Letter : Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, 1870 October 16.

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Letter : Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, 1870 October 16.

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This accession consists of a letter from a student at Virginia Military Institute (V.M.I.), Lexington, Virginia, to his mother, dated October 16, 1870. While Nalle relates his impressions regarding the recent area flood, the letter primarily concerns the 1870 death of Robert E. Lee whom Nalle had seen just prior to his death. The author describes the areas use and shortage of crepe, Lee's being stricken, and the role he and V.M.I. played in funeral and memorial services.

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Nalle, W.

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Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Virginia Military Institute

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On March 29, 1839 the General Aslsembly passed the final version of the act establishing a military school at the Lexington arsenal, where the students would protect the arms while pursuing educational courses. The School was named the Virginia Military Institute and is the nation's oldest state supported military college. The governor appointed nine members to the Board of Visitors to oversee the new school and they elected Claudius Crozet as president of the board and named Franci...