Sunbury in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Northumberland Civil War Memorial

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, August 22, 2015

1. Northumberland Civil War Memorial

Inscription.
West Side
Give them the meed they have won in the past
Give them the honors their merits forecast
Give them the chaplets they won in the strife
Give them the laurels they lost with their life.

South side
Erected to the
Memory of the gallant soldiers
of Northumberland County
who fell in the
battles of the Great Rebellion

East Side
Corner stone laid
May 30, 1874
Erected
July 4, 1879

North Side
James Cameron
of Northumberland Co.
Col. of the 79th N.Y. Cameronian Vols
fell at the head of his Regt.
at the Battle of Bull Run
July 21, 1861
Aged 61 years.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 40° 51.708′ N, 76° 47.591′ W. Memorial is in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County. It is at the intersection of Market Street and 3rd Street, in the median on Market Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Sunbury PA 17801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region and in the Susquehanna Valley. 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: For Those Who Served (here, next to this marker); Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838) (a few steps from this marker); Sunbury War Memorials (a few steps from this marker); Erected to the Memory of the World War Heroes

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Northumberland County (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Hotel Edison (about 700 feet away); First Electric Light (approx. 0.2 miles away); Beck House (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sunbury.

Northumberland Civil War Memorial West Side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Pfingsten, August 22, 2015

2. Northumberland Civil War Memorial West Side

Northumberland Civil War Memorial South Side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Pfingsten, August 22, 2015

3. Northumberland Civil War Memorial South Side

Northumberland Civil War Memorial East Side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Pfingsten, August 22, 2015

4. Northumberland Civil War Memorial East Side

Northumberland Civil War Memorial North Side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, August 22, 2015

5. Northumberland Civil War Memorial North Side

Northumberland Civil War Memorial from rear image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, August 22, 2015

6. Northumberland Civil War Memorial from rear

<i>Soldiers Memorial, Cameron Park, Sunbury, Pa.</i> image. Click for full size.

Postcard by Valentine & Sons, Ltd., circa 1910

7. Soldiers Memorial, Cameron Park, Sunbury, Pa.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2015, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 701 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 24, 2015, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 7. submitted on October 20, 2015.