Robert B. Carper collection, 1820-1862

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Robert B. Carper collection, 1820-1862

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/639348358

The collection includes several personal items received when Carper was a student at MCV and that he used while in the Confederate Army.

.25 linear feet

Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7904938

Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Libraries

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 11th

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Medical College of Virginia

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Carper, Robert B. (Robert Benjamin), 1836-1862

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Robert Benjamin Carper was born in Greenbrier, Virginia in 23 Nov. 1836. Second of seven children, Carper graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in 1861. While a doctor he could have joined the Army as an officer, but he refused a commission and joined the 11th Virginia Volunteers, known as the Fincastle Rifles, as an infantryman to be with his two brothers. After a one year enlistment, and in poor health, he reenlisted to stay with his brothers. Carper was injured in the Battle of Willi...