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

John K. Darkes

In Memory of

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2024

1. John K. Darkes Marker

Inscription.

Born July 27th 1831
Enlisted in Co. A, 93 Regt. P.V.
in 1861, and reenlisted in Co. B.
10 Regt. P.V.V. and lost his Left Leg
in the battle of Weldon Rail Road
by a Cannon ball in 1864. &
died Feb. 15th 1875.
aged 43 years 6 mo. & 19 days.

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

Location. 40° 26.935′ N, 76° 25.472′ W. Memorial is in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County. It is on Sherwin Williams Drive 0.2 miles east of Walnut Street, on the left when traveling east. Marker is in the Cedar Hill Cemetery Soldiers Plot. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 225 Sherwin Williams Drive, Fredericksburg PA 17026, United States 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

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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: To the Brave Defenders of the Union (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Fredericksburg (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Fredericksburg (approx. 0.6 miles away); James Lick (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Fredericksburg (approx. 1½ miles away); The 1871 Wenger Meetinghouse (approx. 3.3 miles away); Jonestown (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fredericksburg.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2024

2. John K. Darkes Marker

In Soldiers Plot

Credits. This page was last revised on May 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 16, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 265 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 16, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.