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Title
Civil War Memorial (Muncy, Lycoming County)
Description
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.
Contributor
MatthewMason
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
2143
Date Issued
1869-10-19
Extent
m x m x m
Spatial Coverage
current,41.20274,-76.78131;
Rights Holder
Stephen G. Cartledge
Europeana
Country
USA
Europeana Data Provider
Civil War Memorial (Muncy, Lycoming County)
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Civil_War_Memorial_(Muncy,_Lycoming_County)
Monument Type
Obelisk
Material
Marble - blue,Marble - white
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"
State
Pennsylvania
County
Lycoming County
Affiliation
Union
Town
Muncy
Location Type
Cemetery