Matamoras in Pike County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Civil War

1861 - 1865

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 28, 2023

1. The Civil War Marker

Inscription.

The Civil War. , The bloodiest war in all of American history. A war that pitted brother against brother and father against son., Total casualties - 624,515 Union - 364,511 . Confederate - 260,004, Merrimac [illustration], "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other." Abraham Lincoln, "Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead" Admiral David Farragut, [Maps showing Free and Slave States, and Battles], "We are without machinery, without means and threatened by a powerful opposition, but I do not despond, and will not shrink from the task imposed on me." Jefferson Davis, First Shot Fired · 12 April 1861 · Fort Sumter SC Last Shot Fired · 9 April 1865 · Appomattox VA, [U.S. Military R. R. locomotive illustration], Civil War Prison Train Wreck [marker illustration] [See HMDb marker 23631], "Monitor" [illustration], Intrepid [balloon illustration], Uncle Tom's Cabin by H.B. Stowe · John Brown, The Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863, "... all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free,.." Abraham Lincoln President of the United States of America, United States Colored Troops 1863 · Bureau of Colored Troops · 1867, "Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no power on earth that can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship." Frederick Douglas, Abraham Lincoln · Jefferson Davis Ulysses S. Grant · Robert E. Lee, The Gettysburg Address [not transcribed since readily available], The last act of war madness The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theater, Washington DC 14 April 1865.

The bloodiest war in all of American history.
A war that pitted brother against brother
and father against son.

Total casualties - 624,515
Union - 364,511 • Confederate - 260,004

Merrimac [illustration]

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe
this government cannot endure, permanently half
slave and half free. I do not expect the house to
fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided.
It will become all one thing or all the other."
Abraham Lincoln

"Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead"
Admiral David Farragut

[Maps showing Free and Slave States, and Battles]

"We are without machinery, without means and threatened
by a powerful opposition, but I do not despond, and will
not shrink from the task imposed on me."
Jefferson Davis

First Shot Fired · 12 April 1861 · Fort Sumter SC
Last Shot Fired · 9 April 1865 · Appomattox VA

[U.S. Military R. R. locomotive illustration]

Civil War Prison Train Wreck [marker illustration]
[See HMDb marker 23631]

"Monitor" [illustration]

Intrepid [balloon illustration]

Uncle Tom's Cabin by H.B. Stowe · John Brown

The Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863

"... all persons held

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as slaves within any state or
designated part of a state, the people whereof shall
then be in rebellion against the United States,
shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free,.."
Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States of America

United States Colored Troops
1863 · Bureau of Colored Troops · 1867

"Once let the black man get upon his person
the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on
his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets
in his pocket, there is no power on earth that can deny
that he has earned the right to citizenship."
Frederick Douglas

Abraham Lincoln · Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant · Robert E. Lee

The Gettysburg Address
[not transcribed since readily available]

The last act of war madness
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
in Ford's Theater, Washington DC
14 April 1865

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is April 12, 1861.

Location. 41° 21.739′ N, 74° 41.703′ W. Memorial is in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, in Pike County. It can be reached from Avenue S. Memorial is in Veterans Memorial Park, part of Airport Park, off Avenue S. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Matamoras PA 18336, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in 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.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 28, 2023

2. The Civil War Marker

At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Vietnam War (a few steps from this marker); The Forgotten War (a few steps from this marker); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Silver Rose (within shouting distance of this marker); The Great War - WWI (within shouting distance of this marker); The Cold War (within shouting distance of this marker); Gassmann Pavilion (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Matamoras.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 28, 2023

3. The Civil War Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 28, 2023

4. The Civil War Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 28, 2023

5. The Civil War Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 28, 2023

6. The Civil War Marker

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7. The Civil War Marker

The Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 28, 2023

8. The Civil War Memorial

Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 28, 2023

9. Veterans Memorial Park

Veterans Memorial Park Entrance Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 28, 2023

10. Veterans Memorial Park Entrance Sign

Delaware Valley Elementary School in background

Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 31, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 170 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on January 31, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.