President Abraham Lincoln Promotes a School Principal Who Had Traded School Books for Weapons of War
When the Civil War broke out, the principal had joined the army, raised a company, and actively commanded it
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When promoted, the former principal was an officer of the 26th Colored Infantry, a New York unit that served in the South in 1864-5
When the Civil War commenced, P. Edwin Dye was the principal of a public school in Buffalo, N.Y. He set that aside for the sword and camp trunk...
When promoted, the former principal was an officer of the 26th Colored Infantry, a New York unit that served in the South in 1864-5
When the Civil War commenced, P. Edwin Dye was the principal of a public school in Buffalo, N.Y. He set that aside for the sword and camp trunk of a soldier, early joining the 100th New York Regiment, raising a company (Company C) and serving as its captain. That unit look part in the campaign on the Peninsula, and then in the assaults against Charleston in 1863. It would go on to participate in operations against Petersburg and Richmond, and be present at Appomattox.
On February 5, 1864, Dye joined the 26th US Colored Infantry as a captain. The records say he joined “by special order”. Likely coincident with that, Lincoln promoted Dye to the post of Additional Paymaster, even while Dye continued to serve as captain. Document signed, on vellum, showing a large eagle at the top, Washington, February 26, 1864, naming P. Edwin Dye as Additional Paymaster, effective three days earlier on February 23. The document is countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
This is the first Lincoln appointment we have had where the appointee was principal or teacher in a public school. It is also uncommon to find appointments of officers of colored regiments.
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