Fredericksburg in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

To the Brave Defenders of the Union

Photographed by William Pope, April 12, 2024

1. To the brave defenders of the Union Marker West Side

Inscription.
(West side) Erected 1884
To the brave
Defenders of the
Union,
1861-1865,
by
John H. Lick.
Gettysburg (South Side) Antietam,
Wilderness,
Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville,
Winchester,
Petersburg,
Five Forks, Atlanta (East Side) No more the bugle
Calls the weary one;
Rest, Noble spirit in
The grave unknown,
We will find you, we
Will know you among the
Good and true,
When the robe of white
Is given
For the faded coat of blue. (North Side) Vicksburg,
New Orleans,
Hampton Roads,
Island No. 10,
Charleston,
Mobile, Savannah

Erected 1884 by John H. Lick.

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

Location. 40° 26.937′ N, 76° 25.449′ W. Memorial is in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County. It is on Sherwin Williams Drive 0.2 miles east of North Pine Grove Street, on the left when traveling east. This monument is located in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 225 Sherwin Williams Drive, Fredericksburg PA 17026, United States

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of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John K. Darkes (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Fredericksburg (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Fredericksburg (approx. 0.7 miles away); James Lick (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Fredericksburg (approx. 1½ miles away); The 1871 Wenger Meetinghouse (approx. 3.4 miles away); Jonestown (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fredericksburg.

Erected to the brave defenders of the Union Marker South Side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pope, April 12, 2024

2. Erected to the brave defenders of the Union Marker South Side

Erected to the brave defenders of the Union Marker East Side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pope, April 12, 2024

3. Erected to the brave defenders of the Union Marker East Side