Fenelton in Butler County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Reverend Richard C. Christy

Rev. Richard C. Christy Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 22, 2011

1. Rev. Richard C. Christy Marker

Inscription.
Chaplain, 78th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-64. He was credited as Pennsylvania’s first Catholic Civil War chaplain and the only one serving a chiefly non-Catholic regiment. Despite the anti-Catholic prejudice of the era, he gained a reputation for bravery and was known as the “Fighting Chaplain of the Army of the Cumberland.” Father Christy had been the first permanent pastor of this church. Hundreds of veterans attended his funeral in 1878.

Erected 2004 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1878.

Location. 40° 50.565′ N, 79° 44.579′ W. Marker is in Fenelton, Pennsylvania, in Butler County. It is on South Clearfield Road 0.1 miles south of McLafferty Road, on the right when traveling south. Located at St. John's Church on church grounds. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fenelton PA 16034, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and in Greater Pittsburgh.

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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Influenza Epidemic Victims (approx. 2.8 miles away); Saxonburg Legion Veterans Memorial

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(approx. 5.3 miles away); Cooper Cabin (approx. 5½ miles away); William A. Smith (approx. 5.6 miles away); Worthington Area Veterans Memorial (approx. 6.6 miles away); The Brooklyn Bridge (approx. 7.1 miles away); The Roeblings (approx. 7.1 miles away); KDKA "Dog House" (approx. 7.1 miles away).

Also see . . . Rev. Richard C. Christy. Find A Grave website entry (Submitted on February 20, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Reverend Richard C. Christy image. Click for full size.

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2. Reverend Richard C. Christy

as Chaplain of the 78th PVI

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 22, 2011

3. Rev. Richard C. Christy Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 29, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,524 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 22, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2. submitted on June 29, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on May 22, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.