Carlisle
[key], borough (2020 pop. 19,236), seat of Cumberland co., S Pa.; inc.
1782. Its manufactures include electronics and paper, rubber, wood, food,
and leather products. In the last conflict (1754–63) of the French and Indian Wars the Forbes
(1758) and Bouquet (1763) expeditions were organized there. A munitions
depot during the Revolution, Carlisle was a headquarters for Washington
during the Whiskey Rebellion
in 1794. Molly Pitcher is buried
in the Old Graveyard. The borough was a stop on the Underground Railroad and was attacked
during the Civil War by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Carlisle is the seat of the U.S.
Army War College and the Carlisle Barracks, Dickinson College, and
Pennsylvania State Univ. Dickinson School of Law.
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