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I am staying at a private house about a mile from the town but it very doubtful how long I will remain here, as I think the wounded will be carried to Lexington as soon as possible. ","The cadets lost killed (5), wounded (43) and missing 48, out of 230. Genl. Breckenridge, Wharton and Echols, complimented the Cadets very much. Norborne Lewis was not hurt although exposed to thickest of fight. Thom Crichton escaped without getting hurt. Send word to Mr. Lewis that Norborne is not hurt, got through the battle remarkable well. Also let Mr. Crichton know that Thom was not hurt. I will write to you again and let you know how I am.\nGive my love to all  \nFrom your affect. Son \nJ.L. Merritt ","P.S. don't be uneasy about me because if I was wounded badly I would let you know. \nJ.L. Merritt","Written from New Market, Virginia. Letter described the Battle of New Market, being wounded, action on battlefield, and mentions Cadets Norborne C. Lewis (Class of 1867) and John A. 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We gained a complete victory, driving \nthe Yankees about eight or ten miles, capturing some prisoners. The Yankees used their artillery very well and I was struck while going across a field by a piece of shell which knocked me about ten feet. I thought the wound was mortal, but I very soon found it was not by walking off the field. I am staying at a private house about a mile from the town but it very doubtful how long I will remain here, as I think the wounded will be carried to Lexington as soon as possible. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe cadets lost killed (5), wounded (43) and missing 48, out of 230. Genl. Breckenridge, Wharton and Echols, complimented the Cadets very much. Norborne Lewis was not hurt although exposed to thickest of fight. Thom Crichton escaped without getting hurt. Send word to Mr. Lewis that Norborne is not hurt, got through the battle remarkable well. Also let Mr. Crichton know that Thom was not hurt. I will write to you again and let you know how I am.\nGive my love to all\u003cbr/\u003e \nFrom your affect. Son\u003cbr/\u003e\nJ.L. Merritt \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP.S. don't be uneasy about me because if I was wounded badly I would let you know.\u003cbr/\u003e\nJ.L. Merritt\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Transcription"],"odd_tesim":["New Market  \nMay 16th, 64 ","Dear Pa \nI write you a few lines to let you know that I am wounded. I was in the battle fought here yesterday and was wounded was in the lower part of my stomach. It is a very painful wound but I do not think it is dangerous. The battle was fought in the vicinity of New Market between the forces of Genl. Breckinridge and the Yankee Sigel. We gained a complete victory, driving \nthe Yankees about eight or ten miles, capturing some prisoners. The Yankees used their artillery very well and I was struck while going across a field by a piece of shell which knocked me about ten feet. I thought the wound was mortal, but I very soon found it was not by walking off the field. I am staying at a private house about a mile from the town but it very doubtful how long I will remain here, as I think the wounded will be carried to Lexington as soon as possible. ","The cadets lost killed (5), wounded (43) and missing 48, out of 230. Genl. Breckenridge, Wharton and Echols, complimented the Cadets very much. Norborne Lewis was not hurt although exposed to thickest of fight. Thom Crichton escaped without getting hurt. Send word to Mr. Lewis that Norborne is not hurt, got through the battle remarkable well. Also let Mr. Crichton know that Thom was not hurt. I will write to you again and let you know how I am.\nGive my love to all  \nFrom your affect. Son \nJ.L. Merritt ","P.S. don't be uneasy about me because if I was wounded badly I would let you know. \nJ.L. Merritt"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWritten from New Market, Virginia. 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He was seriously wounded in the battle and did not return to the Institute.","Following the Civil War, he pursued a career in civil engineering and subsequently settled on his farm near Lawrenceville. Merritt never married. His closest relative was Howard Jeffries Merritt, a member of the VMI Class of 1868. He died at his home on March 18, 1911.","V.M.I. Lexington \nNov. 24th 1863","Dear Pa \nI received your letter dated Oct. 21st which I answered not long since, but it has been received before now I reckon. You said that Genl. Smith wrote to you for $300 to be sent to get here by Dec. 1st, which I suppose you have sent. I deposited $500 as soon as I arrived here, $400 for board and other expenses until Jan 1st 1864, $60 of which was pocket money, $40 remaining, \nbut as it did not cost me quite $400, I have a surplus, about $80. But it will cost me $300 or more from Jan. 1st, 1864 until July 4th, 1864, making in all $800 from August 6th (the time I reported) until July 4, 1864.","I expected a letter from home but so far I have not received one. As I have not heard from home in long time, I hope some one will write soon, as I have not received a letter from home, in the last three weeks. Since I last wrote the Corps of Cadets was ordered out to assist in repelling an invasion of the enemy, and was on the march about five days, and came very near \ngetting in a fight. It so happened that they did not, as they would have been taken prisoners as the Yankees were in a strong force. But as before I detailed on to guard barracks, while the Corps of Cadets were gone, but as I could get enough to eat, I did not mind it much. I would be very glad if you [send] me that box which you were going to send me. 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But it will cost me $300 or more from Jan. 1st, 1864 until July 4th, 1864, making in all $800 from August 6th (the time I reported) until July 4, 1864.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI expected a letter from home but so far I have not received one. As I have not heard from home in long time, I hope some one will write soon, as I have not received a letter from home, in the last three weeks. Since I last wrote the Corps of Cadets was ordered out to assist in repelling an invasion of the enemy, and was on the march about five days, and came very near \ngetting in a fight. It so happened that they did not, as they would have been taken prisoners as the Yankees were in a strong force. But as before I detailed on to guard barracks, while the Corps of Cadets were gone, but as I could get enough to eat, I did not mind it much. I would be very glad if you [send] me that box which you were going to send me. 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The Yankees used their artillery very well and I was struck while going across a field by a piece of shell which knocked me about ten feet. I thought the wound was mortal, but I very soon found it was not by walking off the field. I am staying at a private house about a mile from the town but it very doubtful how long I will remain here, as I think the wounded will be carried to Lexington as soon as possible. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe cadets lost killed (5), wounded (43) and missing 48, out of 230. Genl. Breckenridge, Wharton and Echols, complimented the Cadets very much. Norborne Lewis was not hurt although exposed to thickest of fight. Thom Crichton escaped without getting hurt. Send word to Mr. Lewis that Norborne is not hurt, got through the battle remarkable well. Also let Mr. Crichton know that Thom was not hurt. I will write to you again and let you know how I am.\nGive my love to all\u003cbr\u003e \nFrom your affect. Son\u003cbr\u003e\nJ.L. 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The letter dated November 24, 1863 discusses school expenses, mentions the Corps being called to defend against Averell's raids, and reports dissatisfaction with VMI (complains of hunger, gets \" beef, irish potatoes, milk\" only).","The letter dated May 16, 1864 was written on the day after the Battle of New Market and describes being wounded, action on battlefield, and mentions Cadets Norborne C. Lewis (Class of 1867) and John A. Crichton (Class of 1866). The letter was possibly written from the Bushong House near the battlefield. Includes envelope addressed to W.H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Virginia.","Written from VMI, Lexington, Virginia. Letter discusses school expenses, mentions the Corps being called to defend against Averell's raids, and reports dissatisfaction with VMI (complains of hunger, gets \" beef, irish potatoes, milk\" only).","Written from New Market, Virginia. Letter described the Battle of New Market, being wounded, action on battlefield, and mentions Cadets Norborne C. Lewis (Class of 1867) and John A. Crichton (Class of 1866)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eManuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. 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One of the Morgan sons, Patrick H. (1844-1917), was a cadet at VMI from 1862-1864. During his cadetship, he took part in the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864. After the War, Patrick studied law, but did not practice. He then engaged in business and was a state senator in the North Carolina legislature. He was subsequently a district supervisor of the United States Life Saving Service (now the United States Coast Guard). Patrick died on August 27, 1917 in Shawboro, North Carolina.","Forestville N. C. \nJuly 2d 1862","Friend Pat \nI was in Currituck a few days ago and saw your father. He gave me a letter to bring out for you which I have this day mailed to you. He requested me to write to you and tell you where to write to him at so that he could get it.  If you would write to him and enclose it to me at Murfreesboro NC I will endeavor to get it to him. Say to Col. Shaw and Mr. Woods sons that if they will do the same I will try to forward their letters on for them. I hear that Pat Grandy was killed at Richmond. Poor fellow I am sorry for him he was a brave little fellow. Write soon as I shall be in Murfreesboro in about six day.","Yours very Respectfully \n[D. W. ?]","Abram Riddicks Farm.  Hertford Co. NC","Dear Pat \nI have just come through the lines and have with me a letter for you which I will mail at Weldon.  Write to me immediately on the reception of this and I may be able to carry it through to your father on my return.  Tom Hampkins and myself are going to Raleigh with a lunatic.  Then I am going to Greensboro Lincolnton and Charlotte.  Bill [Dozier] is married to Miss Barnard.  Mr. Wigginton is dear and there is much sickness in Currituck.  The Yankees are carrying on high in E. City [Elizabeth City]. [They] have nearly driven all the citizens away [from] E. City now and then killing one.  They murdered George Fearing last Thursday.  They have destroyed the Salt works on the banks \u0026 c \u0026 c.  Excuse this bad writing.  I am in a hurry and have a miserable pen.  Give my regards Will Shaw and Mr. Wood.  Tell them both their familys are well.  I was at Dr. Woods a few days ago.  Write and direct your letter to my care Weldon","Yours in friendship \nW. H. [Cowell]","Pat I broke open your leeter to put this in is the cause of it looking so ragged about the envelope","Camp Galtin Murfreesboro \nNC March the 12 64","Your letter of the 26 of Feb came to hand on yesterday and found me well except weakness. I have just returned from Camden. I had a sick furlough and it happened in a good time the confederates went down just behind me and placed their pickets at [Shingle] Landing. You may depend that I had a gay time we had a party at Mr. J. Ambros Doziers we danced nearly all night. I danced the first set with Cousin Arch [?] the second with Maggie Fanshaw. Mr. Ambrose Dozier also danced we had three members of the church on the floor at once. I went to see Shaw. I stopped at by yur house a day or two they were all well I believe. I went to see my [?] twice while I was in there and found her as lovely as ever. She is as perfect as an angel and as precious as a diamond. I went to school with her both times walked with her alone to the academy and spoke of the pst present and future. Jessy Williams has gone in on furlough this morning.  I wrote to Mattie and sent your enclosed to the [?].  Marcus [Tavells] was in on furlough the same time that I was he came out with me we had fine times together. Try to get a leave of absence and come and see me.  Mattie sends her respects to you and says she would be pleased to see you if you will write me when you think you can get one I will manage to get one the same time and we will go in together. I have not time to write much more as I have to mke out requistitions for rations for the men this evening. Our company are all in Camden except 8 and they are without shoes consequently they nor myself have but little duty to perform. We manage to draw rations enough for ourselves and cook and eat.","If I have accused you wrongfully I beg your pardon. You spoke of my flirting with my intended much sooner would I destroy my own life. What deceive my first and only love and the best girl that ever graced the side of a gentleman do not speak of it again you will me tremble to think of such vile thing. You speak of being low spirited you must cheer up and if you will do you duty I think you will be able to accomplish all you wish for I have made Mat promise to use her influence in your behalf and you know she can be of much use to you. I had a letter from a young lady in Petersburg yesterday she thinks I am a flirt little does she think that I am engaged but I will not deceive her any longer for I respect her very highly. I will ask to be excused and to be her friend in the future and not a lover. Our Regt. will start over the river tomorrow morning. I have had the men that are with me belonging to our Company excused from this march they seem to be very much pleased at it.  We will have the whole camp to oursleves. I wish you were with me so that we could lay in our bunk and talk of our sweethearts. I hope the time is not far distant when we will be able to go where we please then we can visit our sweethearts and not be looking for the infernal yankees to come and capture us. I also had a leter from brother Isaac he is well and in Petersburg. I believe all of our friends and relatives are well. Write soon and tell Wood to write to me. Give my respects to all of my inquiring friends if any and reserve a greater portion for yourself.","Your cousin \nJno B. Wiginton","Indian Ridge \nCurrituck County, Jany 28/63","My Dear Son- \nIt is a long time since we have had a letter from you. The last one I think was dated the 16 of November last. We heard from you by Albert, who got safely home, but destroyed all the letters he brought off with him for fear of falling into the hands of enemies. He reported you\ntolerably well- but gives a horrid description of your fare, \u0026 seems very glad to get home even under the circumstances.","Your Uncle James has again been driven from his home by the shelling of his premises, and together with his family is now residing with us. Albert is going to school to Mr. Lowe, who now has a very large school. Since I last wrote you we have the distressing intelligence of the death\nof your Uncle [Geo?]. He was killed at Fredericksburg. His family is in great distress. They are making arrangements for moving back to Currituck \u0026 will reside with William [D___], who was recently married to Miss[A_nett] Barnard. Your Ma is in deep distress in consequence of her brother's death. She takes it very hard indeed. Otherwise we are getting along about as we have been for the last eighteen months.","The enemy occasionally makes raids upon us \u0026 plunder \u0026 destroy our property. A few weeks ago they came over to Indian Town \u0026 burned all the buildings on Dr. Marchant's place, opposite where he used to live, together with the academy, \u0026 plundered several citizens, taking horses, carts, [__groes], salt \u0026 c. They have since removed from Shiloh \u0026 have made their headquarters at E. City.  