Dickinson Students Part Ways

Dickinson Students Part Ways (HMNI9)

Location: Carlisle, PA 17013 Cumberland County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 12.138', W 77° 11.852'

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Before the war, the student body of Dickinson College was fairly evenly divided between Northern and Southern students, and thus the college was represented by soldiers on both sides of the conflict. The split is reflected in an autograph book in the college's archives. The autographs show parting words between some of the 118 students enrolled in April, 1861 as they prepared to depart for their respective homes. Many of them expected to meet one another on the battlefield at some future date - and many of them did. Alumni include one Confederate and eleven Union generals, the surgeon general for the Union Army, and two Confederate spies.

The autograph book belonging to Dickinson student F. B. Sellers contains comments such as these: "If I wear the Phi Kap badge, don't shoot me Frank. Yours fraternally, H. Kennedy Weber, Baltimore," and "Though I am a Secessionalist, yet . . . I am your friend. May prosperity attend you in all you do, except in making war upon the South. Yours fraternally, Cyrus Galutt, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland."
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HM NumberHMNI9
Series This marker is part of the Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Civil War Trails series
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Placed ByPennsylvania Civil War Trails
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Date Added Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at 4:12am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 312966 N 4452526
Decimal Degrees40.20230000, -77.19753333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 12.138', W 77° 11.852'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 12' 8.28" N, 77° 11' 51.12" W
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Area Code(s)717
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 339-379 W High St, Carlisle PA 17013, US
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