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==American Civil War==
==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 an international 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>
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>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 20:27, 11 October 2013

Ulric Dahlgren
Col. Ulric Dahlgren (seen here as a captain)
Born(1842-04-03)April 3, 1842
DiedMarch 2, 1864(1864-03-02) (aged 21)
(near Stevensville), King and Queen County, Virginia
Buried
AllegianceUnited States United States of America
Union
Service/branchUnion Army
Years of service1861 - 1864
Rank Colonel
WarsAmerican Civil War
RelationsRear Admiral John A. Dahlgren (father)
Ulric Dahlgren

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

  1. ^ Dahlgren p. 11
  2. ^ Wittenberg, Eric J. "Ulric Dahlgren in the Gettysburg Campaign". Retrieved 2009-02-16.

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