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Thomas Morris Chester: Civil War Dispatches
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Thomas Morris Chester (1834–1892) pursued a number of careers, including teaching, law, and journalism. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he attended an academy designed for Black Americans in Pittsburgh, studied and later taught in Liberia, and lived and worked in England for some time at the start of the Civil War. During the early years of the war he worked as a recruiter and then went on to bear arms to protect Harrisburg during the 1863 Gettysburg campaign. In August 1864 he joined the Philadelphia Press as a correspondent.
Title: Thomas Morris Chester: Civil War Dispatches
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Thomas Morris Chester (1834–1892) pursued a number of careers, including teaching, law, and journalism.
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he attended an academy designed for Black Americans in Pittsburgh, studied and later taught in Liberia, and lived and worked in England for some time at the start of the Civil War.
During the early years of the war he worked as a recruiter and then went on to bear arms to protect Harrisburg during the 1863 Gettysburg campaign.
In August 1864 he joined the Philadelphia Press as a correspondent.
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