Near Albion in Orleans County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Orleans County Civil War Soldiers Memorial
Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 7, 2026
1. Orleans County Civil War Soldiers Memorial
Orleans County
Civil War Soldiers
"A new birth of freedom"
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.
Location. 43° 14.463′ N, 78° 9.561′ W. Memorial is near Albion, New York, in Orleans County. It can be reached from Telegraph Road (New York State Route 31) 0.3 miles east of Butts Road, on the right when traveling east. Memorial is located most easily by way of the west entrance to Mt. Albion Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 14786 Telegraph Road, Albion NY 14411, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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 the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Patriot Burials (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mt. Albion Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); In Memory of the Men Who Fell (approx. Ό mile away); Annis Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); A Lasting Tribute (approx. 1.4 miles away); To the Memory of the Heroes (approx. 1.4 miles away); Henry A. Spencer (approx. 1.6 miles away); Home of Sanford E. Church (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Albion.
Regarding Orleans County Civil War Soldiers Memorial. On June 1, 1883, a committee led by David Hardie met to select a fifty square foot lot for the interment of Civil War veterans. Four years later, Hiram Curtis Post GAR appointed a committee to secure the removal of veterans from within Mt. Albion Cemetery to the veterans lot. The local GAR posts assisted in relocating ten other bodies to the lot by November 9, 1887 while securing new headstones for each veteran. On May 28, 1885, a flag pole and cannon were dedicated
Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 7, 2026
2. Orleans County Civil War Soldiers Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on July 8, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 8, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 4 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 8, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