One of their officers, a Capt. Sanders was killed in the street the night of the 5th inst.","The Diphtheria has been very prevalent this winter. I believe I wrote you of the death of two of Mr. Baxter's children. Now I have to inform you of the death of [Suda] Shaw of the same horrible disease. It was a heart rending scene to witness the distress of the family. I deeply sympathize with the bereaved parents, but for [Suda], we know she is better off. She is beyond the reach of harm, safe in her Heavenly Father's arms. Jodie has been strongly threatened with the same disease, if indeed he has not had it in a modified form. All of us have had sore throats \u0026 your Ma has been doctoring for diphtheria. All are however better now, Lillie \u0026 Ida going to school \u0026 Jodie playing about the house as lively as ever. He has grown very much since you saw him, \u0026 talks quite plain. You would hardly know him. from home and hoping soon to hear from you. You cannot imagine how anxious we are to hear from you, or surely you would write much oftener than you do. What can be the matter? Is it that you do not write, or does your letters miscarry? I know not the cause, but whatever it may be should be very glad if it could be remedied. I know not how to direct you more than I have. ","There are so many changes. I received one letter from Mr. Lassiter from Mr. [Boro]. Since then I learn he has sold out \u0026 removed, so you must seek for information \u0026 opportunities, \u0026 neglect no possible chance of letting us hear from you. I have committed you unto Him that is able to keep you, and I forget not my prayers morning \u0026 night to beseech Him to take care of you, to preserve \u0026 keep you from all evil \u0026 harm, and restore you again to the bosom of the family, if it can accord with His blessed will. All send their love.","Your Father. Jos. B. Morgan","Feby 13 [1863]","We have just heard that the guerillas had attacked the enemy in Pasquotank killing [Tim.] Cox \u0026 probably some others. We hear that the Capt. commanding in E. City [Elizabeth City] has ordered all the people white \u0026 black to report to him, \u0026 it is said he intends to compel them to take up arms. The whole country is in a perfect ferment. The people are growing desperate \u0026 the inhuman conduct of our enemies seems to be driving every man capable of bearing arms into the bushes or into the army. How long such a state of things is to exist the Lord only can determine.","My health is very bad just now. I am suffering among other things with sore throat, \u0026 have been for some time past.  The rest of the family are well.","I should be so glad to hear from you. Not one word yet since Albert left have we heard from you. Mrs. Shaw gets letters from Willie \u0026 Julian \u0026 I should suppose yours could come in the same way. Send them to Col. Shaw \u0026 he will forward them if you will request him to do so I am sure. Your Ma sends her love \u0026 says she would like to write, but you must not think because she does not, she has forgotten you. Other causes prevents. I have hastily penned these few lines this morning having just heard of an opportunity for sending a letter out. Your Uncle James is still with us \u0026 talks of coming out soon.","Your Father. Jos. B. Morgan","Currituck County \nJany. 3d 1864","My Dear Son- \nIt is a long time since we have had a letter from you \u0026 we are beginning to feel very anxious to hear from you. I wrote you a short time since giving a short statement of our troubles \u0026 the devastations \u0026 excitement produced by a Brigade of negro troops under Gen. Wild passing through our county. But it is utterly impossible for me to give you anything like a correct idea of the state of things in our midst. ","I have just returned home from Fortress Monroe. The citizens of our county held a meeting \u0026 appointed Dr. Cowell, A. J. Lowe, B. L. Dey, B. M. Baxter \u0026 myself a committee to proceed to Old Point, the Headquarters of Gen. Butler, who is in command of the Department of Va. \u0026 N. C., for the purpose of ascertaining what was required of the peaceful inhabitants to secure their property from destruction \u0026 their dwellings from the flames. We left home last Sunday \u0026 passed through their lines by way of Deep Creek. Col. DeForest in command at North West treated us very courteously \u0026 and gave us a passport to Gen. Getty's headquarters, which is some three miles back of Portsmouth. We had a very pleasant interview with Gen. Getty, who seems to be a perfect gentleman, and who kindly facilitated our business by giving us a passport and transportation to Gen. Butler's Headquarters.","Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock we took the boat for Old Point, where we arrived about ten A.M. We obtained an interview with Gen. Butler about three o'clock P. M. He received us very respectfully \u0026 treated us very courteously, and after hearing our statement conversed with us some half an hour or more very pleasantly. He said nothing was required of us only to remain peaceful and use our influence to put down guerrillaing \u0026 blockade running; that being accomplished we should not be further molested by his troops; that he did not include us in his general order no. 49, nor did he consider us within his lines. ","We returned home \u0026 reported the result of our interview with Gen. Butler. We had hardly got home when a squad was sent out to enroll the inhabitants of Camden \u0026 Currituck. We are inclined to believe, however, they are recalled \u0026 we may be allowed a short respite.","Your Ma has been quite ill but is now fast recovering. Jodie is suffering from croup very much. All the rest are tolerable well. I am not very well but hope am improving. Everything is excitement \u0026 suspense \u0026 God only knows how we are to get along. All is gloom \u0026 doubt around us, but God governs in the affairs of men \u0026 will bring all things right in the end. You Ma is trying to get some shirts ready for you, and whenever we can procure anything for you will send by the first opportunity. Some of my friends talk of going to Richmond \u0026 if they do I shall try to send my horse  by them with instructions to sell him \u0026 send you the money. It may come when you do not need it \u0026 if so take care of it for future use. You must be economical \u0026 make the best use you can of both time \u0026 money. Should they bring him out, I shall instruct them to\nsell him and have the money insured \u0026 sent by express to you.","All send their love \u0026 best wishes, and I pray that a kind Providence may preserve and protect you my dear son. \nYour Father. J. B. M.","P.S. Since writing the enclosed your two letters of the 13th and 27th of Decr. have come to hand. We are glad to learn you are so well after your exposure \u0026 hope you will not suffer any very serious consequences. All are well at present \u0026 send their love. Those gentlemen I spoke of coming out have returned. They sold my horse for $600 \u0026 I trust you have recd. the money. J.B. M.","Indian Ridge \nMay 16th 1864","My Dear Son- \nI embrace the opportunity this morning, as Mr. Forbs is just going out, to write you a few lines, to let you know we have had the pleasure of receiving yours of the 26th of April, that we were all well, \u0026 made still more happy on hearing glorious news from Va. The N. York Herald admits that Grant has been terribly whipped \u0026 driven back with the loss of only 41.000 including 7 Major Gens. \u0026 some 15 Brigadiers. We have rumors that the Yanks have also been badly worsted near Petersburg \u0026 driven back with considerable loss. Also various other rumors of the capture of the \"Beast\" \u0026 c \u0026 c. which if true you have no doubt heard ere this, as you can learn the truth much earlier than we can. Should these things be true, this fanatical war must be drawing rapidly to a close. May God speed the happy day. I think there can scarcely be a doubt of the truth of Grant's disaster. I did not see the statement myself, but Mr. Hilliard Baxter told me he had read it in last Thursday's Herald \u0026 you may be sure his loss is much greater than the Herald would admit. The Yanks have been making frequent raids among us for the last three weeks, one a week at least. Saturday night they carried off one of my mules, but I was fortunate enough to recover him on Sunday.","I am glad to learn you were pleased with your things. The boots \u0026 gloves I expected would be full large, but it was the best I could do, \u0026 your cloth, how does it suit you? It was nearest the color that could be got. We have felt a great deal of anxiety about you of late, fearing that the Yankees would get so near, you would have to take the field again [see note below], but if Grant is driven back we should feel much easier on that account. I forgot to say that our joy at the good news was somewhat allayed by a report that the brave \u0026 noble Gen. Longstreet was badly wounded, Pickett \u0026 Jenkins \u0026 some others killed. I trust the reports may not be true, but should it prove true, God will raise up others to fill their places. He will not suffer our enemies to succeed in this unjust, cruel \u0026 unholy war.","I said we were all well. Jodie has slight chills \u0026 fevers, caused perhaps by the [days?] of The Measles--he says he wants to see Bro. Pat mighty bad. He has been keeping you some apples but has been compelled to eat them, to keep them from rotting. The children all send their love. Mr. Low \u0026 family request me to send their respects. Mrs. Shaw \u0026 family are well.","Give my respects to Willie, Jule \u0026 all your friends. Write often. May a kind Providence continue to watch over you \u0026 protect you my dear son. Your Father. J. B. M.","Indian Ridge \nOct 31st 1864","My Dear Son- \nAfter so long a time I find an opportunity of sending you a few lines from home, as I know you are very anxious to hear from us all. Your note from Riddick's Ferry was received, though not until we heard from you through your friend from [K/Hitt___?] \u0026 who also delivered me a package of smoking tobacco, which was very acceptable, \u0026 for which accept\nmy thanks.","We have had a good long respite from the Raiders, not having been troubled with any since you left. They have passed on the Indian Town Road once since, but none came up our road. There is no news at all. Everything seems to be at a stand. We are still having the most delightful weather. It is so dry we can scarcely get water to use. I have never seen so dry a season. Mr. Lowe and myself have just finished making syrup. We have made about 70 gals., enough to serve us the next year plentifully. I am again without any help at all. Mr. Sawyer \u0026 his wife left the week you went away. I do not know how I shall manage to house my crop as there is no laborers to be had.","A few days after you left I saw the order postponing the commencement of your school until the 10th of Novr., and ordering the cadets to report for temporary duty at Camp Lee. I suppose you are still there, though according to the order will soon leave for school. I shall therefore leave the direction of my letter to the friend who will take it out after he can ascertain your whereabouts.","We are all in as good health as usual. I am still very much troubled with rheumatism in my arm, which bothers me very much. You must write me every opportunity, tell me how you are getting on, \u0026 how you have disposed of your money, and do not forget to have the discrepancy in your account corrected. And above all things else my Dear Son do not\nforget, nor neglect, your duties to your Heavenly Father; let not your young \u0026 gay companions lead you astray, nor tempt you to neglect your religious duties, and may our Heavenly Father keep you as in the hollow of his hand, shield \u0026 protect you from all danger \u0026 harm, and restore you to us again in His own good time. ","I forgot to tell you the result of our meeting. It closed on Sunday after you left, and on Monday seventeen were baptized \u0026 added to the church, among them our neighbor Mr. John Fanshaw.","Your Ma, Archie, \u0026 the children all send their love. Frank is on a visit to Mayock \u0026 will write you soon. Write him often. Mrs. Shaw \u0026 family are all well. Tell Willie he must write me sometimes. Give him my respects \u0026 tell him not to forget his good resolutions \u0026 to never stop until he has obtained the pearl of great price. God bless \u0026 protect you my dear\nson is the constant prayer of our father. \nJ. B. M.","Ida sends you some money, $2.00.","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Absent from morning drill on April 15 [1863]","It was a very rainy and disagreeable morning, and my shoews being very inferior, also having a cold, I thought it very imprudent for me to go, as it would make me worse.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan, P. H.","To Commandant of Cadets","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Overcoat on Post after taps. April 23 [1863]","It was a very chilly night and I felt very uncomfortable without an overcoat and as I was unwell I thought it very imprudent to be without it.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan","To Commandant of Cadets","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Visiting on the 8th of May [1863]","I had just come out of the hospital and could not find any of my books in my room, they had been misplaced during my absence, some of my roommates told me that some one in No. 34 had borrowed them.  I went in to get them, and while doing so, I was reported.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan","To Commandant of Cadets","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Absent from drill on May 12th [1863]","When I had come from the funeral of Genl. Paxton, the day being very warm, and having marched nearly 3 miles, I was taken with a very severe headache, which compelled me to take my bed and rendered me entirely unfit to attend to the above duty.  At the time for sick call I reported to the surgeon and got some medicine.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan, P. H.","To Surgeon V. M. I.","This collection consists of Morgan Family correspondence (12 items) during the Civil War. Included are eight letters (dated 1862-1864) to Cadet Patrick H. Morgan. Those from his father (dated 1863-1864), Joseph B. Morgan, contain news of Civil War civilian and home life in Currituck County, North Carolina. Specific topics include enemy raids for food and supplies, diptheria, an uncle's death in battle, and the hardships of war. Other letters are from family friends and cousin John B. Wiginton. ","Also included are Cadet Morgan's written excuses (four items) to the VMI Commandant for various infractions for the period of April to May 1863.","Written from Forestville, North Carolina. Letter regards mail from James B. Morgan and the death of Pat Grandy.","Written from Hertford County, North Carolina. Letter regards family news.","Written from \"Camp Galtin Murfreesboro.\" Letter regards personal and family news.","Written from Currituck County, North Carolina. Letter regards wartime civilian life, the death of an uncle in battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and enemy raids.","Letter regards enemy treatment of civilians and family news. Letter also mentions \"Willie\" who is William Brenton Shaw, VMI Class of 1865.","Written from Currituck County, North Carolina. The letter includes a detailed account of the journey of a  committee of citizens to appeal to Union General Butler to \"secure their property from destruction.\"","Written from \"Indian Ridge.\" Letter regards family news and discusses rumors of a major Confederate victory, stating \"should these things be true, this fanatical war must be drawing rapidly to a close. May God speed the happy day.\"","Written from \"Indian Ridge.\" Letter regards family news and cautions son against neglecting his \"religious duties.\"","Written excuses by Cadet Patrick Morgan submitted to the VMI Commandant. These were explanations given by cadets after breaking a regulation.","Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. 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One of the Morgan sons, Patrick H. (1844-1917), was a cadet at VMI from 1862-1864. During his cadetship, he took part in the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864. After the War, Patrick studied law, but did not practice. He then engaged in business and was a state senator in the North Carolina legislature. He was subsequently a district supervisor of the United States Life Saving Service (now the United States Coast Guard). Patrick died on August 27, 1917 in Shawboro, North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["During the Civil War, the family of Joseph B. and Annie Lamb Morgan resided in Currituck County, North Carolina. One of the Morgan sons, Patrick H. (1844-1917), was a cadet at VMI from 1862-1864. During his cadetship, he took part in the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864. After the War, Patrick studied law, but did not practice. He then engaged in business and was a state senator in the North Carolina legislature. 