Potsdam in St. Lawrence County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Home and Country
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 8, 2014
1. Home and Country Civil War Memorial
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Erected 1903 by Marsh Women's Relief Corps.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the The Grand Army of the Republic series list.
Location. 44° 39.394′ N, 74° 59.421′ W. Memorial is in Potsdam, New York, in St. Lawrence County. It is on Bayside Cemetery Road 0.1 miles east of Clarkson Avenue (County Route 59). Memorial is at the highest elevation in Bayside Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Potsdam NY 13676, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York and in the Adirondacks & North Country. It is also in the American Northeast 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bayside Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); They Live with Us in Grateful Memory of their Sacrifice (approx. Ύ mile away); Potsdam Raquette River Walk - Hydro Site (approx. Ύ mile away); Holcroft House (approx. 0.8 miles away); James McCormick (approx. 0.8 miles away); In Loving Memory (approx. 0.8 miles away); In Honor of the Students and Alumni (approx. 0.8 miles away); Satterlee Hall (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Potsdam.
Other markers no longer nearby. Potsdam Raquette River Walk (was approx. Ύ mile away but has been confirmed missing);
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More about this memorial. A memorial stone for the Marsh Post G.A.R. is directly in front of the memorial. The plot around memorial has a rectangular outline/border slightly higher than ground-level. Some gravestones are within the plot. Bayside Cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places and is an active cemetery.
Also see . . . Marsh Women's Relief Corps. Potsdam Public Museum website entry (Submitted on November 11, 2014.)
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 8, 2014
2. Home and Country Civil War Memorial - Back
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 8, 2014
3. Home and Country Civil War Memorial
Raquette River in background, the third longest river entirely within New York State.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 8, 2014
4. Marsh Post G.A.R. Memorial
Directly in front of the memorial.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 8, 2014
5. Home and Country Civil War Memorial
Note the surrounding gravestones and that they are within the stone-bordered/outlined plot.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 8, 2014
6. Home and Country Civil War Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 10, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 825 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 10, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
