Catawissa in Columbia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Civil War Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 9, 2023

1. Civil War Memorial Detail

Inscription.
In Memory of
Our Dead Comrades
from 1861 to 1865.

Erected by Post 170,
Catawissa Pa.
Comrades

Antietam · Vicksburg · Gettysburg · Chickamauga · Appomattox
Shiloh · Atlanta · Cold Harbor · Drainsville · Shepardstown
Hampton Roads · Fort Fisher · Petersburg · Wilderness
Hatchers Run · Fredericksburg · Chancellorsville · Bull Run
Yorktown · Nashville · Winchester · South Mountain

Erected 1898 by Lt. Hoagland G.A.R. Post 170.

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

Location. 40° 57.056′ N, 76° 27.432′ W. Memorial is in Catawissa, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Church Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. Memorial is adjacent to Union Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 116 Church Street, Catawissa PA 17820, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

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. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Catawissa Friends Meeting (approx. ¼ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Catawissa Bridge (approx. half a mile away);

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

Hollingshead Covered Bridge (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Native American Inhabitants Memorial (approx. 2 miles away); Rupert Covered Bridge (approx. 2.2 miles away); a different marker also named Rupert Covered Bridge (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Catawissa.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 9, 2023

2. Civil War Memorial Detail

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 9, 2023

3. Civil War Memorial Detail

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 9, 2023

4. Civil War Memorial Detail

Civil War Memorial Date image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 9, 2023

5. Civil War Memorial Date

Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 9, 2023

6. Civil War Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 9, 2023

7. Civil War Memorial Detail

Civil War Memorial Statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 9, 2023

8. Civil War Memorial Statue

Credits. This page was last revised on December 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 9, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 229 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on December 9, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.