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Write soon as I shall be in Murfreesboro in about six day.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYours very Respectfully\u003cbr\u003e\n[D. W. ?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbram Riddicks Farm.  Hertford Co. NC\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDear Pat\u003cbr\u003e\nI have just come through the lines and have with me a letter for you which I will mail at Weldon.  Write to me immediately on the reception of this and I may be able to carry it through to your father on my return.  Tom Hampkins and myself are going to Raleigh with a lunatic.  Then I am going to Greensboro Lincolnton and Charlotte.  Bill [Dozier] is married to Miss Barnard.  Mr. Wigginton is dear and there is much sickness in Currituck.  The Yankees are carrying on high in E. City [Elizabeth City]. [They] have nearly driven all the citizens away [from] E. City now and then killing one.  They murdered George Fearing last Thursday.  They have destroyed the Salt works on the banks \u0026amp; c \u0026amp; c.  Excuse this bad writing.  I am in a hurry and have a miserable pen.  Give my regards Will Shaw and Mr. Wood.  Tell them both their familys are well.  I was at Dr. Woods a few days ago.  Write and direct your letter to my care Weldon\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYours in friendship\u003cbr\u003e\nW. H. [Cowell]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePat I broke open your leeter to put this in is the cause of it looking so ragged about the envelope\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCamp Galtin Murfreesboro\u003cbr\u003e\nNC March the 12 64\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour letter of the 26 of Feb came to hand on yesterday and found me well except weakness. I have just returned from Camden. I had a sick furlough and it happened in a good time the confederates went down just behind me and placed their pickets at [Shingle] Landing. You may depend that I had a gay time we had a party at Mr. J. Ambros Doziers we danced nearly all night. I danced the first set with Cousin Arch [?] the second with Maggie Fanshaw. Mr. Ambrose Dozier also danced we had three members of the church on the floor at once. I went to see Shaw. I stopped at by yur house a day or two they were all well I believe. I went to see my [?] twice while I was in there and found her as lovely as ever. She is as perfect as an angel and as precious as a diamond. I went to school with her both times walked with her alone to the academy and spoke of the pst present and future. Jessy Williams has gone in on furlough this morning.  I wrote to Mattie and sent your enclosed to the [?].  Marcus [Tavells] was in on furlough the same time that I was he came out with me we had fine times together. Try to get a leave of absence and come and see me.  Mattie sends her respects to you and says she would be pleased to see you if you will write me when you think you can get one I will manage to get one the same time and we will go in together. I have not time to write much more as I have to mke out requistitions for rations for the men this evening. Our company are all in Camden except 8 and they are without shoes consequently they nor myself have but little duty to perform. We manage to draw rations enough for ourselves and cook and eat.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIf I have accused you wrongfully I beg your pardon. You spoke of my flirting with my intended much sooner would I destroy my own life. What deceive my first and only love and the best girl that ever graced the side of a gentleman do not speak of it again you will me tremble to think of such vile thing. You speak of being low spirited you must cheer up and if you will do you duty I think you will be able to accomplish all you wish for I have made Mat promise to use her influence in your behalf and you know she can be of much use to you. I had a letter from a young lady in Petersburg yesterday she thinks I am a flirt little does she think that I am engaged but I will not deceive her any longer for I respect her very highly. I will ask to be excused and to be her friend in the future and not a lover. Our Regt. will start over the river tomorrow morning. I have had the men that are with me belonging to our Company excused from this march they seem to be very much pleased at it.  We will have the whole camp to oursleves. I wish you were with me so that we could lay in our bunk and talk of our sweethearts. I hope the time is not far distant when we will be able to go where we please then we can visit our sweethearts and not be looking for the infernal yankees to come and capture us. I also had a leter from brother Isaac he is well and in Petersburg. I believe all of our friends and relatives are well. Write soon and tell Wood to write to me. Give my respects to all of my inquiring friends if any and reserve a greater portion for yourself.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour cousin\u003cbr\u003e\nJno B. Wiginton\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndian Ridge\u003cbr\u003e\nCurrituck County, Jany 28/63\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy Dear Son-\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is a long time since we have had a letter from you. The last one I think was dated the 16 of November last. We heard from you by Albert, who got safely home, but destroyed all the letters he brought off with him for fear of falling into the hands of enemies. He reported you\ntolerably well- but gives a horrid description of your fare, \u0026amp; seems very glad to get home even under the circumstances.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour Uncle James has again been driven from his home by the shelling of his premises, and together with his family is now residing with us. Albert is going to school to Mr. Lowe, who now has a very large school. Since I last wrote you we have the distressing intelligence of the death\nof your Uncle [Geo?]. He was killed at Fredericksburg. His family is in great distress. They are making arrangements for moving back to Currituck \u0026amp; will reside with William [D___], who was recently married to Miss[A_nett] Barnard. Your Ma is in deep distress in consequence of her brother's death. She takes it very hard indeed. Otherwise we are getting along about as we have been for the last eighteen months.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe enemy occasionally makes raids upon us \u0026amp; plunder \u0026amp; destroy our property. A few weeks ago they came over to Indian Town \u0026amp; burned all the buildings on Dr. Marchant's place, opposite where he used to live, together with the academy, \u0026amp; plundered several citizens, taking horses, carts, [__groes], salt \u0026amp; c. They have since removed from Shiloh \u0026amp; have made their headquarters at E. City.  One of their officers, a Capt. Sanders was killed in the street the night of the 5th inst.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Diphtheria has been very prevalent this winter. I believe I wrote you of the death of two of Mr. Baxter's children. Now I have to inform you of the death of [Suda] Shaw of the same horrible disease. It was a heart rending scene to witness the distress of the family. I deeply sympathize with the bereaved parents, but for [Suda], we know she is better off. She is beyond the reach of harm, safe in her Heavenly Father's arms. Jodie has been strongly threatened with the same disease, if indeed he has not had it in a modified form. All of us have had sore throats \u0026amp; your Ma has been doctoring for diphtheria. All are however better now, Lillie \u0026amp; Ida going to school \u0026amp; Jodie playing about the house as lively as ever. He has grown very much since you saw him, \u0026amp; talks quite plain. You would hardly know him. from home and hoping soon to hear from you. You cannot imagine how anxious we are to hear from you, or surely you would write much oftener than you do. What can be the matter? Is it that you do not write, or does your letters miscarry? I know not the cause, but whatever it may be should be very glad if it could be remedied. I know not how to direct you more than I have. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere are so many changes. I received one letter from Mr. Lassiter from Mr. [Boro]. Since then I learn he has sold out \u0026amp; removed, so you must seek for information \u0026amp; opportunities, \u0026amp; neglect no possible chance of letting us hear from you. I have committed you unto Him that is able to keep you, and I forget not my prayers morning \u0026amp; night to beseech Him to take care of you, to preserve \u0026amp; keep you from all evil \u0026amp; harm, and restore you again to the bosom of the family, if it can accord with His blessed will. All send their love.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour Father. Jos. B. Morgan\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeby 13 [1863]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWe have just heard that the guerillas had attacked the enemy in Pasquotank killing [Tim.] Cox \u0026amp; probably some others. We hear that the Capt. commanding in E. City [Elizabeth City] has ordered all the people white \u0026amp; black to report to him, \u0026amp; it is said he intends to compel them to take up arms. The whole country is in a perfect ferment. The people are growing desperate \u0026amp; the inhuman conduct of our enemies seems to be driving every man capable of bearing arms into the bushes or into the army. How long such a state of things is to exist the Lord only can determine.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy health is very bad just now. I am suffering among other things with sore throat, \u0026amp; have been for some time past.  The rest of the family are well.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI should be so glad to hear from you. Not one word yet since Albert left have we heard from you. Mrs. Shaw gets letters from Willie \u0026amp; Julian \u0026amp; I should suppose yours could come in the same way. Send them to Col. Shaw \u0026amp; he will forward them if you will request him to do so I am sure. Your Ma sends her love \u0026amp; says she would like to write, but you must not think because she does not, she has forgotten you. Other causes prevents. I have hastily penned these few lines this morning having just heard of an opportunity for sending a letter out. Your Uncle James is still with us \u0026amp; talks of coming out soon.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour Father. Jos. B. Morgan\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCurrituck County\u003cbr\u003e\nJany. 3d 1864\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy Dear Son-\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is a long time since we have had a letter from you \u0026amp; we are beginning to feel very anxious to hear from you. I wrote you a short time since giving a short statement of our troubles \u0026amp; the devastations \u0026amp; excitement produced by a Brigade of negro troops under Gen. Wild passing through our county. But it is utterly impossible for me to give you anything like a correct idea of the state of things in our midst. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI have just returned home from Fortress Monroe. The citizens of our county held a meeting \u0026amp; appointed Dr. Cowell, A. J. Lowe, B. L. Dey, B. M. Baxter \u0026amp; myself a committee to proceed to Old Point, the Headquarters of Gen. Butler, who is in command of the Department of Va. \u0026amp; N. C., for the purpose of ascertaining what was required of the peaceful inhabitants to secure their property from destruction \u0026amp; their dwellings from the flames. We left home last Sunday \u0026amp; passed through their lines by way of Deep Creek. Col. DeForest in command at North West treated us very courteously \u0026amp; and gave us a passport to Gen. Getty's headquarters, which is some three miles back of Portsmouth. We had a very pleasant interview with Gen. Getty, who seems to be a perfect gentleman, and who kindly facilitated our business by giving us a passport and transportation to Gen. Butler's Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTuesday morning at 8 o'clock we took the boat for Old Point, where we arrived about ten A.M. We obtained an interview with Gen. Butler about three o'clock P. M. He received us very respectfully \u0026amp; treated us very courteously, and after hearing our statement conversed with us some half an hour or more very pleasantly. He said nothing was required of us only to remain peaceful and use our influence to put down guerrillaing \u0026amp; blockade running; that being accomplished we should not be further molested by his troops; that he did not include us in his general order no. 49, nor did he consider us within his lines. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWe returned home \u0026amp; reported the result of our interview with Gen. Butler. We had hardly got home when a squad was sent out to enroll the inhabitants of Camden \u0026amp; Currituck. We are inclined to believe, however, they are recalled \u0026amp; we may be allowed a short respite.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour Ma has been quite ill but is now fast recovering. Jodie is suffering from croup very much. All the rest are tolerable well. I am not very well but hope am improving. Everything is excitement \u0026amp; suspense \u0026amp; God only knows how we are to get along. All is gloom \u0026amp; doubt around us, but God governs in the affairs of men \u0026amp; will bring all things right in the end. You Ma is trying to get some shirts ready for you, and whenever we can procure anything for you will send by the first opportunity. Some of my friends talk of going to Richmond \u0026amp; if they do I shall try to send my horse  by them with instructions to sell him \u0026amp; send you the money. It may come when you do not need it \u0026amp; if so take care of it for future use. You must be economical \u0026amp; make the best use you can of both time \u0026amp; money. Should they bring him out, I shall instruct them to\nsell him and have the money insured \u0026amp; sent by express to you.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAll send their love \u0026amp; best wishes, and I pray that a kind Providence may preserve and protect you my dear son.\u003cbr\u003e\nYour Father. J. B. M.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eP.S. Since writing the enclosed your two letters of the 13th and 27th of Decr. have come to hand. We are glad to learn you are so well after your exposure \u0026amp; hope you will not suffer any very serious consequences. All are well at present \u0026amp; send their love. Those gentlemen I spoke of coming out have returned. They sold my horse for $600 \u0026amp; I trust you have recd. the money. J.B. M.