On Lake Seneca in New York, a steamboat bursts one of its boilers and three crewmen die

The steamboat Ben Loder was the largest to ply Seneca Lake and was employed as a tow boat pulling lines of freight barges.  On this day one of her boilers exploded without warning during a voyage on the lake and its second engineer and two firemen were killed.   After this accident the Ben Loder was completely overhauled and continued in service till she was completely destroyed in a dockside fire on July 19, 1861.  (By John Osborne)
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In Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln formally accepts the Republican nomination for President

Abraham Lincoln had on the evening of May 19, 1860 received at his home in Springfield, Illinois the committee sent from the national committee to extend the nomination to him officially.  He made an informal statement that he was "not doubting" he would take the honor but gave a formal written acceptance on May 23, 1860 in a letter to the president of the Republican National Committee, George Ashmun.  (By John Osborne)
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In Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is formally offered the Republican Party nomination for President

Abraham Lincoln had not attended the Republican National Convention in Chicago but had followed the proceedings very closely from Springfield, Illinois.  In the evening of May 19, 1860, he received at his home the deputation sent from the national committee to extend the nomination to him officially.  He told them in a brief speech that he was "not doubting" he would accept and gave a formal written acceptance on May 23, 1860.  (By John Osborne)
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Noah Pinkney (Dickinson Chronicles)

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John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “Noah Pinkney,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/p/ed_pinkneyN.htm.
Though never an employee of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Noah Pinkney was one of its most famous names for forty years. Known to Dickinson students as "Pink" or "Uncle Noah" for all of that time, Pinckney was born a slave in Frederick County, Maryland on December 31, 1846. During the war he became "contraband" and in 1863, he travelled to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to enlist in the Union Army. He served under General Butler and, according to the Dickinsonian, was present at the Appomattox Court House in April 1865 when General Lee surrendered.
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Union Private Isaac Cole, Military Service Records, Muster and Descriptive Roll, Detail

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, April 20, 2010.
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Muster and Descriptive Roll of a Detachment of U. S. Vols. forwarded
Source citation
Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 31st through 35th, National Archives Microfilm Publication M1992.
Source note
Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.

Union Private Isaac Cole, Military Service Records, Company Muster-Out Roll

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, April 20, 2010.
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Co. Muster-out Roll
Source citation
Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 31st through 35th, National Archives Microfilm Publication M1992.
Source note
Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.

Union Private Isaac Cole, Military Service Records, Muster and Descriptive Roll

Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, April 20, 2010.
Image type
document
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Ancestry.com
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Muster and Descriptive Roll of a Detachment of U. S. Vols. forwarded
Source citation
Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 31st through 35th, National Archives Microfilm Publication M1992.
Source note
Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.

Union Private Isaac Cole, Military Service Records, Company Descriptive Book

Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, April 20, 2010.
Image type
document
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Ancestry.com
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Company Descriptive Book
Source citation
Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 31st through 35th, National Archives Microfilm Publication M1992.
Source note
Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.
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