COLONEL ULRIC DHALGREN WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE SPOT WHERE THE LEGO OF U.S. ARMY COLONEL ULRIC DAHLGREN, SON OF ADMIRAL JOHN DAHLGREN “FATHER OF AMERICAN NAVAL ORDNANCE” WAS INTERRED FOLLOWING HIS WOUNDING AFTER THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG IN 1863. COLONEL DAHLGREN WAS KILLED IN MARCH 1864 DURING A FAILED UNION CAVALRY RAID ON RICHMOND.
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