Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet life -- 1860-1869
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:
Andrew C. L. Gatewood Letters [Digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1918
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Andrew C.L. Gatewood Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0068
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the papers consist of 28 letters written by Gatewood to his parents and other family members, 1860-1864.Early letters describe life at the Virginia Military Institute (hazing, daily routine, excitement about secession, cadets as drillmasters) and in Lexington, Virginia, just prior to and
during early months of the Civil War. Subsequent letters date from his service with the 11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment,Company F, (Bath Squadron), including a letter written after the second Battle...
Andrew Pizzini Civil War Parole Document
Item
Identifier: MS-0109
Scope and Contents
Civil War parole document dated April 18, 1865, signed by Andrew Pizzini, Jr. This document is a typical example of the document signed by Confederate prisoners at the end of the Civil War.
Andrew Pizzini Civil War Parole Document, 1865 [Digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1723
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Barton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0020
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the miscellaneous papers of three members of the Barton family who attended the Virginia Military Institute during the mid-19th century. Papers relating to Cadet Charles M. Barton (VMI Class of 1856) include a letter dated September 28, 1855 from Charles to his cousin Joseph M. Barton, in which he complains about VMI life and about his instructor Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (Jackson is described as a "hell of a fool"). Other Charles Barton material is found in a...
Cadet love letter, 1860
Item
Identifier: MS-0378
Scope and Contents
Love letter, December 1860, written by a Cadet named "Willie" to his cousin Mary. It and largely concerns their relationship. There is a brief mention of cleaning up his Barracks room for inspection; and of guard duty.
Charles T. Haigh Notebook-Diary
Collection
Identifier: MS-0016
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a one volume notebook-diary kept
by Virginia Military Institute Cadet Charles T. Haigh in 1862- 1864.
The volume provides insight into the life and concerns of a VMI cadet during the Civil War. It primarily contains poetry written by his classmates, as well as poetry by Sara Henderson Smith, the wife of VMI's Superintendent, Francis H. Smith.
The diary portion contains sparse entries for the period
March-May 1863. Included are occasional references to...
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