Wyoming in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Wyoming Monument

Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori

— [It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country] —

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Inscription.

Wyoming Monument. Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori. , Near this spot was fought , on the afternoon of the Third of July, 1778 , The Battle of Wyoming , in which a small band of patriotic Americans , chiefly the undisciplined, the youthful, and the aged , spared by inefficiency from the distant ranks of the Republic , led by Col: Zebulon Butler and Col: Nathan Denison , with a courage that deserved success, , fearlessly met and bravely fought , a combined British, Tory, and Indian force , of thrice their number. , Numerical superiority alone gave success to the invader , and widespread havoc, desolation, and ruin , marked his savage and bloody footsteps through the valley., This Monument , commemorative of these events: , and in memory of the actors in them, , has been erected , Over the Bones of the Slain , by their descendants and others who gratefully appreciated , the services and sacrifices of their patriot ancestors., SLAIN IN BATTLE , FIELD OFFICERS , Lieut. Col. George Dorrance , Major John Garret , Captains , James Bidlack, Junr. . Dethick Hewit , Aholiab Buck . William McKerachan , Robert Durkee . Samuel Ransom , Rezin Geer . Lazarus Stewart , Asaph Whittlesey . James Wigton, LIEUTENANTS , A. Atherton . Elijah Shoemaker , Stodard Bowin . Lazarus Stewart, Junr. , Aaron Gaylord . Asa Stevens , Timothy Pierce . Flavius Waterman , Perrin Ross . James Wells, ENSIGNS , Jeremiah Bigford . Titus Hinman , Asa Gore . John Otis , Silas Gore . William White, PRIVATES , Jabez Atherton . Christr. Avery . [?] Acke . A. Benedick . Jabez Beers . Samuel Bigford . Elias Bixby . David Bixby . John Boyd . John Brown . Thomas Brown . William Buck . Joseph Budd . Amos Bullock . Asa Bullock . Henry Bush . John Caldwell . Isaac Campbell . Josiah Cameron . Joseph Carey . Joel Church . James Coffrin . William Coffrin . Samuel Cole . Robert Comstock . [?] Cook . Brothers Cook . [?] Cook . Christr. Cortright . John Cortright . Anson Cory . Rufus Cory . Jenks Cory . Samuel Crooker . Joseph Crooker . Jabez Darling . D. Denton . Conrad Davenport, SLAIN IN BATTLE [continued] , Anderson Dana . James Divine . George Downing . Levi Dunn . William Dunn . [?] Dutcher . Benjamin Finch . John Finch . Daniel Finch . Elisha Fish . Cornes. Fitchett . Eliph. Follet . Thomas Foxen . John Franklin . Thomas Fuller . Stephen Fuller . [?] Gardener . George Gore . [?] Green . Saml. Hutchinson . William Hammond . Silas Harvey . Benjamin Hatch . Cyprian Heberd . Levi Hicks . James Hopkins . Nathl. Howard . John Hutchins . Israel Inman . Elijah Inman . Joseph Jennings . Samuel Jackson . Robert Jameson . Henry Johnson . William Lester . Joshua Landon . Danl Lawrence . Wm. Lawrence . Francis Ledyard . James Lock . Conrad Lowe . Jacob Lowe . Nichols Manvil . Job Marshall . New Mathewson . C. McCartee . A. Meeleman . Robert McIntire . Andrew Millard . John Murphy . Joseph Ogden . John Pierce . Abel Palmer . Silas Parke . William Parker . Henry Pencil . Noah Pettebone. Jr. . Jeremiah Ross . William Reynolds . Elisha Richards . Elias Roberts . Enos Rockway . Timothy Rose . Joseph Shaw . Constant Searles . Abel Seeley . Joseph Shaw . Abram Shaw . Darius Spafford . Levi Spencer . James Spencer . Josiah Spencer . Eleazer Sprague . Aaron Stark . Daniel Stark . Joseph Staples . Reuben Staples . Rufus Stevens . James Stevenson . Nailer Sweed . Ichabod Tuttle . John VanWee . Abram VanGorder . Elihu Waters . Bartholw. Weeks . Jonathan Weeks . Philip Weeks . Peter Wheeler . Stephen Whiton . Esen Wilcox . John Williams . Elihu Williams, Jr. . Rufus Williams . Azibah Williams . John Ward . John Wilson . Parker Wilson . Nathan Wade . Wm. Woodringer . Ozias Yale , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Eson Brockway . Joseph Budd . [?] Campbell . Kingsley Comstock . Zipporah Hibbard . Alexander McMillan . Noah Pettebone Sr. . Gershom Prince . Gamaliel Truesdale, SURVIVORS , FIELD OFFICERS , Col. Zebulon Butler . Col. Nathan Denison . Capt. David Marvin . Lieut. Daniel Gore . Lieut. Timothy Howe . Sgt. Jabez Fish . Sgt. [?] Gates . Sgt. Phineas Spaffors . Ens. Daniel Downing . Ens. William Heberd . Ens. Matthias Hollenback, PRIVATES , John Abbott . Gideon Baldwin . Zerah Beach . Silas Benedict . Rufus Bennett . Solomon Bennett . Elisha Blackman . Nathan Carey . Samuel Carey . George Cooper . Joseph Elliott . Samuel Finch . Roswell Franklin . Thomas Fuller . Hugh Forsman . John Garett . Samuel Gore . James Green . Lemuel Gustin . Samuel Gustin . Lebeus Hammond . Jacob Haldron . Elisha Harris . Ebeneser Heberd . David Inman . Richard Inman . John Jameson . Henry Lickers . Joseph Morse . Thomas Neill . Asahel North . Josiah Pell . Phineas Pierce . Abraham Pike . James Roberts . Roger Searle . John N. Skinner . Giles Slocum . Edward Spencer . Walter Spence . Amos Stafford . Daniel Washburn . Eleazer West . Cherrick Westbrook

