogy/Cemetery/TatumCemetery.html   (57 words)

  
 Lee at Gettysburg: The Battle for Cemetery Ridge
Lee at Gettysburg : The Battle for Cemetery Ridge (by Mark H. Walker, Artwork by Nicolas Eskubi) simulates the first day of the battle of Gettysburg.
The player controls the Confederate and Union formations that fought in the battle (by moving cardboard counters across the map and combating enemy formations).
The map includes McPherson’s Ridge, Gettysburg, Cemetery Hill, and the northern section of Cemetery Ridge.
www.boardgamegeek.com /viewitem.php3?gameid=19336   (177 words)

  
 Springfield: Oak Ridge
Cemetery is the second most visited cemetery in the United States, surpassed only by Arlington National Cemetery.
Yet Oak Ridge contains several other historical figures, including five governors of Illinois.
Oak Ridge Cemetery was added to graveyards.com as the first "Graveyards of Illinois" site on April 14th, 2004, the 139th anniversary of the assassination of President Lincoln.
www.graveyards.com /IL/Sangamon/oakridge   (93 words)

  
 Angel Ridge Road Cemetery, Nex Perce County, Idaho
(There is a larger cemetery on this road, I didn't canvass it.) Go 4.1 miles to end of pavement.
This ends the canvass of Angel Ridge Road Cemtery.
These graphics were done by an artist and are the property of the artist.
www.genealogy4all.org /ARRCem.html   (378 words)

  
 Burnt Ridge Cemetery, Latah County, Idaho.
Burnt Ridge Cemetery lies in the SW corner of SE 1/4 of Sec.
To reach this cemetery head east out of Troy on Hwy 8 for about one mile.Turn right/south onto Little Bear Ridge Rd, continue for about one-half mile, turn right onto Burnt Ridge Road for about one mile.
The cemetery lies on the left side of the road up on the hill.
www.mrail.net /data/cemete/idaho/latah/burntridge/burnt_ridge.htm   (1081 words)

  
 Sandridge Cemetery, Linn Co., Oregon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
This is an index of the Sandridge Cemetery of Lebanon, Oregon.
She will do a look-up on a name for you if you know the first name of the person who you are looking for.
His partial listing of Sand Ridge Cemetery can be found at http://www.peak.org/~mransom/sandridge.html.
linnhistory.peak.org /cems/sandridge.html   (298 words)

  
 Fix Ridge Cemetery, Latah County, Idaho.
According to the book "Early & Present History of Fix Ridge, 1877-1964," Fix Ridge cemetery came into being after the murder of Charley Headrick.
Theodore Schetzle donated an acre of land for a cemetery following the death of his wife and this murder, which were about the same time.
Fix Ridge Cemetery is west of Juliaetta Idaho,from the Genesee-Juliaetta Rd turn south onto the Dennler Loop Rd, drive about 1/2 mile and you will come to the cemetery.
www.mrail.net /data/cemete/idaho/latah/fixridge/fixridge.htm   (617 words)

  
 Abraham Lincoln's Tomb
Oak Ridge Cemetery was dedicated on May 24, 1860, five years before Lincoln's death, just outside the town where Lincoln lived most of his adult life.
Lincoln's body first arrived in the cemetery's public receiving vault on the hill below the present tomb.
However, his wife, Mary Harlan Lincoln, chose a gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery instead, where Robert was buried in 1928 and Jack was moved in 1930.
showcase.netins.net /web/creative/lincoln/sites/tomb.htm   (692 words)

  
 Cemetery Vol1
On the right is one of Wayne County's oldest cemeteries, the Vinson Cemetery located on Tolsia Highway south of Nursery Gap.
This cemetery had it's beginning as a family cemetery for the Ferguson family.
To the right is the Wayne Cemetery, located across the highway from the Wayne Graded School in the Town of Wayne, West Virginia.
members.citynet.net /wcghs/wayncem1.htm   (339 words)

  
 New Belleville Ridge-Dowling Cemetery
New Belleville Ridge-Dowling Cemetery is located on the east side of Carter Road, close to the intersection with Dowling Road, outside Dunbridge, Ohio (Perrysburg Township, Wood County).
The coordinates are 41° 28' 45.31" N, 83° 35' 27.77" W. New Belleville Ridge-Dowling Cemetery was established in 1888, and it is still active.
The oldest gravestones are located towards the front, and just about all are in great condition.
www.graveaddiction.com /nbelleri.html   (108 words)

  
 Cemetery Ridge - Gettysburg poster and print from Zazzle.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Cemetery Ridge - Gettysburg poster and print from Zazzle.com
This image is taken from a guidebook to the Civil War battlefield entitled Historic Views of Gettysburg.
Be the first to comment on Cemetery Ridge - Gettysburg.
www.zazzle.com /product/228402193975887031   (113 words)

  
 Eagle Buttons Gettysburg Little Round Top and Cemetery Ridge
One came from Little Round Top and the other from Cemetery Ridge.
I just try to achieve a more or less basic knowledge in various areas and hope in 30 years or so to have 1/3rd of the knowledge that some people here have.
One was smashed, but the other 2 had 90% of the gold still on them that showed through after dabbing with a wet sponge.
www.treasurenet.com /f/index.php?topic=14362.msg96557   (2190 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.