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WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY
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Waynesburg [College] President A.B. Miller viewed the United States Presidential election of 1856 through
the lens of an abolitionist. Hle wrote in his diary that the issue at hand was the
possibility of our country being “... given up to human bondage...” He proudly stated that he and a colleague voted
“... to prevent such a calamity.”
&James Jackson Purman
James Milton Pipes
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
140th
GettysburgIn the course of rescuing their soldiers on the battlefield, both Lieutenant Purman
and Captain Pipes were shot in their legs.
Stephen LangWith a personal interest in the Civil War, Lang Reenacted Union Liutenant James
Jacskon Purman in a one man show
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Gettysburg Stephen LangWith a personal interest in the Civil War, Lang Reenacted Union Liutenant James
Jacskon Purman in a one man showwww.c-span.org
HEROISMHEROISM
Purman
HEROISMHEROISM
Pipes
Pipes and Purman were wounded near the Wheatfield and beside the bottom of the red
arrow head.
Location
Both men were awarded the Medal of Honorfor their valor and bravery
Credit: Hal Jesperson
Both men were awarded the Medal of Honorfor their valor and bravery
Lt. Purman’s account of rescuing Capt. Pipes
James Jackson Purman
AFTER THE WAR
AFTER THE WARPurmanMarried Mary Witherow
Teacher in Waynesburg
PipesMarried Martha Purdy
Elected toPublic Office
Purman’s Marriage Pipes Marriage
Purman’s Marriage Pipes Marriage
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Map: Underground Railroad Stations and paths near Waynesburg Switala, W. J. (n.d.). Pennsylvania Underground Railroad Stations [Map]. In Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania (pp. 68-69).
Waynesburg CollegeStudent Involved
“...College student prevents the location of freed slaves in the underground railroad
from being revealed.”
N.A (1884, October 16). Old Slavery Days [Editorial]. Observer Newspaper, p. 1.