Civil War Memorial (Muncy, Lycoming County)
Union
A tall shaft topped by an eagle. The eagle has partially extended wings and grasps a cannon ball in its talons. The shaft includes twenty small relief shields bearing battle names, and names, regiments and records of the death of seventy one men. The shaft is also decorated with flags and weapons in high relief; and text surrounded by laurel wreath. The shaft sits stop a rusticated three block base.
Monument type:
Obelisk
Artist:
Stephen G. Cartledge
Dedication Date:
1869-10-19
Address:
Lycoming County
Pennsylvania
USA
Inscription:
"To
the memory of the
Soldiers
from Muncy and Vicinity
who fell in the
War for the
Union
1861-65
Died for their Country
[Roll of Honored Dead]
""Four hundred thousand men -
the brave, the good, the true
In tangled wood, in mountain glen,
on battle plain, in prison pen,
Lie dead for me and you!
Four hundred thousand of the brave
have made our ransom'd soil their grave
for me and you!
Good friends, for me and you.""
[Battle Shields]
Winchester • Shiloh • Fair Oaks • Malvern • South Mountain
Antietam • Corinth • Fredericksburg • Chancellorsville • Murfreesboro
Gettysburg • Vicksburg • Olustee • Wilderness • Lookout Mountain
Atlanta • Nashville • Cold Harbor • Petersburg • Hatchers Run"
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Marble - blue,Marble - white
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