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndian Ridge\u003cbr\u003e\nMay 16th 1864\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy Dear Son-\u003cbr\u003e\nI embrace the opportunity this morning, as Mr. Forbs is just going out, to write you a few lines, to let you know we have had the pleasure of receiving yours of the 26th of April, that we were all well, \u0026amp; made still more happy on hearing glorious news from Va. The N. York Herald admits that Grant has been terribly whipped \u0026amp; driven back with the loss of only 41.000 including 7 Major Gens. \u0026amp; some 15 Brigadiers. We have rumors that the Yanks have also been badly worsted near Petersburg \u0026amp; driven back with considerable loss. Also various other rumors of the capture of the \"Beast\" \u0026amp; c \u0026amp; c. which if true you have no doubt heard ere this, as you can learn the truth much earlier than we can. Should these things be true, this fanatical war must be drawing rapidly to a close. May God speed the happy day. I think there can scarcely be a doubt of the truth of Grant's disaster. I did not see the statement myself, but Mr. Hilliard Baxter told me he had read it in last Thursday's Herald \u0026amp; you may be sure his loss is much greater than the Herald would admit. The Yanks have been making frequent raids among us for the last three weeks, one a week at least. Saturday night they carried off one of my mules, but I was fortunate enough to recover him on Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI am glad to learn you were pleased with your things. The boots \u0026amp; gloves I expected would be full large, but it was the best I could do, \u0026amp; your cloth, how does it suit you? It was nearest the color that could be got. We have felt a great deal of anxiety about you of late, fearing that the Yankees would get so near, you would have to take the field again [see note below], but if Grant is driven back we should feel much easier on that account. I forgot to say that our joy at the good news was somewhat allayed by a report that the brave \u0026amp; noble Gen. Longstreet was badly wounded, Pickett \u0026amp; Jenkins \u0026amp; some others killed. I trust the reports may not be true, but should it prove true, God will raise up others to fill their places. He will not suffer our enemies to succeed in this unjust, cruel \u0026amp; unholy war.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI said we were all well. Jodie has slight chills \u0026amp; fevers, caused perhaps by the [days?] of The Measles--he says he wants to see Bro. Pat mighty bad. He has been keeping you some apples but has been compelled to eat them, to keep them from rotting. The children all send their love. Mr. Low \u0026amp; family request me to send their respects. Mrs. Shaw \u0026amp; family are well.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGive my respects to Willie, Jule \u0026amp; all your friends. Write often. May a kind Providence continue to watch over you \u0026amp; protect you my dear son. Your Father. J. B. M.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndian Ridge\u003cbr\u003e\nOct 31st 1864\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy Dear Son-\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter so long a time I find an opportunity of sending you a few lines from home, as I know you are very anxious to hear from us all. Your note from Riddick's Ferry was received, though not until we heard from you through your friend from [K/Hitt___?] \u0026amp; who also delivered me a package of smoking tobacco, which was very acceptable, \u0026amp; for which accept\nmy thanks.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWe have had a good long respite from the Raiders, not having been troubled with any since you left. They have passed on the Indian Town Road once since, but none came up our road. There is no news at all. Everything seems to be at a stand. We are still having the most delightful weather. It is so dry we can scarcely get water to use. I have never seen so dry a season. Mr. Lowe and myself have just finished making syrup. We have made about 70 gals., enough to serve us the next year plentifully. I am again without any help at all. Mr. Sawyer \u0026amp; his wife left the week you went away. I do not know how I shall manage to house my crop as there is no laborers to be had.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA few days after you left I saw the order postponing the commencement of your school until the 10th of Novr., and ordering the cadets to report for temporary duty at Camp Lee. I suppose you are still there, though according to the order will soon leave for school. I shall therefore leave the direction of my letter to the friend who will take it out after he can ascertain your whereabouts.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWe are all in as good health as usual. I am still very much troubled with rheumatism in my arm, which bothers me very much. You must write me every opportunity, tell me how you are getting on, \u0026amp; how you have disposed of your money, and do not forget to have the discrepancy in your account corrected. And above all things else my Dear Son do not\nforget, nor neglect, your duties to your Heavenly Father; let not your young \u0026amp; gay companions lead you astray, nor tempt you to neglect your religious duties, and may our Heavenly Father keep you as in the hollow of his hand, shield \u0026amp; protect you from all danger \u0026amp; harm, and restore you to us again in His own good time. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI forgot to tell you the result of our meeting. It closed on Sunday after you left, and on Monday seventeen were baptized \u0026amp; added to the church, among them our neighbor Mr. John Fanshaw.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour Ma, Archie, \u0026amp; the children all send their love. Frank is on a visit to Mayock \u0026amp; will write you soon. Write him often. Mrs. Shaw \u0026amp; family are all well. Tell Willie he must write me sometimes. Give him my respects \u0026amp; tell him not to forget his good resolutions \u0026amp; to never stop until he has obtained the pearl of great price. God bless \u0026amp; protect you my dear\nson is the constant prayer of our father.\u003cbr\u003e\nJ. B. M.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIda sends you some money, $2.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of Cadet Morgan.  Absent from morning drill on April 15 [1863]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIt was a very rainy and disagreeable morning, and my shoews being very inferior, also having a cold, I thought it very imprudent for me to go, as it would make me worse.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRespectfully submitted,\u003cbr\u003e\nBy Cadet Morgan, P. H.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTo Commandant of Cadets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of Cadet Morgan.  Overcoat on Post after taps. April 23 [1863]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIt was a very chilly night and I felt very uncomfortable without an overcoat and as I was unwell I thought it very imprudent to be without it.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRespectfully submitted,\u003cbr\u003e\nBy Cadet Morgan\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTo Commandant of Cadets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of Cadet Morgan.  Visiting on the 8th of May [1863]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI had just come out of the hospital and could not find any of my books in my room, they had been misplaced during my absence, some of my roommates told me that some one in No. 34 had borrowed them.  I went in to get them, and while doing so, I was reported.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRespectfully submitted,\u003cbr\u003e\nBy Cadet Morgan\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTo Commandant of Cadets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of Cadet Morgan.  Absent from drill on May 12th [1863]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhen I had come from the funeral of Genl. Paxton, the day being very warm, and having marched nearly 3 miles, I was taken with a very severe headache, which compelled me to take my bed and rendered me entirely unfit to attend to the above duty.  At the time for sick call I reported to the surgeon and got some medicine.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRespectfully submitted,\u003cbr\u003e\nBy Cadet Morgan, P. H.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTo Surgeon V. M. I.\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription"],"odd_tesim":["Forestville N. C. \nJuly 2d 1862","Friend Pat \nI was in Currituck a few days ago and saw your father. He gave me a letter to bring out for you which I have this day mailed to you. He requested me to write to you and tell you where to write to him at so that he could get it.  If you would write to him and enclose it to me at Murfreesboro NC I will endeavor to get it to him. Say to Col. Shaw and Mr. Woods sons that if they will do the same I will try to forward their letters on for them. I hear that Pat Grandy was killed at Richmond. Poor fellow I am sorry for him he was a brave little fellow. Write soon as I shall be in Murfreesboro in about six day.","Yours very Respectfully \n[D. W. ?]","Abram Riddicks Farm.  Hertford Co. NC","Dear Pat \nI have just come through the lines and have with me a letter for you which I will mail at Weldon.  Write to me immediately on the reception of this and I may be able to carry it through to your father on my return.  Tom Hampkins and myself are going to Raleigh with a lunatic.  Then I am going to Greensboro Lincolnton and Charlotte.  Bill [Dozier] is married to Miss Barnard.  Mr. Wigginton is dear and there is much sickness in Currituck.  The Yankees are carrying on high in E. City [Elizabeth City]. [They] have nearly driven all the citizens away [from] E. City now and then killing one.  They murdered George Fearing last Thursday.  They have destroyed the Salt works on the banks \u0026 c \u0026 c.  Excuse this bad writing.  I am in a hurry and have a miserable pen.  Give my regards Will Shaw and Mr. Wood.  Tell them both their familys are well.  I was at Dr. Woods a few days ago.  Write and direct your letter to my care Weldon","Yours in friendship \nW. H. [Cowell]","Pat I broke open your leeter to put this in is the cause of it looking so ragged about the envelope","Camp Galtin Murfreesboro \nNC March the 12 64","Your letter of the 26 of Feb came to hand on yesterday and found me well except weakness. I have just returned from Camden. I had a sick furlough and it happened in a good time the confederates went down just behind me and placed their pickets at [Shingle] Landing. You may depend that I had a gay time we had a party at Mr. J. Ambros Doziers we danced nearly all night. I danced the first set with Cousin Arch [?] the second with Maggie Fanshaw. Mr. Ambrose Dozier also danced we had three members of the church on the floor at once. I went to see Shaw. I stopped at by yur house a day or two they were all well I believe. I went to see my [?] twice while I was in there and found her as lovely as ever. She is as perfect as an angel and as precious as a diamond. I went to school with her both times walked with her alone to the academy and spoke of the pst present and future. Jessy Williams has gone in on furlough this morning.  I wrote to Mattie and sent your enclosed to the [?].  Marcus [Tavells] was in on furlough the same time that I was he came out with me we had fine times together. Try to get a leave of absence and come and see me.  Mattie sends her respects to you and says she would be pleased to see you if you will write me when you think you can get one I will manage to get one the same time and we will go in together. I have not time to write much more as I have to mke out requistitions for rations for the men this evening. Our company are all in Camden except 8 and they are without shoes consequently they nor myself have but little duty to perform. We manage to draw rations enough for ourselves and cook and eat.","If I have accused you wrongfully I beg your pardon. You spoke of my flirting with my intended much sooner would I destroy my own life. What deceive my first and only love and the best girl that ever graced the side of a gentleman do not speak of it again you will me tremble to think of such vile thing. You speak of being low spirited you must cheer up and if you will do you duty I think you will be able to accomplish all you wish for I have made Mat promise to use her influence in your behalf and you know she can be of much use to you. I had a letter from a young lady in Petersburg yesterday she thinks I am a flirt little does she think that I am engaged but I will not deceive her any longer for I respect her very highly. I will ask to be excused and to be her friend in the future and not a lover. Our Regt. will start over the river tomorrow morning. I have had the men that are with me belonging to our Company excused from this march they seem to be very much pleased at it.  We will have the whole camp to oursleves. I wish you were with me so that we could lay in our bunk and talk of our sweethearts. I hope the time is not far distant when we will be able to go where we please then we can visit our sweethearts and not be looking for the infernal yankees to come and capture us. I also had a leter from brother Isaac he is well and in Petersburg. I believe all of our friends and relatives are well. Write soon and tell Wood to write to me. Give my respects to all of my inquiring friends if any and reserve a greater portion for yourself.","Your cousin \nJno B. Wiginton","Indian Ridge \nCurrituck County, Jany 28/63","My Dear Son- \nIt is a long time since we have had a letter from you. The last one I think was dated the 16 of November last. We heard from you by Albert, who got safely home, but destroyed all the letters he brought off with him for fear of falling into the hands of enemies. He reported you\ntolerably well- but gives a horrid description of your fare, \u0026 seems very glad to get home even under the circumstances.","Your Uncle James has again been driven from his home by the shelling of his premises, and together with his family is now residing with us. Albert is going to school to Mr. Lowe, who now has a very large school. Since I last wrote you we have the distressing intelligence of the death\nof your Uncle [Geo?]. He was killed at Fredericksburg. His family is in great distress. They are making arrangements for moving back to Currituck \u0026 will reside with William [D___], who was recently married to Miss[A_nett] Barnard. Your Ma is in deep distress in consequence of her brother's death. She takes it very hard indeed. Otherwise we are getting along about as we have been for the last eighteen months.","The enemy occasionally makes raids upon us \u0026 plunder \u0026 destroy our property. A few weeks ago they came over to Indian Town \u0026 burned all the buildings on Dr. Marchant's place, opposite where he used to live, together with the academy, \u0026 plundered several citizens, taking horses, carts, [__groes], salt \u0026 c. They have since removed from Shiloh \u0026 have made their headquarters at E. City.  One of their officers, a Capt. Sanders was killed in the street the night of the 5th inst.","The Diphtheria has been very prevalent this winter. I believe I wrote you of the death of two of Mr. Baxter's children. Now I have to inform you of the death of [Suda] Shaw of the same horrible disease. It was a heart rending scene to witness the distress of the family. I deeply sympathize with the bereaved parents, but for [Suda], we know she is better off. She is beyond the reach of harm, safe in her Heavenly Father's arms. Jodie has been strongly threatened with the same disease, if indeed he has not had it in a modified form. All of us have had sore throats \u0026 your Ma has been doctoring for diphtheria. All are however better now, Lillie \u0026 Ida going to school \u0026 Jodie playing about the house as lively as ever. He has grown very much since you saw him, \u0026 talks quite plain. You would hardly know him. from home and hoping soon to hear from you. You cannot imagine how anxious we are to hear from you, or surely you would write much oftener than you do. What can be the matter? Is it that you do not write, or does your letters miscarry? I know not the cause, but whatever it may be should be very glad if it could be remedied. I know not how to direct you more than I have. ","There are so many changes. I received one letter from Mr. Lassiter from Mr. [Boro]. Since then I learn he has sold out \u0026 removed, so you must seek for information \u0026 opportunities, \u0026 neglect no possible chance of letting us hear from you. I have committed you unto Him that is able to keep you, and I forget not my prayers morning \u0026 night to beseech Him to take care of you, to preserve \u0026 keep you from all evil \u0026 harm, and restore you again to the bosom of the family, if it can accord with His blessed will. All send their love.","Your Father. Jos. B. Morgan","Feby 13 [1863]","We have just heard that the guerillas had attacked the enemy in Pasquotank killing [Tim.] Cox \u0026 probably some others. We hear that the Capt. commanding in E. City [Elizabeth City] has ordered all the people white \u0026 black to report to him, \u0026 it is said he intends to compel them to take up arms. The whole country is in a perfect ferment. The people are growing desperate \u0026 the inhuman conduct of our enemies seems to be driving every man capable of bearing arms into the bushes or into the army. How long such a state of things is to exist the Lord only can determine.","My health is very bad just now. I am suffering among other things with sore throat, \u0026 have been for some time past.  