O'Hara Township near Sharpsburg in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sharpsburg, Etna and Vicinity Civil War Monument

Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 16, 2025

1. Sharpsburg, Etna and Vicinity Civil War Monument

Inscription.
Erected in honor of those who served in the Union Army during 1861, 1865.

J. L. Rolshouse • J. L. Elsesser • E. M. Roberts • W. W. Bright • M. B. Lea • Committee

Erected by The Sons of Veterans, Citizens, Ladies and Schoolchildren of Sharpsburg, Etna and Vicinity under the auspices of Genl. George A. Custer Post No. 38 Dept. of Penna. G.A.R.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 40° 30.603′ N, 79° 55.256′ W. Monument is near Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in O'Hara Township. It can be reached from Kittanning Pike north of Maurers Lane, on the left when traveling north. Monument is located in Greenwood Cemetery. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 321 Kittanning Pike, Pittsburgh PA 15215, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in

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North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and 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: Grace United Methodist Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Sharpsburg Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Sharpsburg (approx. 1.2 miles away); Guyasuta (approx. 1.2 miles away); Defenders of Freedom (approx. 1.2 miles away); Etna Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Henry Heth (approx. 1.6 miles away); All Saints Church (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sharpsburg.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 16, 2025

2. Sharpsburg, Etna and Vicinity Civil War Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on September 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 75 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 22, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.