Near this spot was fought
on the afternoon of the Third of July, 1778
The Battle of Wyoming
in which a small band of patriotic Americans
chiefly the undisciplined, the youthful, and the aged
spared by inefficiency from the distant ranks of the Republic
led by Col: Zebulon Butler and Col: Nathan Denison
with a courage that deserved success,
fearlessly met and bravely fought
a combined British, Tory, and Indian force
of thrice their number.
Numerical superiority alone gave success to the invader
and widespread havoc, desolation, and ruin
marked his savage and bloody footsteps through the valley.

This Monument
commemorative of these events:
and in memory of the actors in them,
has been erected
Over the Bones of the Slain
by their descendants and others who gratefully appreciated
the services and sacrifices of their patriot ancestors.

SLAIN IN BATTLE
FIELD OFFICERS
Lieut. Col. George Dorrance
Major John Garret
Captains
James Bidlack, Junr. • Dethick Hewit
Aholiab Buck • William McKerachan
Robert Durkee • Samuel Ransom
Rezin Geer • Lazarus Stewart
Asaph Whittlesey • James Wigton

LIEUTENANTS
A.

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Atherton • Elijah Shoemaker
Stodard Bowin • Lazarus Stewart, Junr.
Aaron Gaylord • Asa Stevens
Timothy Pierce • Flavius Waterman
Perrin Ross • James Wells

ENSIGNS
Jeremiah Bigford • Titus Hinman
Asa Gore • John Otis
Silas Gore • William White

PRIVATES
Jabez Atherton • Christr. Avery • [?] Acke • A. Benedick • Jabez Beers • Samuel Bigford • Elias Bixby • David Bixby • John Boyd • John Brown • Thomas Brown • William Buck • Joseph Budd • Amos Bullock • Asa Bullock • Henry Bush • John Caldwell • Isaac Campbell • Josiah Cameron • Joseph Carey • Joel Church • James Coffrin • William Coffrin • Samuel Cole • Robert Comstock • [?] Cook • Brothers Cook • [?] Cook • Christr. Cortright • John Cortright • Anson Cory • Rufus Cory • Jenks Cory • Samuel Crooker • Joseph Crooker • Jabez Darling • D. Denton • Conrad Davenport

