Ulric Dahlgren
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Ulric Dahlgren 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.
and Madeleine (Mary) Vinton.
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.
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
colonel. He was in command of an unsuccessful 1864 raid on the Confederate
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
capital of Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
, and was killed in the raid.
Early life
Dahlgren was born, in 1842, to Rear Admiral John A. DahlgrenJohn A. Dahlgren
John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren was a United States Navy leader. He headed the Union Navy's ordnance department during the American Civil War and designed several different kinds of guns and cannons that were considered part of the reason the Union won the war...
and Madeleine (Mary) Vinton.
American Civil War
Papers found on the body of Dahlgren shortly after his death contained orders for an assassinationAssassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
plot against Confederate President Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Finis Davis , also known as Jeff Davis, was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President for its entire history. He was born in Kentucky to Samuel and Jane Davis...
. The discovery and publication of the Dahlgren Papers sparked an international controversy, and may have contributed to John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. Booth was a member of the prominent 19th century Booth theatrical family from Maryland and, by the 1860s, was a well-known actor...
's decision to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
a year later.
See also
- Dahlgren AffairDahlgren AffairThe Dahlgren Affair was an incident in the American Civil War involving a failed Union raid on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia on March 2, 1864...
- Rear Admiral John A. DahlgrenJohn A. DahlgrenJohn Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren was a United States Navy leader. He headed the Union Navy's ordnance department during the American Civil War and designed several different kinds of guns and cannons that were considered part of the reason the Union won the war...
, Ulric Dahlgren's father