The rest of the family are well.","I should be so glad to hear from you. Not one word yet since Albert left have we heard from you. Mrs. Shaw gets letters from Willie \u0026 Julian \u0026 I should suppose yours could come in the same way. Send them to Col. Shaw \u0026 he will forward them if you will request him to do so I am sure. Your Ma sends her love \u0026 says she would like to write, but you must not think because she does not, she has forgotten you. Other causes prevents. I have hastily penned these few lines this morning having just heard of an opportunity for sending a letter out. Your Uncle James is still with us \u0026 talks of coming out soon.","Your Father. Jos. B. Morgan","Currituck County \nJany. 3d 1864","My Dear Son- \nIt is a long time since we have had a letter from you \u0026 we are beginning to feel very anxious to hear from you. I wrote you a short time since giving a short statement of our troubles \u0026 the devastations \u0026 excitement produced by a Brigade of negro troops under Gen. Wild passing through our county. But it is utterly impossible for me to give you anything like a correct idea of the state of things in our midst. ","I have just returned home from Fortress Monroe. The citizens of our county held a meeting \u0026 appointed Dr. Cowell, A. J. Lowe, B. L. Dey, B. M. Baxter \u0026 myself a committee to proceed to Old Point, the Headquarters of Gen. Butler, who is in command of the Department of Va. \u0026 N. C., for the purpose of ascertaining what was required of the peaceful inhabitants to secure their property from destruction \u0026 their dwellings from the flames. We left home last Sunday \u0026 passed through their lines by way of Deep Creek. Col. DeForest in command at North West treated us very courteously \u0026 and gave us a passport to Gen. Getty's headquarters, which is some three miles back of Portsmouth. We had a very pleasant interview with Gen. Getty, who seems to be a perfect gentleman, and who kindly facilitated our business by giving us a passport and transportation to Gen. Butler's Headquarters.","Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock we took the boat for Old Point, where we arrived about ten A.M. We obtained an interview with Gen. Butler about three o'clock P. M. He received us very respectfully \u0026 treated us very courteously, and after hearing our statement conversed with us some half an hour or more very pleasantly. He said nothing was required of us only to remain peaceful and use our influence to put down guerrillaing \u0026 blockade running; that being accomplished we should not be further molested by his troops; that he did not include us in his general order no. 49, nor did he consider us within his lines. ","We returned home \u0026 reported the result of our interview with Gen. Butler. We had hardly got home when a squad was sent out to enroll the inhabitants of Camden \u0026 Currituck. We are inclined to believe, however, they are recalled \u0026 we may be allowed a short respite.","Your Ma has been quite ill but is now fast recovering. Jodie is suffering from croup very much. All the rest are tolerable well. I am not very well but hope am improving. Everything is excitement \u0026 suspense \u0026 God only knows how we are to get along. All is gloom \u0026 doubt around us, but God governs in the affairs of men \u0026 will bring all things right in the end. You Ma is trying to get some shirts ready for you, and whenever we can procure anything for you will send by the first opportunity. Some of my friends talk of going to Richmond \u0026 if they do I shall try to send my horse  by them with instructions to sell him \u0026 send you the money. It may come when you do not need it \u0026 if so take care of it for future use. You must be economical \u0026 make the best use you can of both time \u0026 money. Should they bring him out, I shall instruct them to\nsell him and have the money insured \u0026 sent by express to you.","All send their love \u0026 best wishes, and I pray that a kind Providence may preserve and protect you my dear son. \nYour Father. J. B. M.","P.S. Since writing the enclosed your two letters of the 13th and 27th of Decr. have come to hand. We are glad to learn you are so well after your exposure \u0026 hope you will not suffer any very serious consequences. All are well at present \u0026 send their love. Those gentlemen I spoke of coming out have returned. They sold my horse for $600 \u0026 I trust you have recd. the money. J.B. M.","Indian Ridge \nMay 16th 1864","My Dear Son- \nI embrace the opportunity this morning, as Mr. Forbs is just going out, to write you a few lines, to let you know we have had the pleasure of receiving yours of the 26th of April, that we were all well, \u0026 made still more happy on hearing glorious news from Va. The N. York Herald admits that Grant has been terribly whipped \u0026 driven back with the loss of only 41.000 including 7 Major Gens. \u0026 some 15 Brigadiers. We have rumors that the Yanks have also been badly worsted near Petersburg \u0026 driven back with considerable loss. Also various other rumors of the capture of the \"Beast\" \u0026 c \u0026 c. which if true you have no doubt heard ere this, as you can learn the truth much earlier than we can. Should these things be true, this fanatical war must be drawing rapidly to a close. May God speed the happy day. I think there can scarcely be a doubt of the truth of Grant's disaster. I did not see the statement myself, but Mr. Hilliard Baxter told me he had read it in last Thursday's Herald \u0026 you may be sure his loss is much greater than the Herald would admit. The Yanks have been making frequent raids among us for the last three weeks, one a week at least. Saturday night they carried off one of my mules, but I was fortunate enough to recover him on Sunday.","I am glad to learn you were pleased with your things. The boots \u0026 gloves I expected would be full large, but it was the best I could do, \u0026 your cloth, how does it suit you? It was nearest the color that could be got. We have felt a great deal of anxiety about you of late, fearing that the Yankees would get so near, you would have to take the field again [see note below], but if Grant is driven back we should feel much easier on that account. I forgot to say that our joy at the good news was somewhat allayed by a report that the brave \u0026 noble Gen. Longstreet was badly wounded, Pickett \u0026 Jenkins \u0026 some others killed. I trust the reports may not be true, but should it prove true, God will raise up others to fill their places. He will not suffer our enemies to succeed in this unjust, cruel \u0026 unholy war.","I said we were all well. Jodie has slight chills \u0026 fevers, caused perhaps by the [days?] of The Measles--he says he wants to see Bro. Pat mighty bad. He has been keeping you some apples but has been compelled to eat them, to keep them from rotting. The children all send their love. Mr. Low \u0026 family request me to send their respects. Mrs. Shaw \u0026 family are well.","Give my respects to Willie, Jule \u0026 all your friends. Write often. May a kind Providence continue to watch over you \u0026 protect you my dear son. Your Father. J. B. M.","Indian Ridge \nOct 31st 1864","My Dear Son- \nAfter so long a time I find an opportunity of sending you a few lines from home, as I know you are very anxious to hear from us all. Your note from Riddick's Ferry was received, though not until we heard from you through your friend from [K/Hitt___?] \u0026 who also delivered me a package of smoking tobacco, which was very acceptable, \u0026 for which accept\nmy thanks.","We have had a good long respite from the Raiders, not having been troubled with any since you left. They have passed on the Indian Town Road once since, but none came up our road. There is no news at all. Everything seems to be at a stand. We are still having the most delightful weather. It is so dry we can scarcely get water to use. I have never seen so dry a season. Mr. Lowe and myself have just finished making syrup. We have made about 70 gals., enough to serve us the next year plentifully. I am again without any help at all. Mr. Sawyer \u0026 his wife left the week you went away. I do not know how I shall manage to house my crop as there is no laborers to be had.","A few days after you left I saw the order postponing the commencement of your school until the 10th of Novr., and ordering the cadets to report for temporary duty at Camp Lee. I suppose you are still there, though according to the order will soon leave for school. I shall therefore leave the direction of my letter to the friend who will take it out after he can ascertain your whereabouts.","We are all in as good health as usual. I am still very much troubled with rheumatism in my arm, which bothers me very much. You must write me every opportunity, tell me how you are getting on, \u0026 how you have disposed of your money, and do not forget to have the discrepancy in your account corrected. And above all things else my Dear Son do not\nforget, nor neglect, your duties to your Heavenly Father; let not your young \u0026 gay companions lead you astray, nor tempt you to neglect your religious duties, and may our Heavenly Father keep you as in the hollow of his hand, shield \u0026 protect you from all danger \u0026 harm, and restore you to us again in His own good time. ","I forgot to tell you the result of our meeting. It closed on Sunday after you left, and on Monday seventeen were baptized \u0026 added to the church, among them our neighbor Mr. John Fanshaw.","Your Ma, Archie, \u0026 the children all send their love. Frank is on a visit to Mayock \u0026 will write you soon. Write him often. Mrs. Shaw \u0026 family are all well. Tell Willie he must write me sometimes. Give him my respects \u0026 tell him not to forget his good resolutions \u0026 to never stop until he has obtained the pearl of great price. God bless \u0026 protect you my dear\nson is the constant prayer of our father. \nJ. B. M.","Ida sends you some money, $2.00.","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Absent from morning drill on April 15 [1863]","It was a very rainy and disagreeable morning, and my shoews being very inferior, also having a cold, I thought it very imprudent for me to go, as it would make me worse.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan, P. H.","To Commandant of Cadets","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Overcoat on Post after taps. April 23 [1863]","It was a very chilly night and I felt very uncomfortable without an overcoat and as I was unwell I thought it very imprudent to be without it.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan","To Commandant of Cadets","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Visiting on the 8th of May [1863]","I had just come out of the hospital and could not find any of my books in my room, they had been misplaced during my absence, some of my roommates told me that some one in No. 34 had borrowed them.  I went in to get them, and while doing so, I was reported.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan","To Commandant of Cadets","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Absent from drill on May 12th [1863]","When I had come from the funeral of Genl. Paxton, the day being very warm, and having marched nearly 3 miles, I was taken with a very severe headache, which compelled me to take my bed and rendered me entirely unfit to attend to the above duty.  At the time for sick call I reported to the surgeon and got some medicine.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan, P. H.","To Surgeon V. M. I."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMorgan Family Civil War papers, 1862-1864. MS 0356. 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Wiginton. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlso included are Cadet Morgan's written excuses (four items) to the VMI Commandant for various infractions for the period of April to May 1863.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from Forestville, North Carolina. Letter regards mail from James B. Morgan and the death of Pat Grandy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from Hertford County, North Carolina. Letter regards family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from \"Camp Galtin Murfreesboro.\" Letter regards personal and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from Currituck County, North Carolina. Letter regards wartime civilian life, the death of an uncle in battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and enemy raids.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter regards enemy treatment of civilians and family news. Letter also mentions \"Willie\" who is William Brenton Shaw, VMI Class of 1865.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from Currituck County, North Carolina. The letter includes a detailed account of the journey of a  committee of citizens to appeal to Union General Butler to \"secure their property from destruction.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from \"Indian Ridge.\" Letter regards family news and discusses rumors of a major Confederate victory, stating \"should these things be true, this fanatical war must be drawing rapidly to a close. May God speed the happy day.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from \"Indian Ridge.\" Letter regards family news and cautions son against neglecting his \"religious duties.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten excuses by Cadet Patrick Morgan submitted to the VMI Commandant. 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","Also included are Cadet Morgan's written excuses (four items) to the VMI Commandant for various infractions for the period of April to May 1863.","Written from Forestville, North Carolina. Letter regards mail from James B. Morgan and the death of Pat Grandy.","Written from Hertford County, North Carolina. Letter regards family news.","Written from \"Camp Galtin Murfreesboro.\" Letter regards personal and family news.","Written from Currituck County, North Carolina. Letter regards wartime civilian life, the death of an uncle in battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and enemy raids.","Letter regards enemy treatment of civilians and family news. Letter also mentions \"Willie\" who is William Brenton Shaw, VMI Class of 1865.","Written from Currituck County, North Carolina. The letter includes a detailed account of the journey of a  committee of citizens to appeal to Union General Butler to \"secure their property from destruction.\"","Written from \"Indian Ridge.\" Letter regards family news and discusses rumors of a major Confederate victory, stating \"should these things be true, this fanatical war must be drawing rapidly to a close. May God speed the happy day.\"","Written from \"Indian Ridge.\" Letter regards family news and cautions son against neglecting his \"religious duties.\"","Written excuses by Cadet Patrick Morgan submitted to the VMI Commandant. These were explanations given by cadets after breaking a regulation."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eManuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_f20f82c4c3cf6dfb048677ca709303e6\"\u003eManuscripts stacks\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Manuscripts stacks"],"names_ssim":["Virginia Military Institute Archives","Morgan family","Morgan, Patrick H. (Patrick Henry), 1844-1917","Shaw, William B. 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One of the Morgan sons, Patrick H. (1844-1917), was a cadet at VMI from 1862-1864. During his cadetship, he took part in the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864. After the War, Patrick studied law, but did not practice. He then engaged in business and was a state senator in the North Carolina legislature. He was subsequently a district supervisor of the United States Life Saving Service (now the United States Coast Guard). Patrick died on August 27, 1917 in Shawboro, North Carolina.","Forestville N. C. \nJuly 2d 1862","Friend Pat \nI was in Currituck a few days ago and saw your father. He gave me a letter to bring out for you which I have this day mailed to you. He requested me to write to you and tell you where to write to him at so that he could get it.  