Papers of the Graham and related Tate families, 1798-1979 (bulk 1857-1865).

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Papers of the Graham and related Tate families, 1798-1979 (bulk 1857-1865).

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Correspondence, financial and legal papers, genealogical information and an ambrotype. Collection consists chiefly of letters of brothers, Charles Beverly Tate, James Graham Tate, and William Hanson Tate to their father, Charles Campbell Tate, and siblings Nannie Montgomery Tate and John Montgomery Tate. The brothers write about school news at Emory and Henry, 1859-1861, and Virginia Military Institute, 1857-1859; teaching at Anchor and Hope Academy, Wythe County, Virginia; a trip to Richmond for the dedication of the Crawford equestrian statue of George Washington; and the Civil War in which both William and James were killed. Civil War topics mentioned include camp life, evacuation of Harper's Ferry and burning of its bridge and public buildings, court-martial and execution of deserters, 1st battle of Kernstown, short rations, Kelly's Ford, Bristoe station, Shepherdstown, retreat from Cotton Hill, other skirmishes and generals J.E.B. Stuart, John B. Floyd, Gabriel C. Wharton, Henry Heth, Humphrey Marshall, Stonewall Jackson, Ambrose P. Hill, and James Longstreet. The collection also contains family financial and legal papers; genealogical papers on the Graham and Tate families; "The Graham family" by Nannie Montgomery Tate Graham; "Letters of a V.M.I. cadet, 1857-1858," and "The Tate family of Wythe County, Virginia" by Agnes Graham Sanders Riley; and a framed ambrotype of David Graham.

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Longstreet, James, 1821-1904

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U.S. railroad commissioner, army officer, and diplomat. From the description of James Longstreet papers, 1858-circa 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980713 James Longstreet, military man, businessman, diplomat, and railway commissioner, was born 8 January 1821, in Edgefield District, South Carolina, and died 2 January 1904, in Gainesville, Georgia. He was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy (1842) and served in the Mexican War before he resigned from the U.S. Army ...

Sanders, Andrew Trigg,

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Graham, Nannie Montgomery Tate.

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Graham, Nannie Montgomery Tate, 1843-1923

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Hill, A. P. (A. Powell)

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Confederate general. From the description of Civil War letter, 1863 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973315 Confederate army general. From the description of Letter, 1856-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38196552 ...

Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864

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James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart, soldier, was born 6 February 1833, on "Laurel Hill" plantation, Patrick County, Virginia. He died 12 May 1864 and is buried in Richmond, Virginia. Stuart graduated from the U.S. Military Academy (1850); received his commission (1854); and transferred to the Cavalry (1855). He married Flora Cooke, a colonel's daughter, in 1855, and the couple had three children. Stuart became Robert E. Lee's aide (1859) and resigned from the U.S. Army to be commissioned a lieutenan...

Sanders, Edwin Hanson,

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Graham family.

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Graham, David, 1800-1870.

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Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863

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Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863) was a Confederate Army officer from Lexington (Rockbridge Co.), Va. From the guide to the Stonewall Jackson papers, 1855-1906, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Confederate general. From the description of Stonewall Jackson papers, 1842-1898 (bulk 1861-1862) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23186323 Confederate Army officer, from Lexington (Rockbridge Co.), Va. From the de...

Tate, John Montgomery, 1833-1881

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Marshall, Humphrey, 1812-1872

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Humphrey Marshall, the grandson of politician and historian Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841), was a politician, attorney, and Confederate general. Born in 1812 in Frankfort, Marshall graduated from West Point in 1832 and briefly served in the military before resigning his commission to pursue a career in law and politics. Marshall's military career resumed during the Mexican War, when he served as colonel of the 1st Kentucky Cavalry, which fought at the Battle of Buena Vista. After the war, as a Wh...

Heth, Henry, 1825-1899

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United States Army officer and Confederate States of America general; of Chesterfield County and Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers of Henry Heth [manuscript], 1758-1942. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647854522 ...

Tate, James Graham, 1840-1864

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Tate, Charles Campbell, 1808-1874

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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...

Sanders, Elizabeth Graham,

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 51st

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Tate, Charles Beverley, 1847-1925.

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Tate, William Hanson, 1837-1864.

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Riley, Agnes Graham Sanders, 1902-

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Local historian and genealogist. From the description of Papers of Agnes Graham Sanders Riley [manuscript], 1985. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816481 ...

Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 4th

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Tate family.

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