Ulric Dahlgren Military person

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.

Personal facts

Ulric Dahlgren
Birth dateApril 03, 1842
Date of deathMarch 02, 1864
Place of death
King and Queen County Virginia
Resting place
Laurel Hill Cemetery , Philadelphia

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Military person

allegiance
United States of America
Union
military operations
American Civil War
military branch
Union Army
relation
service start1861
service end1864

Ulric Dahlgren on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=oRcTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA212&dq=ulric+dahlgren&ei=ASGZScWEKJSWMte53Y4E#PPA173,M1