Northumberlund Civil War Memorial (Sunbury, PA)
Union
Monument type:
Obelisk
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Dedication Date:
1879-01-01
Address:
Northumberland
Pennsylvania
United States
Inscription:
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.
Erected to the
Memory of the gallant soldiers
of Northumberland County
who fell in the
battles of the Great Rebellion
Corner stone laid
May 30, 1874
Erected
July 4, 1879
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.
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“Northumberland Civil War Memorial, a War Memorial.” Www.hmdb.org, www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=87652. Accessed 2 Apr. 2024.
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