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Papers found on the body of Dahlgren shortly after his death contained orders for an [[assassination]] plot against Confederate President [[Jefferson Davis]]. The discovery and publication of the [[Dahlgren Papers]] sparked |
Papers found on the body of Dahlgren shortly after his death contained orders for an [[assassination]] plot against Confederate President [[Jefferson Davis]]. The discovery and publication of the [[Dahlgren Papers]] sparked controversy, and may have contributed to [[John Wilkes Booth]]'s decision to assassinate U.S. President [[Abraham Lincoln]] a year later.<ref name="UDGC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gdg.org/Gettysburg%20Magazine/dahlgren.html|title=Ulric Dahlgren in the Gettysburg Campaign|last=Wittenberg|first=Eric J.|accessdate=2009-02-16}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 20:27, 11 October 2013
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![]() Col. Ulric Dahlgren (seen here as a captain) | |
Born | April 3, 1842 |
Died | March 2, 1864 (near Stevensville), King and Queen County, Virginia | (aged 21)
Buried | |
Allegiance | ![]() Union |
Service/ | Union Army |
Years of service | 1861 - 1864 |
Rank | ![]() |
Wars | American Civil War |
Relations | Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren (father) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/UlricDahlgren1860.jpg/170px-UlricDahlgren1860.jpg)
Ulric Dahlgren (April 3, 1842 – March 2, 1864) served as a Union Army colonel. He was in command of an unsuccessful 1864 raid on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, and was killed in the raid. The major consequence of the failed raid was the Dahlgren Affair after incriminating documents were discovered on Dahlgren's corpse.
Early life
Dahlgren was born April 3, 1842, to Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren and Madeleine (Mary) Vinton.[1]
American Civil War
Papers found on the body of Dahlgren shortly after his death contained orders for an assassination plot against Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The discovery and publication of the Dahlgren Papers sparked controversy, and may have contributed to John Wilkes Booth's decision to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln a year later.[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ Dahlgren p. 11
- ^ Wittenberg, Eric J. "Ulric Dahlgren in the Gettysburg Campaign". Retrieved 2009-02-16.
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