If you would write to him and enclose it to me at Murfreesboro NC I will endeavor to get it to him. Say to Col. Shaw and Mr. Woods sons that if they will do the same I will try to forward their letters on for them. I hear that Pat Grandy was killed at Richmond. Poor fellow I am sorry for him he was a brave little fellow. Write soon as I shall be in Murfreesboro in about six day.","Yours very Respectfully \n[D. W. ?]","Abram Riddicks Farm.  Hertford Co. NC","Dear Pat \nI have just come through the lines and have with me a letter for you which I will mail at Weldon.  Write to me immediately on the reception of this and I may be able to carry it through to your father on my return.  Tom Hampkins and myself are going to Raleigh with a lunatic.  Then I am going to Greensboro Lincolnton and Charlotte.  Bill [Dozier] is married to Miss Barnard.  Mr. Wigginton is dear and there is much sickness in Currituck.  The Yankees are carrying on high in E. City [Elizabeth City]. [They] have nearly driven all the citizens away [from] E. City now and then killing one.  They murdered George Fearing last Thursday.  They have destroyed the Salt works on the banks \u0026 c \u0026 c.  Excuse this bad writing.  I am in a hurry and have a miserable pen.  Give my regards Will Shaw and Mr. Wood.  Tell them both their familys are well.  I was at Dr. Woods a few days ago.  Write and direct your letter to my care Weldon","Yours in friendship \nW. H. [Cowell]","Pat I broke open your leeter to put this in is the cause of it looking so ragged about the envelope","Camp Galtin Murfreesboro \nNC March the 12 64","Your letter of the 26 of Feb came to hand on yesterday and found me well except weakness. I have just returned from Camden. I had a sick furlough and it happened in a good time the confederates went down just behind me and placed their pickets at [Shingle] Landing. You may depend that I had a gay time we had a party at Mr. J. Ambros Doziers we danced nearly all night. I danced the first set with Cousin Arch [?] the second with Maggie Fanshaw. Mr. Ambrose Dozier also danced we had three members of the church on the floor at once. I went to see Shaw. I stopped at by yur house a day or two they were all well I believe. I went to see my [?] twice while I was in there and found her as lovely as ever. She is as perfect as an angel and as precious as a diamond. I went to school with her both times walked with her alone to the academy and spoke of the pst present and future. Jessy Williams has gone in on furlough this morning.  I wrote to Mattie and sent your enclosed to the [?].  Marcus [Tavells] was in on furlough the same time that I was he came out with me we had fine times together. Try to get a leave of absence and come and see me.  Mattie sends her respects to you and says she would be pleased to see you if you will write me when you think you can get one I will manage to get one the same time and we will go in together. I have not time to write much more as I have to mke out requistitions for rations for the men this evening. Our company are all in Camden except 8 and they are without shoes consequently they nor myself have but little duty to perform. We manage to draw rations enough for ourselves and cook and eat.","If I have accused you wrongfully I beg your pardon. You spoke of my flirting with my intended much sooner would I destroy my own life. What deceive my first and only love and the best girl that ever graced the side of a gentleman do not speak of it again you will me tremble to think of such vile thing. You speak of being low spirited you must cheer up and if you will do you duty I think you will be able to accomplish all you wish for I have made Mat promise to use her influence in your behalf and you know she can be of much use to you. I had a letter from a young lady in Petersburg yesterday she thinks I am a flirt little does she think that I am engaged but I will not deceive her any longer for I respect her very highly. I will ask to be excused and to be her friend in the future and not a lover. Our Regt. will start over the river tomorrow morning. I have had the men that are with me belonging to our Company excused from this march they seem to be very much pleased at it.  We will have the whole camp to oursleves. I wish you were with me so that we could lay in our bunk and talk of our sweethearts. I hope the time is not far distant when we will be able to go where we please then we can visit our sweethearts and not be looking for the infernal yankees to come and capture us. I also had a leter from brother Isaac he is well and in Petersburg. I believe all of our friends and relatives are well. Write soon and tell Wood to write to me. Give my respects to all of my inquiring friends if any and reserve a greater portion for yourself.","Your cousin \nJno B. Wiginton","Indian Ridge \nCurrituck County, Jany 28/63","My Dear Son- \nIt is a long time since we have had a letter from you. The last one I think was dated the 16 of November last. We heard from you by Albert, who got safely home, but destroyed all the letters he brought off with him for fear of falling into the hands of enemies. He reported you\ntolerably well- but gives a horrid description of your fare, \u0026 seems very glad to get home even under the circumstances.","Your Uncle James has again been driven from his home by the shelling of his premises, and together with his family is now residing with us. Albert is going to school to Mr. Lowe, who now has a very large school. Since I last wrote you we have the distressing intelligence of the death\nof your Uncle [Geo?]. He was killed at Fredericksburg. His family is in great distress. They are making arrangements for moving back to Currituck \u0026 will reside with William [D___], who was recently married to Miss[A_nett] Barnard. Your Ma is in deep distress in consequence of her brother's death. She takes it very hard indeed. Otherwise we are getting along about as we have been for the last eighteen months.","The enemy occasionally makes raids upon us \u0026 plunder \u0026 destroy our property. A few weeks ago they came over to Indian Town \u0026 burned all the buildings on Dr. Marchant's place, opposite where he used to live, together with the academy, \u0026 plundered several citizens, taking horses, carts, [__groes], salt \u0026 c. They have since removed from Shiloh \u0026 have made their headquarters at E. City.  One of their officers, a Capt. Sanders was killed in the street the night of the 5th inst.","The Diphtheria has been very prevalent this winter. I believe I wrote you of the death of two of Mr. Baxter's children. Now I have to inform you of the death of [Suda] Shaw of the same horrible disease. It was a heart rending scene to witness the distress of the family. I deeply sympathize with the bereaved parents, but for [Suda], we know she is better off. She is beyond the reach of harm, safe in her Heavenly Father's arms. Jodie has been strongly threatened with the same disease, if indeed he has not had it in a modified form. All of us have had sore throats \u0026 your Ma has been doctoring for diphtheria. All are however better now, Lillie \u0026 Ida going to school \u0026 Jodie playing about the house as lively as ever. He has grown very much since you saw him, \u0026 talks quite plain. You would hardly know him. from home and hoping soon to hear from you. You cannot imagine how anxious we are to hear from you, or surely you would write much oftener than you do. What can be the matter? Is it that you do not write, or does your letters miscarry? I know not the cause, but whatever it may be should be very glad if it could be remedied. I know not how to direct you more than I have. ","There are so many changes. I received one letter from Mr. Lassiter from Mr. [Boro]. Since then I learn he has sold out \u0026 removed, so you must seek for information \u0026 opportunities, \u0026 neglect no possible chance of letting us hear from you. I have committed you unto Him that is able to keep you, and I forget not my prayers morning \u0026 night to beseech Him to take care of you, to preserve \u0026 keep you from all evil \u0026 harm, and restore you again to the bosom of the family, if it can accord with His blessed will. All send their love.","Your Father. Jos. B. Morgan","Feby 13 [1863]","We have just heard that the guerillas had attacked the enemy in Pasquotank killing [Tim.] Cox \u0026 probably some others. We hear that the Capt. commanding in E. City [Elizabeth City] has ordered all the people white \u0026 black to report to him, \u0026 it is said he intends to compel them to take up arms. The whole country is in a perfect ferment. The people are growing desperate \u0026 the inhuman conduct of our enemies seems to be driving every man capable of bearing arms into the bushes or into the army. How long such a state of things is to exist the Lord only can determine.","My health is very bad just now. I am suffering among other things with sore throat, \u0026 have been for some time past.  The rest of the family are well.","I should be so glad to hear from you. Not one word yet since Albert left have we heard from you. Mrs. Shaw gets letters from Willie \u0026 Julian \u0026 I should suppose yours could come in the same way. Send them to Col. Shaw \u0026 he will forward them if you will request him to do so I am sure. Your Ma sends her love \u0026 says she would like to write, but you must not think because she does not, she has forgotten you. Other causes prevents. I have hastily penned these few lines this morning having just heard of an opportunity for sending a letter out. Your Uncle James is still with us \u0026 talks of coming out soon.","Your Father. Jos. B. Morgan","Currituck County \nJany. 3d 1864","My Dear Son- \nIt is a long time since we have had a letter from you \u0026 we are beginning to feel very anxious to hear from you. I wrote you a short time since giving a short statement of our troubles \u0026 the devastations \u0026 excitement produced by a Brigade of negro troops under Gen. Wild passing through our county. But it is utterly impossible for me to give you anything like a correct idea of the state of things in our midst. ","I have just returned home from Fortress Monroe. The citizens of our county held a meeting \u0026 appointed Dr. Cowell, A. J. Lowe, B. L. Dey, B. M. Baxter \u0026 myself a committee to proceed to Old Point, the Headquarters of Gen. Butler, who is in command of the Department of Va. \u0026 N. C., for the purpose of ascertaining what was required of the peaceful inhabitants to secure their property from destruction \u0026 their dwellings from the flames. We left home last Sunday \u0026 passed through their lines by way of Deep Creek. Col. DeForest in command at North West treated us very courteously \u0026 and gave us a passport to Gen. Getty's headquarters, which is some three miles back of Portsmouth. We had a very pleasant interview with Gen. Getty, who seems to be a perfect gentleman, and who kindly facilitated our business by giving us a passport and transportation to Gen. Butler's Headquarters.","Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock we took the boat for Old Point, where we arrived about ten A.M. We obtained an interview with Gen. Butler about three o'clock P. M. He received us very respectfully \u0026 treated us very courteously, and after hearing our statement conversed with us some half an hour or more very pleasantly. He said nothing was required of us only to remain peaceful and use our influence to put down guerrillaing \u0026 blockade running; that being accomplished we should not be further molested by his troops; that he did not include us in his general order no. 49, nor did he consider us within his lines. ","We returned home \u0026 reported the result of our interview with Gen. Butler. We had hardly got home when a squad was sent out to enroll the inhabitants of Camden \u0026 Currituck. We are inclined to believe, however, they are recalled \u0026 we may be allowed a short respite.","Your Ma has been quite ill but is now fast recovering. Jodie is suffering from croup very much. All the rest are tolerable well. I am not very well but hope am improving. Everything is excitement \u0026 suspense \u0026 God only knows how we are to get along. All is gloom \u0026 doubt around us, but God governs in the affairs of men \u0026 will bring all things right in the end. You Ma is trying to get some shirts ready for you, and whenever we can procure anything for you will send by the first opportunity. Some of my friends talk of going to Richmond \u0026 if they do I shall try to send my horse  by them with instructions to sell him \u0026 send you the money. It may come when you do not need it \u0026 if so take care of it for future use. You must be economical \u0026 make the best use you can of both time \u0026 money. Should they bring him out, I shall instruct them to\nsell him and have the money insured \u0026 sent by express to you.","All send their love \u0026 best wishes, and I pray that a kind Providence may preserve and protect you my dear son. \nYour Father. J. B. M.","P.S. Since writing the enclosed your two letters of the 13th and 27th of Decr. have come to hand. We are glad to learn you are so well after your exposure \u0026 hope you will not suffer any very serious consequences. All are well at present \u0026 send their love. Those gentlemen I spoke of coming out have returned. They sold my horse for $600 \u0026 I trust you have recd. the money. J.B. M.","Indian Ridge \nMay 16th 1864","My Dear Son- \nI embrace the opportunity this morning, as Mr. Forbs is just going out, to write you a few lines, to let you know we have had the pleasure of receiving yours of the 26th of April, that we were all well, \u0026 made still more happy on hearing glorious news from Va. The N. York Herald admits that Grant has been terribly whipped \u0026 driven back with the loss of only 41.000 including 7 Major Gens. \u0026 some 15 Brigadiers. We have rumors that the Yanks have also been badly worsted near Petersburg \u0026 driven back with considerable loss. Also various other rumors of the capture of the \"Beast\" \u0026 c \u0026 c. which if true you have no doubt heard ere this, as you can learn the truth much earlier than we can. Should these things be true, this fanatical war must be drawing rapidly to a close. May God speed the happy day. I think there can scarcely be a doubt of the truth of Grant's disaster. I did not see the statement myself, but Mr. Hilliard Baxter told me he had read it in last Thursday's Herald \u0026 you may be sure his loss is much greater than the Herald would admit. The Yanks have been making frequent raids among us for the last three weeks, one a week at least. Saturday night they carried off one of my mules, but I was fortunate enough to recover him on Sunday.","I am glad to learn you were pleased with your things. The boots \u0026 gloves I expected would be full large, but it was the best I could do, \u0026 your cloth, how does it suit you? It was nearest the color that could be got. We have felt a great deal of anxiety about you of late, fearing that the Yankees would get so near, you would have to take the field again [see note below], but if Grant is driven back we should feel much easier on that account. I forgot to say that our joy at the good news was somewhat allayed by a report that the brave \u0026 noble Gen. Longstreet was badly wounded, Pickett \u0026 Jenkins \u0026 some others killed. I trust the reports may not be true, but should it prove true, God will raise up others to fill their places. He will not suffer our enemies to succeed in this unjust, cruel \u0026 unholy war.","I said we were all well. Jodie has slight chills \u0026 fevers, caused perhaps by the [days?] of The Measles--he says he wants to see Bro. Pat mighty bad. He has been keeping you some apples but has been compelled to eat them, to keep them from rotting. The children all send their love. Mr. Low \u0026 family request me to send their respects. Mrs. Shaw \u0026 family are well.","Give my respects to Willie, Jule \u0026 all your friends. Write often. May a kind Providence continue to watch over you \u0026 protect you my dear son. Your Father. J. B. M.","Indian Ridge \nOct 31st 1864","My Dear Son- \nAfter so long a time I find an opportunity