Account of military service, 1886.

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Account of military service, 1886.

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Manuscript account of Wren's military service written by him in response to a statement signed by Capt. E. Macdonald published in the PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY PRESS 1886 May 24. Wren left for Washington, D.C. in April of 1861, and became a member of the "First Defenders," troops assigned to protect the capitol. Wren described his arrival in Washington and being quartered in the Capitol. Document includes praise of Governor Curtin of Pennsylvania; an account of Captain John C. Pemberton's resignation from the Union Army and enlistment in the Confederate Army; descriptions of pro-Southern demonstrations in Baltimore, Maryland; an account of an African American soldier named Nicholas Biddle being struck with a brick in Maryland; an account of a troop review before President Lincoln (and a subsequent visit from him); a description of preparing Fort Washington (Md.) for service; and a description of an incident involving Capt. Edward MacDonald of the National Light Artillery (also of the 25th Pennsylvania Infantry) that occurred while Wren and his men waited to receive their uniforms.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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