The Lost Chapter at Soule University

[CMWinkler]

The Lost Chapter at Soule University
By Towner Blackstock (Davidson 1994), Curator of Archives

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Recent evidence has demanded reassessment of the old question, "Did Phi Gamma Delta have a chapter at Soule University, Chappell Hill, Texas?" William Chamberlin, in The History of Phi Gamma Delta, Tomos Beta, determined that a "pseudo-chapter" seems to have existed there. However, his analysis was based on limited facts. It now appears that Phi Gamma Delta established an authorized chapter at Soule University, and that its members founded the chapter at Washington and Lee University.

More: http://www.phigam.org/lostsoule

 

[Tom Elmore]

Known Phi Gamma Delta fraternity members at Gettysburg:

- Lunsford Pitt Cooper, Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, 42nd Mississippi, Union University, TN, graduated 1852.
- George Washington Montgomery, Company C, 12th Mississippi, Union University, TN, graduated 1862.
- Samuel Polk, Private, Company F, 1st (2nd) Maryland Battalion (wounded, captured), Jefferson College, PA, 1862, non-graduate.
- (possibly present) John Ashhurst Caffey, Forage Master, Company E, 6th Alabama, Howard College, AL, 1855, non-graduate.

- David Acheson, Captain, Company C, 140th Pennsylvania (killed), Washington College, PA, 1859-1862.
- James Hoag, Jr., Corporal, Company A, 68th Pennsylvania (wounded), Allegheny College, PA, 1862, non-graduate.
- John H. Ewing, Captain, 155th Pennsylvania, Washington College, PA, graduated 1851.
- Daniel Stannard Porter, Lieutenant Colonel, 11th Pennsylvania Reserves (wounded), Washington College, PA, 1856, non-graduate.
- Ira Ayer, Jr., Major, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves (wounded slightly), Allegheny College, PA, 1861, non-graduate.
- James Madison Wells, Captain, Company F, 111th Pennsylvania, Allegheny College, PA, 1857, non-graduate.

As noted on the "Phi Gamma Delta in the Civil War" site, Frank Richards, while a student of Gettysburg College, visited Samuel Polk in the hospital after the battle. Richards had been enrolled in Company A, 26th Pennsylvania Emergency Infantry.

 

[CMWinkler]

Thank you, great information.

Perge!

 

[CMWinkler]

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