Dravosburg in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Civil War Memorial

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

1. Civil War Memorial Dedication

Inscription.

Erected in honor of
the Heroes who fought
for the Union
1861 - 1865

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

Location. 40° 20.895′ N, 79° 53.644′ W. Memorial is in Dravosburg, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It can be reached from Richland Avenue. Monument and Civil War soldiers plot are in Richland Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 399 Richland Avenue, Dravosburg PA 15034, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Ohio River Valley,

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 Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2

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miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: David Burton Foster (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Burt Foster (about 300 feet away); Dravosburg Honor Roll (approx. 0.4 miles away); General Motors Employees Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Tenth Ward Honor Roll (approx. 0.7 miles away); McKeesport's Tenth Ward Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Port Vue Borough Honor Roll (approx. 1.2 miles away); Let It Be Known (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dravosburg.

Civil War Memorial Crossed Muskets image. Click for full size.

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

2. Civil War Memorial Crossed Muskets

Represents Infantry

Civil War Memorial Crossed Sabers image. Click for full size.

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

3. Civil War Memorial Crossed Sabers

Represents Cavalry

Civil War Memorial Crossed Cannon image. Click for full size.

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

4. Civil War Memorial Crossed Cannon

Represents Artillery

Civil War Memorial and Soldiers Plot image. Click for full size.

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

5. Civil War Memorial and Soldiers Plot

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

6. Civil War Memorial and Soldiers Plot

Civil War Memorial Statue image. Click for full size.

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

7. Civil War Memorial Statue

Credits. This page was last revised on March 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 226 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on May 31, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.