This monument was erected in the year following the close of the war by the survivors of Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers. It is a modest shaft of marble, located in the old Sunbury cemetery, and was formally dedicated on the 16th of May, 1866, the Masonic fraternity, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Good Templars, survivors of the war of 1812, borough officers, and fire companies participating in the ceremonies, with John Kay Clement as chief marshal. The Rev. M. Rhodes, D.D., delivered the dedicatory address. The monument is inscribed with the names of the following deceased comrades: Joseph Smith, Jacob C. Grubb, Peter Swinehart, Alexander Given, Martin Berger, Emanuel Beaver, Emanuel B. Walter, Sr., George Kramer, Jeremiah Haas, James Kennedy, John G. Sterner, George W. Bortle, Theodore Kiehl, George Keiser, John Will, James Brown, Jasper B. Gardner, J. Boulton Young, First Sergeant William Fry, Sergeant Peter Haupt, Sergeant William Pyers, Sergeant John Babtlow, George C. Watson, George Homer, Peter Wolf, Seth Deibert. It bears the following inscription: This marble is erected by the members of Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, as a tribute of respect to the memory of the dead of their company who fell in battle, and died from disease, starvation, and ill treatment while in rebel prisons, heroes who sacrificed their lives that the Union might live.
This monument was erected in the year following the close of the war by the survivors of Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers. It is a modest shaft of marble, located in the old Sunbury cemetery, and was formally dedicated on the 16th of May, 1866, the Masonic fraternity, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Good Templars, survivors of the war of 1812, borough officers, and fire companies participating in the ceremonies, with John Kay Clement as chief marshal. The Rev. M. Rhodes, D.D., delivered the dedicatory address. The monument is inscribed with the names of the following deceased comrades: Joseph Smith, Jacob C. Grubb, Peter Swinehart, Alexander Given, Martin Berger, Emanuel Beaver, Emanuel B. Walter, Sr., George Kramer, Jeremiah Haas, James Kennedy, John G. Sterner, George W. Bortle, Theodore Kiehl, George Keiser, John Will, James Brown, Jasper B. Gardner, J. Boulton Young, First Sergeant William Fry, Sergeant Peter Haupt, Sergeant William Pyers, Sergeant John Babtlow, George C. Watson, George Homer, Peter Wolf, Seth Deibert. It bears the following inscription: This marble is erected by the members of Company C, 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, as a tribute of respect to the memory of the dead of their company who fell in battle, and died from disease, starvation, and ill treatment while in rebel prisons, heroes who sacrificed their lives that the Union might live.
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