Forkston in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Unreturned Civil War Soldiers

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 26, 2019

1. Unreturned Civil War Soldiers Monument

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

War of 1861 • 1865.
Names of the
Unreturned Soldiers
of Forkston Twp.
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Porter Somers, Syrel A. Adams, Bennett Kasson,
Chas. Harris, Geo. and Marvin Robinson,
C.W. and John Hitchcock, Lewis Dawson,
Warren Harding, Wm. and Alfred Palmer,
John Wallace, Geo. Rosengrant, Wm. Mooney
Allen Lott, Fred Bronson, Chas. Hunsinger.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil.

Location. 41° 31.595′ N, 76° 7.443′ W. Memorial is in Forkston, Pennsylvania, in Wyoming County. It can be reached from Robinson Street. Monument is near the NW corner of Forkston Cemetery, off Burgess Road (Township Road 302) south of Main Street. Can also be searched as "Bowman Hollow" on online maps. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Mehoopany PA 18629, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Wyoming Valley

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

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Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sullivan's March (approx. 6.1 miles away); Sullivan Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians, 1779 (approx. 6.1 miles away); George H. Sterling (approx. 6.2 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 6.3 miles away); World Wars Memorial (approx. 7.2 miles away); Colley Union Church (approx. 8.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 8.4 miles away); Walter B. Tewksbury (approx. 8.8 miles away).

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 26, 2019

2. Unreturned Civil War Soldiers Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on September 10, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 338 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 10, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.