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Cumberland County Civil War Memorial

 
 
Cumberland County Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 29, 2009
1. Cumberland County Civil War Memorial
Inscription.
In honor of the soldiers of Cumberland County who fell
in defense of the Union during the Great Rebellion.

This monument is created by those who revere Patriotism
and wish to perpetuate the Memory of the Brave Men, who aided
in saving the Nation and securing the Blessings of Liberty to All.

[Honor Roll]
NORTH SIDE

Thomas J. Acker · John T. Adams · John Anthony · David Askew · Benjamin Baker · John Baker · Samuel Baker · Max Barshall · William Baxter · G. Beaverson · John Black · Jonas Blosser · Moses Boss · Levi A. Bowen · Patrick Brannon · G. W. Brechbill · Frederick Brown · Joseph Buttorff · John Callio · J. Christman · J. Richey Clark · John Clouser · D. W. Conrad · Thomas Conway · John T. Cuddy · William Culp · John Devlin · William Donnelley · William Dunlap · J. Harvey Eby · Van Buren Eby · Joseph Ewing · Leo W. Faller · Michael J. Foucht · Charles F. Gould · Henry T. Green · Curtis Griffin · Samuel S. Grooms · D. Haverstick · S. Hefflefinger · William M. Henderson · William R. Holmes · Daniel M. Hoover · Frank Hunt · Charles Jarmier · George Kauffman · Levi Kennedy · John R. Kenyon · William H. Kline · Jacob Landis · John Linginger · William A. Low · John Lusk · William McCleaf · John Mathias · James Miller · Joseph B. Mooney · Thomas Morgan · George Morton · F. Morrison · William Neil · William Quigley · Frederick K. Rieff · George L. Reighter · G. W. Savage · J. A. Schlosser · John Sheafer · John Shisler · Isaiah Siders · William B. Sites · Frank A. Smith · George W. Smith · Samuel E. Smith · David H. Spahr · R. H. Spottswood · William Spottswood · Joseph V. Steele · Wilson Vanard · David S. Walker · Ed T. Walker · James Warden · Milton Warner · William Watson · Jacob A. Welty · Samuel Wesley · George I. Wilders · Frank Wilson · George W. Wise · William Zimmerman · Alfred Whiting · Edward
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SOUTH SIDE
Jacob Agle · John Askew · J. Bishop · Theodore K. Boyles · Jacob Bricker · A. Bucher · Jacob Burkhart · Hugh Campbell · J. Cochenauer · S. J. Cochenauer · Frank Cramer · J. C. Creps · Jacob Day · Joshua Duncan · E. Eschenbaugh · William Ewing · Alex Fagen · Mc E. Fanchender · Andrew Fickes · Lewis B. Fink · Eli Ford · Zack Ford · William P. Gensler · James Gilbert · John Givler · Hiram Gleaver · Samuel Golden · Robert Gracy · J. C. Grant · William W. Heacy · Daniel Hippensteel · Thomas J. Hoerner · S. Hollonger · C. A. Holtzman · H. Irvine · George W. Keck · Alex Koser · Cul'n Koser · James Krall · John P. Leib · David Lenker · J. Livingston · C. Liszman · Samuel Lutz · Josh McCoy · James McGaw · J. A. McKaskey · Z. McLaughlin · Archibald Mullen · Henry A. Martin · L. Matchett · Joseph Millard · Samuel Mixell · R. C. Moore · William Myers · James Nicholson · H. Nonnemaker · Sylvester J. Orris · John A. Plank · Joseph Reese · John Sells · Joseph Shaw · David Sheriff · William Sipe · Michael Smith · E. Speese · Uriah Stahl · Joseph Stine · Daniel Stum · Jesse Swartz · E. Sykes · Edward Tarman · Abdil Trone · George
Cumberland County Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2009
2. Cumberland County Civil War Memorial
W. Trot · Cornelius H. Vanderbilt · William Webb · William Wetzel · George Wolfe · Henry Yost · O. A. Zeigler

