Dickinson College, at its annual commencement ceremonies, grants baccalaureate degrees to twelve members of the class of 1862. Among the graduates are James Horace Buckner and George Troxell Motter, both of whom will go on to medical school and serve as U.S. Army surgeons during the Civil War. (By James Gerencser)
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Commencement Program, June 24, 1862, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA.
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