New Lexington in Perry County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients of Perry County

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 4, 2024

1. Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients of Perry County Marker

Inscription.
Dedicated to the Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients of Perry County

Civil War
Corporal-Isaac Harrison Carmin Place of Action: Mississippi Date of Action: 1863
First Sergeant-Alfred Ransbottom Place of Action: Tennessee Date of Action: 1864
Private-James K. Sturgeon Place of Action: Georgia Date of Action: 1864

Indian Campaigns
Sergeant-Nicholas Meaher Place of Action Arizona Territory Date of Action: 1869

Philippine Insurrection
Brigadier General USA Ret.-William Edward Birkhimer Place of Action Luzon, Philippine Islands Date of Action: 1899

Korean War
Sergeant First Class Ret. Ronald Eugene Rosser Place of Action: Koreas Date of Action: 1952

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.

Location. 39° 43.199′ N, 82° 12.639′ W. Memorial is in New Lexington, Ohio, in Perry County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street and West Broadway Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 816 N Main St, New Lexington OH 43764, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Hocking Hills.

It is also in the American Midwest,

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,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance

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of this marker: Duty Honor Country (here, next to this marker); Veteans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Perry County Desert Storm Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Co. D. 30th Ohio Volunteers (within shouting distance of this marker); 30th Ohio Volunteers (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory Of (within shouting distance of this marker); Perry County Vietnam Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Perry County Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Lexington.

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 4, 2024

2. Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients of Perry County Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 258 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 15, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.