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Letter to Joseph R. Anderson, Jr., 1904 July 23

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Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/2399
Letter to Joseph R. Anderson, Jr., 1904 July 23
Letter to Joseph R. Anderson, Jr., 1904 July 23

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  • 1904 July 23

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Autobiographical letter from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI historian Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. Ezekiel recounts his experience as a VMI Cadet at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864 and his post-VMI career through July 1904. He discusses caring for his classmate Thomas Jefferson, who was mortally wounded in the battle; expresses regret for missing VMI reunion at which New Market Medals were issued to veterans.