Charlestown in Cecil County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Charlestown's Civil War Veterans

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 17, 2024

1. Charlestown's Civil War Veterans Memorial

Inscription.
Valentine Algard • Joshua Bennett • Clayton Clark • William Cooling • James Davis • Jonas Derr • Jacob Grant • William Grant

Robert Jones • George Leedom • Jacob Lowery • Napoleon Morrison • William Owens • James Smith • Benjamin Thompson • Lewis Rosser

This flag and pole dedicated in memory of US war veterans who rest here

Erected 1991 by Susquehanna Post No. 135, American Legion.

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

Location. 39° 34.445′ N, 75° 58.509′ W. Memorial is in Charlestown, Maryland, in Cecil County. It can be reached from Frederick Street east of Bladen Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 523 Riverview Ave, North East MD 21901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Wilmington, on the Eastern Shore,

and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

in the Tidewater,

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the Chesapeake Bay Region,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lt. Col. Nathaniel Ramsay (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Charlestown (about 400 feet away); Geo Washington Traveled This Road (approx. 0.2 miles away); Susquehanna Manor (approx. ¼ mile away); Capt. Michael Rudulph (approx. ¼ mile away); Shrewd Decision (approx. ¼ mile away); Site of Charlestown Wharf (approx. ¼ mile away); 29th Infantry Division Memorial (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charlestown.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 17, 2024

2. Charlestown's Civil War Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 17, 2024

3. Charlestown's Civil War Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on August 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 179 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 17, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.