Benton in Columbia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Fishing Creek Confederacy

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 12, 2015

1. Fishing Creek Confederacy Marker

Inscription. Alarmed about draft resistance, the federal government deployed 800 troops to the Fishing Creek Valley in August 1864 to suppress the opposition. Peace Democrats suspected of Confederate sympathies were questioned at the Christian church near this site; 44 were arrested and imprisoned at Ft. Mifflin without access to civil courts. While most supported the Union, they disagreed with Pres. Lincoln’s wartime policies. In 1866, the US Supreme Court declared military arrest & trial of civilians unconstitutional.

Erected 2009 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical month for this entry is August 1864.

Location. 41° 11.508′ N, 76° 23.016′ W. Marker is in Benton, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County. It is on Mill Street (Pennsylvania Route 487) 0.1 miles south of Shichshinny Road ( Route 239), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 80 Mill St, Benton PA 17814, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker 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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Benton

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(approx. ¼ mile away); Orangeville (approx. 8.3 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 8.7 miles away); Grist Mill Drive Wheels (approx. 8.9 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 8.9 miles away); Site of the Greenwood Seminary (approx. 8.9 miles away); Lights Around the Park (approx. 8.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Benton.

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 12, 2015

2. Fishing Creek Confederacy Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 24, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,201 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 24, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.