{"id":3780,"date":"2011-04-22T13:15:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T18:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2024-01-31T10:14:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:14:42","slug":"3780","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/2011\/04\/22\/3780\/","title":{"rendered":"After Fort Sumter &#8211; William Willey at Dickinson College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/node\/16699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3781\" title=\"Old West, 1860\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/files\/2011\/04\/HD_OldWest1860.preview-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/files\/2011\/04\/HD_OldWest1860.preview-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/files\/2011\/04\/HD_OldWest1860.preview.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> One hundred fifty years ago <a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/panel\/this_date\/1861-04-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">today<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/node\/6865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Willey<\/a> (Class of 1862) <a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/node\/34853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/node\/6864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his father<\/a> about whether he could remain at <a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/node\/9094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dickinson College<\/a> and described the conditions in <a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/node\/9312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlisle<\/a> as residents prepared for war. Willey lived in western Virginia and his father was serving as a delegate at the <a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/node\/35582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secession convention<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/node\/9121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richmond<\/a>, Virginia. As he <a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/node\/34853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told his father<\/a>, \u201cit is probable that they will not suffer any of us from the South to remain more than a day or two longer.\u201d Willey, however, was not as concerned as other southern students. \u201cThe only ones that are in danger are the students from [South Carolina],\u201d as Willey observed. Yet Willey hoped that he could remain at Dickinson College and graduate in 1862. \u201cI will regret it more than any circumstance of my life, should I be compelled to go,\u201d as Willey explained. In addition, Willey\u2019s letter included his observations of Carlisle as residents prepared for war. \u201cThe depot is crowded with women bidding adieu to their husbands and sons, and all appear to be mad with excitement,\u201d as Willey described. Carlisle residents even \u201ccompelled [Dickinson College] to hoist the stars and stripes,\u201d as Willey noted. You can listen to this letter by clicking on the play button below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to William Willey&#8217;s letter:<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3780-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/files\/2011\/04\/1861_04_22_william_to_waitman.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/files\/2011\/04\/1861_04_22_william_to_waitman.mp3\">http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/files\/2011\/04\/1861_04_22_william_to_waitman.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One hundred fifty years ago today William Willey (Class of 1862) wrote to his father about whether he could remain at Dickinson College and described the conditions in Carlisle as residents prepared for war. Willey lived in western Virginia and his father was serving as a delegate at the Secession convention in Richmond, Virginia. 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