Record Data Place Unit Type Location or Site Containing Unit Carlisle, PA Events Date Type 06/27/1863 - 06/29/1863 In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Confederate troops occupy a town familiar to some of their officers Battles/Soldiers 06/27/1863 - 06/29/1863 In Carlisle, Rodes' infantry enjoy a brief but comfortable respite at the U.S. Army Cavalry School Battles/Soldiers 03/16/1867 In Pennsylvania, soldiers from the local barracks and citizens exchange gunfire in the center of Carlisle, leaving two dead. Crime/Disasters 07/01/1863 Shells from General J.E.B. Stuart's horse artillery rain down on Carlisle in an evening bombardment Battles/Soldiers 07/01/1863 Stuart's cavalrymen destroy the U.S. Army's Cavalry School at Carlisle Barracks Battles/Soldiers 04/18/1861 - 04/19/1861 Union garrison at Harpers Ferry burns the Arsenal and withdraws in an overnight march to Pennsylvania Battles/Soldiers Major Topics Carlisle Indian School People Documents Date Title 11/14/1858 (St. Louis) Missouri Republican, “Military,” November 14, 1858 07/08/1859 New York Times, “Letter from the Kansas Gold Region,” July 8, 1859 04/15/1861 Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861 04/29/1861 William Willey to Waitman Willey, April 29, 1861 06/17/1863 Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Points of Present Interest,” June 17, 1863 07/01/1863 New York Herald, “The Rebel Occupation of Carlisle,” July 1, 1863 07/04/1863 Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, “The Rebels at Carlisle,” July 4, 1863 07/10/1863 John Keagy Stayman to Edgar Hastings, July 1863 07/15/1863 George D. Chenoweth to James W. Marshall, July 15, 1863 Images Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1861, photograph Officers Quarters, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa April 1861 Officers and Ladies, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa April 1861 Officers and Ladies, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa April 1861, detail Cavalry training, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, April 1861 Cavalry training, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, April 1861, detail Ruins of Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, July 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image Ruins of Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, July 1863, artist's impression, detail, zoomable image Commandant's Quarters, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa 1867 Commandant's Quarters, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa 1867, detail Officers and Ladies, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa 1867 Barracks Two, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa 1867, zoomable image Barracks Two, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa 1867, detail
Ruins of Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, July 1863, artist's impression, detail, zoomable image
