The Dickinson College student body was evenly divided between Northern and Southern students who fought on both sides of the conflict. The split is well documented in Dickinson College class of 1861 student Francis Benjamin Sellers’ Autograph Album for the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Taken from the Phi Kappa Sigma News Letter, Fall, 1954: “On […]
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Outbreak of War at Dickinson College
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The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864
Posted by mckelveb Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Images, Lesson Plans, Maps, Places to VisitThe Battle of the Wilderness (also known as Combats at Parker’s Store, Craig’s Meeting House, Todd’s Tavern, Brock Road, and the Furnaces) took place from May 5-7, 1864 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia as a part of Union General Ulysses S. Grant ’s overland campaign. Grant’s troops attacked General Robert E. Lee and the Army of […]
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The John Taylor Cuddy Correspondence
Posted by solnitr Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Letters & DiariesSixteen-year-old John Taylor Cuddy left his home in Carlisle, Pennsylvania to enlist in Company A of the 36th Pennsylvania Infantry on June 5, 1861. Over the next two years, Cuddy wrote 77 letters home to his family describing his experiences as a soldier in the Union army. Cuddy’s correspondence is available online as part of […]
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Frederick Douglass – Visit to Carlisle in 1872
Posted by sailerd Published in Historic Periodicals, Reconstruction (1865-1880)Frederick Douglass gave a speech in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on March 2, 1872 about his work relating to Santo Domingo. In 1871 President Ulysses S. Grant had appointed Douglass to the Commission of Inquiry for the annexation of Santo Domingo the United States of America. Douglass delivered his speech at Rheem’s Hall, which was located behind […]
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The Battle of Port Royal, November 17, 1861
Posted by solnitr Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Historic Periodicals, Images, Recent ScholarshipIn its inaugural issue published on March 15, 1862 the New South, a weekly periodical with Northern sympathies, described the Union capture of Port Royal, South Carolina on November 7, 1861 as a “brisk little engagement with the enemy at Port Royal Ferry, in which the National forces, both Army and Navy manifested pluck and […]
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Battle of Jenkins’ Ferry (April 30, 1864)
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Images, MapsThe Battle of Jenkins’ Ferry took place in Grant county, Arkansas on April 30, 1864 as Confederate forces attempted to Union General Frederick Steele’s forces retreated across the Saline River. While Confederates attacked several times, they could not stop Steele’s men from crossing the river with their supplies. Andrew F. Sperry, who served with the […]
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The Battle of Ball’s Bluff, October 21, 1861
Posted by rainwatj Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Images, Letters & Diaries, Maps, Places to VisitThe Battle of Ball’s Bluff, also known as the Battle of Harrison’s Island or Battle of Leesburg was fought on October 21, 1861 in Loudoun County, Virginia. In response to movement by Confederate Colonel Nathan G. Evans, Union Major General George B. McClellan ordered Brigadier General Charles P. Stone to conduct a “slight demonstration,” a […]
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The Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862- January 3, 1863
Posted by mckelveb Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Images, Lesson Plans, MapsThe Battle of Stones River (also known as the Battle of Murfreesboro) took place from December 31, 1862- January 3, 1863 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Confederate General Braxton Bragg and the Army of Tennessee forced Union Major General William S. Rosecrans to the Nashville Pike, but the Union Army of the Cumberland was able to […]
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The Battle of Wilson’s Creek, August 10, 1861
Posted by solnitr Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Letters & Diaries, Maps, Recent ScholarshipOn August 10, 1861 about ten miles south of Springfield, Missouri Confederate forces under the joint command of General Benjamin McCulloch and Major General Sterling Price of the Missouri State Guard, defeated General Nathaniel Lyon’s Union troops at the battle of Wilson’s Creek. The National Park Service provides information geared towards teachers on their website, […]
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General Sherman’s March to the Sea (November – December 1864)
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Images, Letters & Diaries, MapsGeneral William T. Sherman’s March to the Sea, also known as the Savannah Campaign, began on November 15 when Sherman’s forces left Atlanta, Georgia. The Confederate defeat at Savannah on December 21, 1864 marked the end of the campaign. Teachers can find an overview of this campaign in Professor Anne Bailey’s entry on the New […]
