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Jim Thorpe in Carbon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Civil War Memorial

 
 
Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 20, 2024
1. Civil War Memorial
Inscription.
This monument marks the site of the Northern Liberties, from this village of fifty families, fifty-six men enlisted for the defense of the Union in the War of 1861 -1865

Patrick Burns • Daniel Burns • John Burns • John Billingsley • August Butler • Michael Boyle • John Connerty • Thomas Connerty • William Clemmons • Frank Crilley • Olider Crilley • James Crilley • Patrick Curran • John Dougherty • Edward G. Dodson • Daniel Dugan • John Dugan • Patrick Dixon

James Dixon • Jerry Dixon • James Edgar • Aaron Henry • Thomas Hanlon • Jonathan F. Hatrick • Alexander Johnson • Hugh Lyons • Owen Lyons • Thomas Lynch • James Lynch • Jesse Mills • John McClocky • Edward G. McClocky • James McElvain • John McGeady, Sr. • John McGeady, Jr. • Edward McGeady • Henry Meighan

James Meighan • Matthew Meighan • Andrew Meighan • William Mullen • John Mullen • John McClellan • Douglas McLean • Isaac McLean • William McGinley • Samuel Petit • James Scott • Robert Scott • Benjamin Scott • John Scott • Adam Stahr • Samuel Sherry • Robert
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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 40° 52.203′ N, 75° 44.488′ W. Memorial is in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, in Carbon County. It is on Liberty Road just south of East Catawissa Street (U.S. 209), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 210 North Ave, Jim Thorpe PA 18229, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region and in the Pocono Mountains. 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 walking distance of this marker: Track to the Sky (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Benjamin Barge (approx. Ό mile away);
Civil War Memorial Display image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 20, 2024
2. Civil War Memorial Display
Lock No. 1, Lehigh Canal Upper Division (approx. 0.3 miles away); All Aboard (approx. 0.3 miles away); Exploring The Corridor (approx. 0.3 miles away); From Rails to Trails (approx. 0.3 miles away); Timeline of the Marion Hose Co. No. 1 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Timeline of the Mauch Chunk Opera House (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jim Thorpe.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 248 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 26, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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