Waynesburg University & the Civil War

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WAR

WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY

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Waynesburg [College] President A.B. Miller viewed the United States Presidential election of 1856 through

the lens of an abolitionist. Hle wrote in his diary that the issue at hand was the

possibility of our country being “... given up to human bondage...” He proudly stated that he and a colleague voted

“... to prevent such a calamity.”

&James Jackson Purman

James Milton Pipes

Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

140th

GettysburgIn the course of rescuing their soldiers on the battlefield, both Lieutenant Purman

and Captain Pipes were shot in their legs.

Stephen LangWith a personal interest in the Civil War, Lang Reenacted Union Liutenant James

Jacskon Purman in a one man show

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Gettysburg Stephen LangWith a personal interest in the Civil War, Lang Reenacted Union Liutenant James

Jacskon Purman in a one man showwww.c-span.org

HEROISMHEROISM

Purman

HEROISMHEROISM

Pipes

Pipes and Purman were wounded near the Wheatfield and beside the bottom of the red

arrow head.

Location

Both men were awarded the Medal of Honorfor their valor and bravery

Credit: Hal Jesperson

Both men were awarded the Medal of Honorfor their valor and bravery

Lt. Purman’s account of rescuing Capt. Pipes

James Jackson Purman

AFTER THE WAR

AFTER THE WARPurmanMarried Mary Witherow

Teacher in Waynesburg

PipesMarried Martha Purdy

Elected toPublic Office

Purman’s Marriage Pipes Marriage

Purman’s Marriage Pipes Marriage

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

Map: Underground Railroad Stations and paths near Waynesburg Switala, W. J. (n.d.). Pennsylvania Underground Railroad Stations [Map]. In Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania (pp. 68-69).

Waynesburg CollegeStudent Involved

“...College student prevents the location of freed slaves in the underground railroad

from being revealed.”

N.A (1884, October 16). Old Slavery Days [Editorial]. Observer Newspaper, p. 1.