Description: Special Report of the Superintendent of theVirginia Military InstituteJanuary 1862 Original Confederate Imprint Parrish & Willingham (4396) Documents 1861-62 Virginia General Assembly Document No. LVII (57) Rare and important report of the Superintendent General Francis H. Smith to Governor Letcher and subsequently to the Congress of the State of Virginia, regarding the state of affairs at VMI at the beginning of the second year of the war. VMI had been closed in early 1861 as cadets were sent to train troops for the Confederate army in camps around Richmond. This document lists EVERY CADET enrolled for 1862 and records their home counties. Pay cadets, out of state cadets and state cadets are categorized. Many of the listed cadets fought at New Market in May of 1864 and many also served in the Confederate army. Among the many New Market cadets who are listed in the document: Felix T. Taliaferro (also 12th VA Cavalry)William M. Patton - SergeantAndrew Pizzini - SergeantW. H. Cabell - killed at New MarketB.A. ColonnaE.M. Ross - SergeantC.H. Minge - 1st Captain (Corps Cadet Commander at New Market) Also contains an impressive tribute to General Philip St. George Cocke by General Smith. 17 pages - Very good with wrinkling at bound edge - binding partially detached at edge but Confederate paper in good condition. Fantastic document for research. Please view my other listings for additional imprints and civil war books. USA SALES ONLY NO INTERNATIONAL SALES NO RETURNS
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Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
