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New Market Battle Reenactment with flag, May 2014
No full textCadets carry the New Market Flag during a reenactment at the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park in May 2014. May 15, 2014 marked the 150th anniversary of the Battle of New Market
Indoor Physical Training Facility Construction, Oct. 2014
No full textConstruction crews clear trees and lay the groundwork for the Indoor Physical Training Facility scheduled to be opened in 2016
Dunlap Family Letters, 1864
No full textTwo letters, 1864, regarding members of the Dunlap family of Jennings Gap, Augusta Co., Virginia. May 20th, 1864-- Confederate soldier Robert B. Dunlap to his mother Margaret Dunlap, written from camp near Spotsylvania Courthouse; describes aftermath of battle, seeing battlefield covered with dead and wounded. July 13, 1864, Adam Dunlap, a Union loyalist, to his brother Robert, from Warnsburg, Missouri; discusses murder of their brother Jim (also a Union loyalist) by a member of his own unit; encourages Robert to "change your way of thinking.
William P. Williams collection, 1865
No full textOath of allegiance document sworn at Wytheville, Virginia on August 14, 1865; one photograph of Williams taken after the Civil War; obituary, 191
Cadet Jaqueline Beverly Stanard Letters, 1863
No full textLetters from Cadet Stanard to his mother and sister, discussing life at VMI in 1863, and various family matters. Stanard was killed at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864
Edmund Berkeley Letter, 1863
No full textOne letter (November 26, 1863) from Cadet Edmund Berkeley to his mother. Berkeley has been informed of his sister's death and offers consolation to his mother. He also gives VMI news and complains about the food (early reference to "growley" a VMI slang word used for mess hall food)
Stanard Family Letters, 1864-1865
No full textFamily letters written after the death of Cadet Jaqueline Beverly Stanard. One letter fragment, July 28, 1864 from one of Cadet Stanard's sisters to VMI Cadet Louis C. Wise, mentioning death of her brother. Three letters written by brother Robert Stanard to his mother, 1864-1865
James L. Merritt Civil War Letters, 1863-1864
No full textTwo letters, with envelopes, from Cadet Merritt to his father. The letter of November 24, 1863 discusses school expenses, mentions the Corps being called to defend against Averell's raids; reports dissatisfaction with VMI (complains of hunger, gets " beef, irish potatoes, milk" only). The letter of May 16, 1864, written on the day after the Battle of New Market, describes being wounded, action on battlefield, mentions cadets Norborne C. Lewis (Class of 1867) and John A. Crichton (Class of 1866). This letter was possibly written from the Bushong House near the battlefield, and is written on a blank VMI form used by cadets to report excuses to the Commandant. Includes envelope addressed to W.H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick Co., Virginia
Thomas M. Wade Papers, 1862-1863
No full textThe collection consists of 3 Civil War era letters (1862-1863) from Confederate soldier Thomas M. Wade to his sister Lou, written while he was serving as a Private in the 1st Rockbridge Artillery Battery. Topics include daily camp life; personal news; and brief references to Stonewall Jackson and the battle at Antietam (Sharpsburg). The papers also include one post-war photograph of Wade, circa 1870, viewable in the photographs database
John R. Hurley Civil War Letters
No full textThe collections consists of 12 letters from Confederate soldier John R. Hurley (Private, Co. "A", 39th Alabama Infantry Regiment) to his sisters. The letters were written from camps at Tupelo, Mississippi; and Shelbyville and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Topics include camp life and hardships; personal news