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Camp William Penn Stone Marker

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Camp William Penn Stone Marker. no date. no date.
APA citation style
(no date). Camp William Penn Stone Marker. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A316065
Chicago citation style
“Camp William Penn Stone Marker”, Cheltenham Township Library System - Cheltenham Historical Photograph Collection, no date. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A316065.
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Title

Camp William Penn Stone Marker

Subject

Camp William Penn (La Mott, Pa.)
Historical markers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County.
La Mott (Pa.) -- History.
African American soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.

Description

"It was erected in 1943 by the Allied Veterans Association of Pennsylvania. Camp William Penn was the first camp established for colored troops under the act of July 17, 1862. Between 1863 and 1865 10,940 men were trained and in combat they suffered 1,056 casualties. The 22nd Regiment, one of eleven trained at Camp William Penn, was the first Union regiment sent into Richmond and it escorted President Lincoln's body back to Springfield." - Alexander Scott

Contributors

Scott, Alexander

Location Covered

La Mott (Pa.)

Time Period Covered

Twentieth century

Type

Image

Original Format

Slides

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

s0181

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Contact

The copyright for this photograph is not evaluated. For questions regarding use and publication of this photograph, please contact the Cheltenham Township Library System - ctllibsys@mclinc.org.

Contributing Institution

Cheltenham Township Library System

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Notes

The description uses the original text from the contributor Alexander W. Scott's (1926-1999) index to the slides.