Bronze medal, reunion letter, and printed list of Confederate veterans who attended the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1912.

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Bronze medal, reunion letter, and printed list of Confederate veterans who attended the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1912.

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The collection contains a bronze medal, two inches in diameter, with obverse inscription "University of Virginia 1912" and reverse inscription "Non ille pro caris amicis aut patria timidus perire" and "1861-65 The gift of alma mater to her son." A letter, 1912 July 1, from William M. Thornton, Chairman of the Committee on the Confederate Veteran Alumni Reunion, to Hite forwards the medal and contains a holograph note translating the inscription into English. A list of surviving Confederate alumni [who attended the reunion?] is included.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7923393

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Willis, Nathaniel, 1780-1870

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