EAST SIDE
William H. Albright · William Balsey · J. H. Baughman · Andrew Bear · Elijah Bittinger · Samuel Bortel · S. Bowman · William Bricker · John Burgett · John W. Buttorff · John W. Campbell · David Carle · J. H. Christ · J. W. Christ · J. Conley · Samuel Deardorf · J. F. Eigenower · A. C. Evilhock · Frederick Faber · William T. Fanus · Christ Felsinger · W. B. Flinchbaugh · George Forney · John F. Gettys · George W. Graham · Samuel Grier · M. A. Griffith · William Hawkes · Benjamin D. Hehn · A. Herschberger · Michael Hess · D. F. Hoerner · D. E. Hollinger · R. M. Houston · Peter Huntsberger · J. W. Kauffman · William D. Kauffman · L. Keefauver · Robert Kelley · James A. Kelso · A. Y. Knisely · John M. Kunkle · David Kutz · Robert T. Laughlin · S. McCullough · Geroge W. McGraw · D. W. McKenny · George W. Matthews · W. F. Miller · William H. Miller · Jacob Myers · C. W. Nailor · J. Palm · Peter Paul · Lewis Ringwalt · Joseph Rudy · Wilson Seavers · Henry T. Sennett · Joseph A. Shannon · William Sheeley · M. F. Shoemaker
Cumberland County Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Shane Oliver, October 30, 2021
3. Cumberland County Civil War Memorial
· Henry Shriver · Anson Smith · Emanual Smith · John Snyder · Solomon Sow · Thomas Speece · F. F. Steese · E. Stouffer · James Y. Stuart · S. C. Weakline · William H. Weaver · A. Webbert · George W. Welsh · Samuel A. Welsh · George W. Whitmore · David Woods · Abner W. Zug

WEST SIDE
OFFICERS

Henry J. Biddle · William B. Blaney · James S. Coldwell · George W. Comfort · William A. Givler · John B. Goover · I. B. Kauffman · William E. Law · William Laughlin · Alfred F. Lee · D. G. May · Hugh W. McCullough · Theodore Mountz · Thomas P. Owen · John R. Smead · Joseph Stuart · Henry I. Zinn

SOLDIERS
Jesse K. Allen · Jacob Barkley · David Barnhill · B. Barshinger · Isaac Bear · Samuel Bear · E. Beaverson · Keller Bobb · George W. Brenizer · Andrew F. Brownawell · M. S. Carbaugh · William H. Chapman · Joseph Connery · George H. Coover · E. Cradle · J. W. Crull · John Cunningham · Peter Darr · Thomas English · George W. Ensor · P. Faber · John Fahenstock · John Fetzer · William Fielding · J. C. Filey · Benjamin H. Getz · William B. Grabill · Wiliam E. Greason · George W. Green · George Grove · J. Heiser · Benjamin Hipple · Benjamin Hoover
Cumberland County Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 29, 2009
4. Cumberland County Civil War Memorial
The text is duplicated on an adjacent bronze panel.
· Charles Huber · David B. Kauffman · P. Y. Knisley · S. Kriner · Samuel T. Kunkle · Levi Kutz · H. S. Lambert · N. Lenhard · Richard Lilly · Rueben Line · William Lockery · John Lutz · Thomas Lyne · William A. McCune · Thaddeus McKeehan · George J. McLean · John F. McMath · S. McMaughton · Joseph A. Matthews · David L. Miller · Henry Miller · Abraham Myers · Thomas Neely · H. Oatman · P. R. Pislee · John Ritson · Michael Ritta · Chris Rothe · Levi Rupp · Fred Sanno · George M. Sanno · Adam Sheaffer · J. B. Snavely · Thomas Snoddy · Henry L. Snyder · John Spong · J. A. Strickler · H. Strough · William H. Vance · Joseph P. Weaver · George White · James Winthrow · William P. Woods · Theodore R. Zinn · Henry King · Augustus Lewis · Stewart Woods
 
Erected by The People of Cumberland County.
 
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is April 12, 1861.
 
Location. 40° 12.081′ N, 77° 11.374′ W. Marker is in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County. It is at the intersection of High Street (U.S. 11) and Hanover Street (Pennsylvania
Cumberland County Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2009
5. Cumberland County Civil War Memorial
Bronze tablets list the fading honor roll of men found on the monument.
Route 34), on the right when traveling east on High Street. Memorial is on the public square just north of the old courthouse. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Carlisle PA 17013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania and in Greater Harrisburg. 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: Liberty Tree (a few steps from this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); "250 Years of Cumberland County" (a few steps from this marker); Jim Thorpe (a few steps from this marker); Medal of Honor Recipients (a few steps from this marker); Historical Directory of Carlisle (a few steps from this marker); Shelling of Carlisle (a few
Cumberland County Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, April 7, 2014
6. Cumberland County Civil War Memorial
Panel 1
steps from this marker); First Presbyterian Church (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carlisle.
 
Cumberland County Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, April 7, 2014
7. Cumberland County Civil War Memorial
Panel 2
Cumberland County Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, April 7, 2014
8. Cumberland County Civil War Memorial
Panel 3
Cumberland County Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, April 7, 2014
9. Cumberland County Civil War Memorial
Panel 4
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 30, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 12, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,725 times since then and 68 times this year. Last updated on September 18, 2011. Photos:   1. submitted on February 12, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   2. submitted on May 18, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   3. submitted on December 19, 2021, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia.   4. submitted on February 12, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   5. submitted on May 18, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on June 6, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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