East Hanover Township in Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

In Memory of Sergeant Charles Marquette

Photographed by William Pope, May 18, 2024

1. In Memory of Sergeant Charles Marquette Marker

Inscription. In memory of
Sergeant Charles Marquette
Company F, 93rd Pennsylvania
Infantry Volunteers
First Lebanon County native
to receive the Medal of Honor
Battle of Petersburg Virginia
April 2, 1865
Marquette Lake

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 2, 1865.

Location. 40° 25.964′ N, 76° 35.756′ W. Memorial is in Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County. It is in East Hanover Township. It is on Lake Road 0.1 miles west of Clement Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 443), on the right when traveling west. This marker is located in the Fort Indiantown Gap Military Reservation for the Pennsylvania National Guard. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 19 Lake Road, Grantville PA 17028, 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,

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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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Indiantown Gap Military Reservation (approx. 1.2 miles away); Nike "Hercules" Missile (approx. 1.3 miles away); 95th Infantry Division Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); 40 & 8 Boxcar (approx. 1.4 miles away); M2/M59 Howitzer (approx. 1.4 miles away); Blue Eyed Six Grave Site (approx. 1.4 miles away); Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge (approx. 1.4 miles away); M915A1 Line Haul Tractor (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Indiantown Gap.

Also see . . . Charles D. Marquette.

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Charles D. Marquette, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 April
Photographed by William Pope, May 18, 2024

2. In Memory of Sergeant Charles Marquette Marker
1865, while serving with Company F, 93d Pennsylvania Infantry, in action at Petersburg, Virginia. Sergeant Marquette, although wounded, was one of the first to plant colors on the enemy's breastworks.

(Submitted on May 19, 2024, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2024, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 545 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 19, 2024, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.