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Oswego, New York, 1855, bird's-eye view, detail, zoomable image
    Record Data
    Place Unit Type
    City or Town
    Containing Unit
    Oswego County, NY
    Events
    Date Type
    11/05/1865 Heavy gales ravage cargo ships on Lake Ontario and several are lost Crime/Disasters
    05/26/1860 Heavy storm floods parts of Oswego, New York causing a train derailment Crime/Disasters
    12/07/1865 Near Oswego, New York, a repairs train hits two cows and derails, killing a brakeman Crime/Disasters
    People
    Birthplace of

    Hatch, John Porter

    John Porter Hatch, detail

    Walker, Mary Edwards

    Mary Edwards Walker, circa 1865, detail
    Burial Place of

    Churchill, John Charles

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    Littlejohn, DeWitt Clinton

    DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn, circa 1864, detail

    Walker, Mary Edwards

    Mary Edwards Walker, circa 1865, detail
    Documents
    Date Title
    08/26/1857 New York Times, “Brutal Murder Near Oswego,” August 26, 1857
    10/25/1857 John Delaney (Oscar Ball) to William Still, October 25, 1857
    11/21/1857 John Delaney (Oscar Ball) to William Still, November 21, 1857
    Images

    Oswego, New York, 1855, bird's-eye view, zoomable image

    Oswego, New York, 1855, bird's-eye view, zoomable image

    Oswego, New York, 1855, bird's-eye view, detail, zoomable image

    Oswego, New York, 1855, bird's-eye view, detail, zoomable image
    Bibliography
    This Side of the Border: Fugitives from Slavery in Three Central New York Communities

    How to Cite This Page: "Oswego, NY," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hddev.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/9269.

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