Letters written chiefly to Gustavus Brown Wallace Nalle in 1864 together with a 1772 appointment, 1772 and 1864.

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Letters written chiefly to Gustavus Brown Wallace Nalle in 1864 together with a 1772 appointment, 1772 and 1864.

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The collection includes letters received by Nalle as a cadet at Virginia Military Institute in 1864. The occupation of Culpeper, Va., by Union troops is described and Generals Kilpatrick and Custer mentioned. Two of the envelopes have fragments of Confederate stamps attached, one postmarked Charlottesville, Va. There is also an appointment, 1772 January 17, of James Steptoe as clerk of Bedford County, Virginia.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Kilpatrick, Judson, 1836-1881

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Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, more commonly referred to as Judson Kilpatrick, the fourth child of Colonel Simon Kilpatrick and Julia Wickham, was born on the family farm in Wantage Township, near Deckertown, New Jersey (now Sussex Borough). Kilpatrick graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1861, just after the start of the war, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. Within three days he was a captain in the 5th New York Infantry ("Duryée's Zouaves"). Ki...

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...

Steptoe, James, 1750-1826.

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James Steptoe, 1750-1826, was clerk of the court in Bedford County, Virginia, for 54 years. His daughter, Frances, married in 1816 Henry Scarsbrook Langhorne. Another daughter, Elizabeth Prentiss Steptoe, married in 1806 Charles Johnston of "Sandusky." From the description of Letter : to Frances Langhorne, 1821 October 16. (Lynchburg Public Library). WorldCat record id: 52840284 ...

Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...

Nalle, Gustavus Brown Wallace, 1846-1926.

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Culpeper, Va., farmer and bank director. From the description of Letters written chiefly to Gustavus Brown Wallace Nalle in 1864 together with a 1772 appointment, 1772 and 1864. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136269 ...