Life span: 01/01/1837 to 12/31/1861Dickinson Connection: Class of 1859TabsLife SummaryFull name: Zebulon DyerPlace of Birth: Upper Tract, VABirth Date Certainty: EstimatedDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateEducation: Dickinson (Carlisle College)Occupation: MilitaryEducatorRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderMilitary: Confederate Army Note Cards Zebulon Dyer (Dickinson Chronicles) ScholarshipZebulon Dyer was born in 1837 in Upper Tract, Pendleton County, West Virginia. He was a member of the Union Philosophical Society and Phi Kappa Sigma; he received his bachelor of arts degree in 1859. Until the outbreak of the Civil War, he spent the next two years teaching and studying law. Dyer entered the Confederate States Army as a lieutenant in 1861; he was killed later that same year at Allegheny Mountain on December 13. He was twenty-four years old.John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “ Zebulon Dyer,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/d/ed_dyerZ.htm. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 07/14/1859 07/14/1859 Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Major TopicsDickinson College Documents Images Zebulon Dyer Zebulon Dyer, detail Bibliography
Zebulon Dyer (Dickinson Chronicles) ScholarshipZebulon Dyer was born in 1837 in Upper Tract, Pendleton County, West Virginia. He was a member of the Union Philosophical Society and Phi Kappa Sigma; he received his bachelor of arts degree in 1859. Until the outbreak of the Civil War, he spent the next two years teaching and studying law. Dyer entered the Confederate States Army as a lieutenant in 1861; he was killed later that same year at Allegheny Mountain on December 13. He was twenty-four years old.John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “ Zebulon Dyer,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/d/ed_dyerZ.htm.