of sending you a few lines from home, as I know you are very anxious to hear from us all. Your note from Riddick's Ferry was received, though not until we heard from you through your friend from [K/Hitt___?] \u0026 who also delivered me a package of smoking tobacco, which was very acceptable, \u0026 for which accept\nmy thanks.","We have had a good long respite from the Raiders, not having been troubled with any since you left. They have passed on the Indian Town Road once since, but none came up our road. There is no news at all. Everything seems to be at a stand. We are still having the most delightful weather. It is so dry we can scarcely get water to use. I have never seen so dry a season. Mr. Lowe and myself have just finished making syrup. We have made about 70 gals., enough to serve us the next year plentifully. I am again without any help at all. Mr. Sawyer \u0026 his wife left the week you went away. I do not know how I shall manage to house my crop as there is no laborers to be had.","A few days after you left I saw the order postponing the commencement of your school until the 10th of Novr., and ordering the cadets to report for temporary duty at Camp Lee. I suppose you are still there, though according to the order will soon leave for school. I shall therefore leave the direction of my letter to the friend who will take it out after he can ascertain your whereabouts.","We are all in as good health as usual. I am still very much troubled with rheumatism in my arm, which bothers me very much. You must write me every opportunity, tell me how you are getting on, \u0026 how you have disposed of your money, and do not forget to have the discrepancy in your account corrected. And above all things else my Dear Son do not\nforget, nor neglect, your duties to your Heavenly Father; let not your young \u0026 gay companions lead you astray, nor tempt you to neglect your religious duties, and may our Heavenly Father keep you as in the hollow of his hand, shield \u0026 protect you from all danger \u0026 harm, and restore you to us again in His own good time. ","I forgot to tell you the result of our meeting. It closed on Sunday after you left, and on Monday seventeen were baptized \u0026 added to the church, among them our neighbor Mr. John Fanshaw.","Your Ma, Archie, \u0026 the children all send their love. Frank is on a visit to Mayock \u0026 will write you soon. Write him often. Mrs. Shaw \u0026 family are all well. Tell Willie he must write me sometimes. Give him my respects \u0026 tell him not to forget his good resolutions \u0026 to never stop until he has obtained the pearl of great price. God bless \u0026 protect you my dear\nson is the constant prayer of our father. \nJ. B. M.","Ida sends you some money, $2.00.","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Absent from morning drill on April 15 [1863]","It was a very rainy and disagreeable morning, and my shoews being very inferior, also having a cold, I thought it very imprudent for me to go, as it would make me worse.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan, P. H.","To Commandant of Cadets","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Overcoat on Post after taps. April 23 [1863]","It was a very chilly night and I felt very uncomfortable without an overcoat and as I was unwell I thought it very imprudent to be without it.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan","To Commandant of Cadets","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Visiting on the 8th of May [1863]","I had just come out of the hospital and could not find any of my books in my room, they had been misplaced during my absence, some of my roommates told me that some one in No. 34 had borrowed them.  I went in to get them, and while doing so, I was reported.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan","To Commandant of Cadets","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Absent from drill on May 12th [1863]","When I had come from the funeral of Genl. Paxton, the day being very warm, and having marched nearly 3 miles, I was taken with a very severe headache, which compelled me to take my bed and rendered me entirely unfit to attend to the above duty.  At the time for sick call I reported to the surgeon and got some medicine.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan, P. H.","To Surgeon V. M. I.","This collection consists of Morgan Family correspondence (12 items) during the Civil War. Included are eight letters (dated 1862-1864) to Cadet Patrick H. Morgan. Those from his father (dated 1863-1864), Joseph B. Morgan, contain news of Civil War civilian and home life in Currituck County, North Carolina. Specific topics include enemy raids for food and supplies, diptheria, an uncle's death in battle, and the hardships of war. Other letters are from family friends and cousin John B. Wiginton. ","Also included are Cadet Morgan's written excuses (four items) to the VMI Commandant for various infractions for the period of April to May 1863.","Written from Forestville, North Carolina. Letter regards mail from James B. Morgan and the death of Pat Grandy.","Written from Hertford County, North Carolina. Letter regards family news.","Written from \"Camp Galtin Murfreesboro.\" Letter regards personal and family news.","Written from Currituck County, North Carolina. Letter regards wartime civilian life, the death of an uncle in battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and enemy raids.","Letter regards enemy treatment of civilians and family news. Letter also mentions \"Willie\" who is William Brenton Shaw, VMI Class of 1865.","Written from Currituck County, North Carolina. The letter includes a detailed account of the journey of a  committee of citizens to appeal to Union General Butler to \"secure their property from destruction.\"","Written from \"Indian Ridge.\" Letter regards family news and discusses rumors of a major Confederate victory, stating \"should these things be true, this fanatical war must be drawing rapidly to a close. May God speed the happy day.\"","Written from \"Indian Ridge.\" Letter regards family news and cautions son against neglecting his \"religious duties.\"","Written excuses by Cadet Patrick Morgan submitted to the VMI Commandant. These were explanations given by cadets after breaking a regulation.","Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. 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He was subsequently a district supervisor of the United States Life Saving Service (now the United States Coast Guard). Patrick died on August 27, 1917 in Shawboro, North Carolina."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eForestville N. C.\u003cbr\u003e\nJuly 2d 1862\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFriend Pat\u003cbr\u003e\nI was in Currituck a few days ago and saw your father. He gave me a letter to bring out for you which I have this day mailed to you. He requested me to write to you and tell you where to write to him at so that he could get it.  If you would write to him and enclose it to me at Murfreesboro NC I will endeavor to get it to him. Say to Col. Shaw and Mr. Woods sons that if they will do the same I will try to forward their letters on for them. I hear that Pat Grandy was killed at Richmond. Poor fellow I am sorry for him he was a brave little fellow. Write soon as I shall be in Murfreesboro in about six day.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYours very Respectfully\u003cbr\u003e\n[D. W. ?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbram Riddicks Farm.  Hertford Co. NC\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDear Pat\u003cbr\u003e\nI have just come through the lines and have with me a letter for you which I will mail at Weldon.  Write to me immediately on the reception of this and I may be able to carry it through to your father on my return.  Tom Hampkins and myself are going to Raleigh with a lunatic.  Then I am going to Greensboro Lincolnton and Charlotte.  Bill [Dozier] is married to Miss Barnard.  Mr. Wigginton is dear and there is much sickness in Currituck.  The Yankees are carrying on high in E. City [Elizabeth City]. [They] have nearly driven all the citizens away [from] E. City now and then killing one.  They murdered George Fearing last Thursday.  They have destroyed the Salt works on the banks \u0026amp; c \u0026amp; c.  Excuse this bad writing.  I am in a hurry and have a miserable pen.  Give my regards Will Shaw and Mr. Wood.  Tell them both their familys are well.  I was at Dr. Woods a few days ago.  Write and direct your letter to my care Weldon\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYours in friendship\u003cbr\u003e\nW. H. [Cowell]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePat I broke open your leeter to put this in is the cause of it looking so ragged about the envelope\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCamp Galtin Murfreesboro\u003cbr\u003e\nNC March the 12 64\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour letter of the 26 of Feb came to hand on yesterday and found me well except weakness. I have just returned from Camden. I had a sick furlough and it happened in a good time the confederates went down just behind me and placed their pickets at [Shingle] Landing. You may depend that I had a gay time we had a party at Mr. J. Ambros Doziers we danced nearly all night. I danced the first set with Cousin Arch [?] the second with Maggie Fanshaw. Mr. Ambrose Dozier also danced we had three members of the church on the floor at once. I went to see Shaw. I stopped at by yur house a day or two they were all well I believe. I went to see my [?] twice while I was in there and found her as lovely as ever. She is as perfect as an angel and as precious as a diamond. I went to school with her both times walked with her alone to the academy and spoke of the pst present and future. Jessy Williams has gone in on furlough this morning.  I wrote to Mattie and sent your enclosed to the [?].  Marcus [Tavells] was in on furlough the same time that I was he came out with me we had fine times together. Try to get a leave of absence and come and see me.  Mattie sends her respects to you and says she would be pleased to see you if you will write me when you think you can get one I will manage to get one the same time and we will go in together. I have not time to write much more as I have to mke out requistitions for rations for the men this evening. Our company are all in Camden except 8 and they are without shoes consequently they nor myself have but little duty to perform. We manage to draw rations enough for ourselves and cook and eat.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIf I have accused you wrongfully I beg your pardon. You spoke of my flirting with my intended much sooner would I destroy my own life. What deceive my first and only love and the best girl that ever graced the side of a gentleman do not speak of it again you will me tremble to think of such vile thing. You speak of being low spirited you must cheer up and if you will do you duty I think you will be able to accomplish all you wish for I have made Mat promise to use her influence in your behalf and you know she can be of much use to you. I had a letter from a young lady in Petersburg yesterday she thinks I am a flirt little does she think that I am engaged but I will not deceive her any longer for I respect her very highly. I will ask to be excused and to be her friend in the future and not a lover. Our Regt. will start over the river tomorrow morning. I have had the men that are with me belonging to our Company excused from this march they seem to be very much pleased at it.  We will have the whole camp to oursleves. I wish you were with me so that we could lay in our bunk and talk of our sweethearts. I hope the time is not far distant when we will be able to go where we please then we can visit our sweethearts and not be looking for the infernal yankees to come and capture us. I also had a leter from brother Isaac he is well and in Petersburg. I believe all of our friends and relatives are well. Write soon and tell Wood to write to me. Give my respects to all of my inquiring friends if any and reserve a greater portion for yourself.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour cousin\u003cbr\u003e\nJno B. Wiginton\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndian Ridge\u003cbr\u003e\nCurrituck County, Jany 28/63\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy Dear Son-\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is a long time since we have had a letter from you. The last one I think was dated the 16 of November last. We heard from you by Albert, who got safely home, but destroyed all the letters he brought off with him for fear of falling into the hands of enemies. He reported you\ntolerably well- but gives a horrid description of your fare, \u0026amp; seems very glad to get home even under the circumstances.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour Uncle James has again been driven from his home by the shelling of his premises, and together with his family is now residing with us. Albert is going to school to Mr. Lowe, who now has a very large school. Since I last wrote you we have the distressing intelligence of the death\nof your Uncle [Geo?]. He was killed at Fredericksburg. His family is in great distress. They are making arrangements for moving back to Currituck \u0026amp; will reside with William [D___], who was recently married to Miss[A_nett] Barnard. Your Ma is in deep distress in consequence of her brother's death. She takes it very hard indeed. Otherwise we are getting along about as we have been for the last eighteen months.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe enemy occasionally makes raids upon us \u0026amp; plunder \u0026amp; destroy our property. A few weeks ago they came over to Indian Town \u0026amp; burned all the buildings on Dr. Marchant's place, opposite where he used to live, together with the academy, \u0026amp; plundered several citizens, taking horses, carts, [__groes], salt \u0026amp; c. They have since removed from Shiloh \u0026amp; have made their headquarters at E. City.  One of their officers, a Capt. Sanders was killed in the street the night of the 5th inst.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Diphtheria has been very prevalent this winter. I believe I wrote you of the death of two of Mr. Baxter's children. Now I have to inform you of the death of [Suda] Shaw of the same horrible disease. It was a heart rending scene to witness the distress of the family. I deeply sympathize with the bereaved parents, but for [Suda], we know she is better off. She is beyond the reach of harm, safe in her Heavenly Father's arms. Jodie has been strongly threatened with the same disease, if indeed he has not had it in a modified form. All of us have had sore throats \u0026amp; your Ma has been doctoring for diphtheria. All are however better now, Lillie \u0026amp; Ida going to school \u0026amp; Jodie playing about the house as lively as ever. He has grown very much since you saw him, \u0026amp; talks quite plain. You would hardly know him. from home and hoping soon to hear from you. You cannot imagine how anxious we are to hear from you, or surely you would write much oftener than you do. What can be the matter? Is it that you do not write, or does your letters miscarry? I know not the cause, but whatever it may be should be very glad if it could be remedied. I know not how to direct you more than I have. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere are so many changes. I received one letter from Mr. Lassiter from Mr. [Boro]. Since then I learn he has sold out \u0026amp; removed, so you must seek for information \u0026amp; opportunities, \u0026amp; neglect no possible chance of letting us hear from you. I have committed you unto Him that is able to keep you, and I forget not my prayers morning \u0026amp; night to beseech Him to take care of you, to preserve \u0026amp; keep you from all evil \u0026amp; harm, and restore you again to the bosom of the family, if it can accord with His blessed will. All send their love.