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      • Virtual Exhibits
    • Ebbert Spring Park
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      • Soldiers' Stories
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    • People
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  • Home
  • Calendar
  • Videos
  • Contact Us
  • Donate
  • Collections
    • Museum House
    • Museum Barn
    • Smith Paintings
    • Iron Collar
    • Buffalo Hide and Rifle
    • Wars
    • Governor Signatures
    • Carl's Drug Store
    • Virtual Exhibits
  • Ebbert Spring Park
  • Enoch Brown Park
  • Research
    • Soldiers' Stories
    • Gordon Crook's Research
  • Local History
    • Early History
    • Schools
    • Buildings
  • People
  • Suffrage

Notable People

Henry P. Fletcher

Henry P. Fletcher

Henry P. Fletcher

 Diplomat, Statesman and Rough Rider 

Fletcher Information

"Dolly" Harris

Henry P. Fletcher

Henry P. Fletcher

Dolly Information

Anderson Family

Henry P. Fletcher

Anderson Family

Timothy Anderson

Anderson Information

Corporal Rihl

Corporal Ulric Dahlgren

Anderson Family

 First Union Soldier Killed North of Mason-Dixon Line
June 22, 1863 

Rihl Information

Corporal Ulric Dahlgren

Corporal Ulric Dahlgren

Corporal Ulric Dahlgren

 "Dahlgren Incident" in Greencastle, PA  

Dahlgren Information

Henry P. Fletcher

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Corporal Rihl

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Captain Ulric Dahlgren

Famous "Dahlgren Incident" in Greencastle, PA

 On Thursday, July 2, 1863, Capt. Ulric Dahlgren, Union cavalry, with a small contingent of 10 men, secreted themselves in the southeast corner of the square and lay in wait for a group of Confederates as they entered the square from South Carlisle Street.  Gunfire erupted and a skirmish of several minutes ensued with the Union soldiers becoming the victors.  Confiscated from a valise was a message from the high command in Richmond to Gen. Robert E. Lee, informing him that no more troops would be sent to back him up at Gettysburg.  Instead of Lee reading the message, it was in the hands of Gen. Meade by late evening of the same day.  Was the skirmish on the square in Greencastle and the captured message meant for Lee the impetus behind the turning point in the Battle of Gettysburg? 

 Capt. Ulric Dahlgren was considered by the people of Greencastle to be their “hero!”  He and his men were the first Union soldiers they had seen in weeks, during the invasion of their homes, farms, and town by thousands of men in their gray and butternut uniforms.  Dahlgren was honored by the town of Greencastle, by naming one of its streets in the southern part of town after him. 

Dahgren is standing in picture.

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