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Cooperstown in Otsego County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Civil War Memorial

 
 
Civil War Memorial Dedication image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2024
1. Civil War Memorial Dedication
Inscription.

In Memory of
the Soldiers and Sailors
of Otsego County
1861 - 1865

Lincoln's Speech at Gettysburg
[not transcribed]

 
Erected by L.C. Turner Post No. 26 New York - G.A.R.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal OrganizationsPatriots & PatriotismWar, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #16 Abraham Lincoln, and the The Grand Army of the Republic series lists.
 
Location. 42° 42.073′ N, 74° 55.716′ W. Memorial is in Cooperstown, New York, in Otsego County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Pine Boulevard, on the left when traveling west on Main Street. Monument is on the Otsego County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 193 Main Street, Cooperstown NY 13326, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York and in the Mohawk Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North
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America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Chestnut & Main (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Doubleday Field (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Doubleday Field (approx. 0.2 miles away); World War Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Tunnicliff Inn (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pioneer Alley (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cooperstown.
 
Gettysburg Address at Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2024
2. Gettysburg Address at Civil War Memorial
In ground, water and leaf covered
Civil War Memorial Sponsor image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2024
3. Civil War Memorial Sponsor
Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2024
4. Civil War Memorial
Otsego County Courthouse in background
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 475 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 18, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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