David Funsten papers, 1811-1902 [manuscript].

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David Funsten papers, 1811-1902 [manuscript].

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Correspondence of David Funsten, his wife, Susan Meade Funsten (1824-1872), and their relatives, chiefly in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Included are correspondence, 1811, between Susan Meade in Virginia and her brother, David Meade, in college at Princeton; letters from David Funsten in Europe in 1858; Civil War letters from David Funsten while he was serving as a colonel with the 11th Virginia Regiment; letters, 1864, from Virginia Military Institute cadet George William Ward to his mother, Julia Ann Funsten Ward; a postwar letter from a former slave; and other Meade, Funsten, and Washington family letters.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Funsten, David, 1819-1866.

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A native of Clarke County, Va., David Funsten graduated from Princeton College in 1838 and practiced law in Alexandria, Va. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1844 and as a captain (and later colonel) of the 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment of the Confederate States Army. Severely wounded at Seven Pines, he resigned his commission and gained election for two terms to the Confederate House of Representatives. He married Susan Everard Meade (1824-1872) and the couple had 11 children. ...

College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)

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Meade, Susan, fl. 1811.

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Ward, George William, fl. 1864.

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Ward, Julia Ann Funsten, fl. 1864.

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Meade, David, fl. 1811.

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Funsten, Susan Meade, 1824-1872.

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Washington family.

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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...

Funsten family.

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

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