Salamanca in Cattaraugus County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
In Memory of Our Dead Comrades
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 26, 2015
1. Salamanca Civil War Memorial
of Our Dead
Comrades
Erected by G.A.R. Sherwood Post No. 380.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 42° 9.4′ N, 78° 42.019′ W. Memorial is in Salamanca, New York, in Cattaraugus County. It is on Linwood Avenue 0.3 miles east of Wildwood Avenue (U.S. 219), on the left when traveling north. The monument is at the front of Wildwood Cemetery. Lindwood Avenue is paved with red brick and meets US 219 at a hairpin turn immediately south of the railroad overpass. The monument is directly ahead upon entering Linwood Ave. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Salamanca NY 14779, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sweet Water Spring (approx. 1.4 miles away); Dedicated to Those from the Salamanca Area (approx. 1.8 miles away); From the Mountains of Afghanistan (approx. 1.8 miles away); These Gates Erected by Salamanca (approx. 1.8 miles away); Stone Tower (approx. 2.1 miles away); Fire Observation Stations: / Fire Tower is Reborn (approx. 2.1 miles away); Seneca Nation of Indians
this page online
More about this memorial. The City of Salamanca is situated on the Allegany Seneca Indian Reservation.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 26, 2015
2. Eastward
Lindwood Avenue off US 219 turns right 90 degrees here. Wildwood Cemetery access road at right. Memorial is straight ahead.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 26, 2015
3. Westward
Wildwood Cemetery entrance at left.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 26, 2015
4. Top Figure
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 866 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 27, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