SLAIN IN BATTLE [continued]
Anderson Dana • James Divine • George Downing • Levi Dunn • William Dunn • [?] Dutcher • Benjamin Finch • John Finch • Daniel Finch • Elisha Fish • Cornes. Fitchett • Eliph. Follet • Thomas Foxen • John Franklin • Thomas Fuller • Stephen Fuller • [?] Gardener • George Gore • [?] Green • Saml. Hutchinson • William Hammond • Silas Harvey • Benjamin Hatch • Cyprian Heberd • Levi Hicks • James Hopkins • Nathl. Howard • John Hutchins • Israel Inman • Elijah

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Inman • Joseph Jennings • Samuel Jackson • Robert Jameson • Henry Johnson • William Lester • Joshua Landon • Danl Lawrence • Wm. Lawrence • Francis Ledyard • James Lock • Conrad Lowe • Jacob Lowe • Nichols Manvil • Job Marshall • New Mathewson • C. McCartee • A. Meeleman • Robert McIntire • Andrew Millard • John Murphy • Joseph Ogden • John Pierce • Abel Palmer • Silas Parke • William Parker • Henry Pencil • Noah Pettebone. Jr. • Jeremiah Ross • William Reynolds • Elisha Richards • Elias Roberts • Enos Rockway • Timothy Rose • Joseph Shaw • Constant Searles • Abel Seeley • Joseph Shaw • Abram Shaw • Darius Spafford • Levi Spencer • James Spencer • Josiah Spencer • Eleazer Sprague • Aaron Stark • Daniel Stark • Joseph Staples • Reuben Staples • Rufus Stevens • James Stevenson • Nailer Sweed • Ichabod Tuttle • John VanWee • Abram VanGorder • Elihu Waters • Bartholw. Weeks • Jonathan Weeks • Philip Weeks • Peter Wheeler • Stephen Whiton • Esen Wilcox • John Williams • Elihu Williams, Jr. • Rufus Williams • Azibah Williams • John Ward • John Wilson • Parker Wilson • Nathan Wade • Wm. Woodringer • Ozias Yale
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Eson Brockway • Joseph Budd • [?] Campbell • Kingsley Comstock • Zipporah Hibbard • Alexander McMillan • Noah Pettebone Sr. • Gershom Prince • Gamaliel Truesdale

SURVIVORS
FIELD OFFICERS
Col. Zebulon Butler • Col.

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Nathan Denison • Capt. David Marvin • Lieut. Daniel Gore • Lieut. Timothy Howe • Sgt. Jabez Fish • Sgt. [?] Gates • Sgt. Phineas Spaffors • Ens. Daniel Downing • Ens. William Heberd • Ens. Matthias Hollenback

PRIVATES
John Abbott • Gideon Baldwin • Zerah Beach • Silas Benedict • Rufus Bennett • Solomon Bennett • Elisha Blackman • Nathan Carey • Samuel Carey • George Cooper • Joseph Elliott • Samuel Finch • Roswell Franklin • Thomas Fuller • Hugh Forsman • John Garett • Samuel Gore • James Green • Lemuel Gustin • Samuel Gustin • Lebeus Hammond • Jacob Haldron • Elisha Harris • Ebeneser Heberd • David Inman • Richard Inman • John Jameson • Henry Lickers • Joseph Morse • Thomas Neill • Asahel North • Josiah Pell • Phineas Pierce • Abraham Pike • James Roberts • Roger Searle • John N. Skinner • Giles Slocum • Edward Spencer • Walter Spence • Amos Stafford • Daniel Washburn • Eleazer West • Cherrick Westbrook

Erected by Wyoming Monument Association.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Patriots & Patriotism • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 41° 18.329′ N, 75° 50.684′ W. Monument is in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is at the

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intersection of Wyoming Avenue (U.S. 11) and Susquehanna Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Wyoming Avenue. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Wyoming PA 18644, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region,

in the Wyoming Valley,

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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: Fort Hancock Civil War Cannon (a few steps from this marker); Battle of Wyoming (within shouting distance of this marker); Luzerne County Liberty Tree (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Bloody Rock (approx. 0.7 miles away); World War II and Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Battlefield of Wyoming (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wyoming.

More about this monument. The Monument was erected between 1834-1842, with commemorative markers on all four faces.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 2, 2021

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Credits. This page was last revised on September 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 30, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 163 times since then and 100 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 30, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.