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George Washington Statue
No full textDedicated on July 3, 1856, this bronze was cast by Virginia artist William James Hubard and is a replica of Jean Antoine Houdon's original marble. In 1864 it was confiscated by Union troops as a trophy of war, but was returned and rededicated in 1866. The statue stands across from the Washington Arch entrance to Barrack
Ring Figure Ball, Dec. 2016.
No full textSecond Class Cadets and their dates attend the Ring Figure ball Dec. 3, 2016 in Marshall Hall
VMI Cadet. February 22, 2016
No full textVolume 109, number 15Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacation
VMI Cadet. November 11, 2016
No full textVolume 110, number 5Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacation
Williamson Family Letter, 1861
No full textEarly Civil War letter written by Confederate soldier [I.] D. Williamson of Rockingham County, Virginia, to his wife. The letter is dated July 20, 1861 and was written from "Fair grounds, Winchester, VA." Williamson mentions the ongoing battle at Manassas and reports that "we are victorious so far." he discusses the importance of the battle
W. W. Hawkins Civil War letter, 1862
No full textLetter written by Union soldier W. W. Hawkins to his father. The letter is dated November 20, 1862 from "Camp at Fairmount, Near Fredericksburg, VA." The letter contains comments about military life (marching, lack of rations, talking with Confederate soldiers encamped across the river, cavalry foraging for food)
History 119th Infantry, 60th Brigade, 30th Division, U.S.A. Operations in Belgium and France, 1917-1919
No full textHistory 119th Infantry, 60th Brigade, 30th Division, U.S.A.
[Wilmington, N.C.] Wilmington Chamber of Commerce [1920]
Comer Family Civil War letter, 1865
No full textOne letter from Mrs. Comer to her husband, Alexander T. C. Comer, Assistant Surgeon, 9th New York Cavalry Regiment. The letter was written at Winchester, Virginia. The letter contains personal and family news
Narrative, Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne U. S. Army service in the Philippines
No full textHandwritten autobiographical foreword in which Kilbourne details his long relationship with the Philippines during his U. S. Army career and his role in the creation of the Corregidor tunnel system (Malinta Tunnel). This serves as the preface to a scrapbook in which he documented his return visit to the Phillipines in the 1950's, at age 82
Virginia Mourning Her Dead, 2016
No full textVirginia Mourning Her Dead momument covered in snow, March 201