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour Father. Jos. B. Morgan\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeby 13 [1863]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWe have just heard that the guerillas had attacked the enemy in Pasquotank killing [Tim.] Cox \u0026amp; probably some others. We hear that the Capt. commanding in E. City [Elizabeth City] has ordered all the people white \u0026amp; black to report to him, \u0026amp; it is said he intends to compel them to take up arms. The whole country is in a perfect ferment. The people are growing desperate \u0026amp; the inhuman conduct of our enemies seems to be driving every man capable of bearing arms into the bushes or into the army. How long such a state of things is to exist the Lord only can determine.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy health is very bad just now. I am suffering among other things with sore throat, \u0026amp; have been for some time past.  The rest of the family are well.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI should be so glad to hear from you. Not one word yet since Albert left have we heard from you. Mrs. Shaw gets letters from Willie \u0026amp; Julian \u0026amp; I should suppose yours could come in the same way. Send them to Col. Shaw \u0026amp; he will forward them if you will request him to do so I am sure. Your Ma sends her love \u0026amp; says she would like to write, but you must not think because she does not, she has forgotten you. Other causes prevents. I have hastily penned these few lines this morning having just heard of an opportunity for sending a letter out. Your Uncle James is still with us \u0026amp; talks of coming out soon.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour Father. Jos. B. Morgan\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCurrituck County\u003cbr\u003e\nJany. 3d 1864\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy Dear Son-\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is a long time since we have had a letter from you \u0026amp; we are beginning to feel very anxious to hear from you. I wrote you a short time since giving a short statement of our troubles \u0026amp; the devastations \u0026amp; excitement produced by a Brigade of negro troops under Gen. Wild passing through our county. But it is utterly impossible for me to give you anything like a correct idea of the state of things in our midst. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI have just returned home from Fortress Monroe. The citizens of our county held a meeting \u0026amp; appointed Dr. Cowell, A. J. Lowe, B. L. Dey, B. M. Baxter \u0026amp; myself a committee to proceed to Old Point, the Headquarters of Gen. Butler, who is in command of the Department of Va. \u0026amp; N. C., for the purpose of ascertaining what was required of the peaceful inhabitants to secure their property from destruction \u0026amp; their dwellings from the flames. We left home last Sunday \u0026amp; passed through their lines by way of Deep Creek. Col. DeForest in command at North West treated us very courteously \u0026amp; and gave us a passport to Gen. Getty's headquarters, which is some three miles back of Portsmouth. We had a very pleasant interview with Gen. Getty, who seems to be a perfect gentleman, and who kindly facilitated our business by giving us a passport and transportation to Gen. Butler's Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTuesday morning at 8 o'clock we took the boat for Old Point, where we arrived about ten A.M. We obtained an interview with Gen. Butler about three o'clock P. M. He received us very respectfully \u0026amp; treated us very courteously, and after hearing our statement conversed with us some half an hour or more very pleasantly. He said nothing was required of us only to remain peaceful and use our influence to put down guerrillaing \u0026amp; blockade running; that being accomplished we should not be further molested by his troops; that he did not include us in his general order no. 49, nor did he consider us within his lines. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWe returned home \u0026amp; reported the result of our interview with Gen. Butler. We had hardly got home when a squad was sent out to enroll the inhabitants of Camden \u0026amp; Currituck. We are inclined to believe, however, they are recalled \u0026amp; we may be allowed a short respite.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour Ma has been quite ill but is now fast recovering. Jodie is suffering from croup very much. All the rest are tolerable well. I am not very well but hope am improving. Everything is excitement \u0026amp; suspense \u0026amp; God only knows how we are to get along. All is gloom \u0026amp; doubt around us, but God governs in the affairs of men \u0026amp; will bring all things right in the end. You Ma is trying to get some shirts ready for you, and whenever we can procure anything for you will send by the first opportunity. Some of my friends talk of going to Richmond \u0026amp; if they do I shall try to send my horse  by them with instructions to sell him \u0026amp; send you the money. It may come when you do not need it \u0026amp; if so take care of it for future use. You must be economical \u0026amp; make the best use you can of both time \u0026amp; money. Should they bring him out, I shall instruct them to\nsell him and have the money insured \u0026amp; sent by express to you.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAll send their love \u0026amp; best wishes, and I pray that a kind Providence may preserve and protect you my dear son.\u003cbr\u003e\nYour Father. J. B. M.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eP.S. Since writing the enclosed your two letters of the 13th and 27th of Decr. have come to hand. We are glad to learn you are so well after your exposure \u0026amp; hope you will not suffer any very serious consequences. All are well at present \u0026amp; send their love. Those gentlemen I spoke of coming out have returned. They sold my horse for $600 \u0026amp; I trust you have recd. the money. J.B. M.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndian Ridge\u003cbr\u003e\nMay 16th 1864\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy Dear Son-\u003cbr\u003e\nI embrace the opportunity this morning, as Mr. Forbs is just going out, to write you a few lines, to let you know we have had the pleasure of receiving yours of the 26th of April, that we were all well, \u0026amp; made still more happy on hearing glorious news from Va. The N. York Herald admits that Grant has been terribly whipped \u0026amp; driven back with the loss of only 41.000 including 7 Major Gens. \u0026amp; some 15 Brigadiers. We have rumors that the Yanks have also been badly worsted near Petersburg \u0026amp; driven back with considerable loss. Also various other rumors of the capture of the \"Beast\" \u0026amp; c \u0026amp; c. which if true you have no doubt heard ere this, as you can learn the truth much earlier than we can. Should these things be true, this fanatical war must be drawing rapidly to a close. May God speed the happy day. I think there can scarcely be a doubt of the truth of Grant's disaster. I did not see the statement myself, but Mr. Hilliard Baxter told me he had read it in last Thursday's Herald \u0026amp; you may be sure his loss is much greater than the Herald would admit. The Yanks have been making frequent raids among us for the last three weeks, one a week at least. Saturday night they carried off one of my mules, but I was fortunate enough to recover him on Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI am glad to learn you were pleased with your things. The boots \u0026amp; gloves I expected would be full large, but it was the best I could do, \u0026amp; your cloth, how does it suit you? It was nearest the color that could be got. We have felt a great deal of anxiety about you of late, fearing that the Yankees would get so near, you would have to take the field again [see note below], but if Grant is driven back we should feel much easier on that account. I forgot to say that our joy at the good news was somewhat allayed by a report that the brave \u0026amp; noble Gen. Longstreet was badly wounded, Pickett \u0026amp; Jenkins \u0026amp; some others killed. I trust the reports may not be true, but should it prove true, God will raise up others to fill their places. He will not suffer our enemies to succeed in this unjust, cruel \u0026amp; unholy war.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI said we were all well. Jodie has slight chills \u0026amp; fevers, caused perhaps by the [days?] of The Measles--he says he wants to see Bro. Pat mighty bad. He has been keeping you some apples but has been compelled to eat them, to keep them from rotting. The children all send their love. Mr. Low \u0026amp; family request me to send their respects. Mrs. Shaw \u0026amp; family are well.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGive my respects to Willie, Jule \u0026amp; all your friends. Write often. May a kind Providence continue to watch over you \u0026amp; protect you my dear son. Your Father. J. B. M.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndian Ridge\u003cbr\u003e\nOct 31st 1864\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy Dear Son-\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter so long a time I find an opportunity of sending you a few lines from home, as I know you are very anxious to hear from us all. Your note from Riddick's Ferry was received, though not until we heard from you through your friend from [K/Hitt___?] \u0026amp; who also delivered me a package of smoking tobacco, which was very acceptable, \u0026amp; for which accept\nmy thanks.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWe have had a good long respite from the Raiders, not having been troubled with any since you left. They have passed on the Indian Town Road once since, but none came up our road. There is no news at all. Everything seems to be at a stand. We are still having the most delightful weather. It is so dry we can scarcely get water to use. I have never seen so dry a season. Mr. Lowe and myself have just finished making syrup. We have made about 70 gals., enough to serve us the next year plentifully. I am again without any help at all. Mr. Sawyer \u0026amp; his wife left the week you went away. I do not know how I shall manage to house my crop as there is no laborers to be had.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA few days after you left I saw the order postponing the commencement of your school until the 10th of Novr., and ordering the cadets to report for temporary duty at Camp Lee. I suppose you are still there, though according to the order will soon leave for school. I shall therefore leave the direction of my letter to the friend who will take it out after he can ascertain your whereabouts.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWe are all in as good health as usual. I am still very much troubled with rheumatism in my arm, which bothers me very much. You must write me every opportunity, tell me how you are getting on, \u0026amp; how you have disposed of your money, and do not forget to have the discrepancy in your account corrected. And above all things else my Dear Son do not\nforget, nor neglect, your duties to your Heavenly Father; let not your young \u0026amp; gay companions lead you astray, nor tempt you to neglect your religious duties, and may our Heavenly Father keep you as in the hollow of his hand, shield \u0026amp; protect you from all danger \u0026amp; harm, and restore you to us again in His own good time. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI forgot to tell you the result of our meeting. It closed on Sunday after you left, and on Monday seventeen were baptized \u0026amp; added to the church, among them our neighbor Mr. John Fanshaw.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour Ma, Archie, \u0026amp; the children all send their love. Frank is on a visit to Mayock \u0026amp; will write you soon. Write him often. Mrs. Shaw \u0026amp; family are all well. Tell Willie he must write me sometimes. Give him my respects \u0026amp; tell him not to forget his good resolutions \u0026amp; to never stop until he has obtained the pearl of great price. God bless \u0026amp; protect you my dear\nson is the constant prayer of our father.\u003cbr\u003e\nJ. B. M.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIda sends you some money, $2.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of Cadet Morgan.  Absent from morning drill on April 15 [1863]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIt was a very rainy and disagreeable morning, and my shoews being very inferior, also having a cold, I thought it very imprudent for me to go, as it would make me worse.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRespectfully submitted,\u003cbr\u003e\nBy Cadet Morgan, P. H.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTo Commandant of Cadets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of Cadet Morgan.  Overcoat on Post after taps. April 23 [1863]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIt was a very chilly night and I felt very uncomfortable without an overcoat and as I was unwell I thought it very imprudent to be without it.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRespectfully submitted,\u003cbr\u003e\nBy Cadet Morgan\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTo Commandant of Cadets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of Cadet Morgan.  Visiting on the 8th of May [1863]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI had just come out of the hospital and could not find any of my books in my room, they had been misplaced during my absence, some of my roommates told me that some one in No. 34 had borrowed them.  I went in to get them, and while doing so, I was reported.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRespectfully submitted,\u003cbr\u003e\nBy Cadet Morgan\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTo Commandant of Cadets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of Cadet Morgan.  Absent from drill on May 12th [1863]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhen I had come from the funeral of Genl. Paxton, the day being very warm, and having marched nearly 3 miles, I was taken with a very severe headache, which compelled me to take my bed and rendered me entirely unfit to attend to the above duty.  At the time for sick call I reported to the surgeon and got some medicine.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRespectfully submitted,\u003cbr\u003e\nBy Cadet Morgan, P. H.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTo Surgeon V. M. I.\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription"],"odd_tesim":["Forestville N. C. \nJuly 2d 1862","Friend Pat \nI was in Currituck a few days ago and saw your father. He gave me a letter to bring out for you which I have this day mailed to you. He requested me to write to you and tell you where to write to him at so that he could get it.  If you would write to him and enclose it to me at Murfreesboro NC I will endeavor to get it to him. Say to Col. Shaw and Mr. Woods sons that if they will do the same I will try to forward their letters on for them. I hear that Pat Grandy was killed at Richmond. Poor fellow I am sorry for him he was a brave little fellow. Write soon as I shall be in Murfreesboro in about six day.","Yours very Respectfully \n[D. W. ?]","Abram Riddicks Farm.  Hertford Co. NC","Dear Pat \nI have just come through the lines and have with me a letter for you which I will mail at Weldon.  Write to me immediately on the reception of this and I may be able to carry it through to your father on my return.  Tom Hampkins and myself are going to Raleigh with a lunatic.  Then I am going to Greensboro Lincolnton and Charlotte.  Bill [Dozier] is married to Miss Barnard.  Mr. Wigginton is dear and there is much sickness in Currituck.  The Yankees are carrying on high in E. City [Elizabeth City]. [They] have nearly driven all the citizens away [from] E. City now and then killing one.  They murdered George Fearing last Thursday.  They have destroyed the Salt works on the banks \u0026 c \u0026 c.  Excuse this bad writing.  I am in a hurry and have a miserable pen.  Give my regards Will Shaw and Mr. Wood.  Tell them both their familys are well.  I was at Dr. Woods a few days ago.  Write and direct your letter to my care Weldon","Yours in friendship \nW. H. [Cowell]","Pat I broke open your leeter to put this in is the cause of it looking so ragged about the envelope","Camp Galtin Murfreesboro \nNC March the 12 64","Your letter of the 26 of Feb came to hand on yesterday and found me well except weakness. I have just returned from Camden. I had a sick furlough and it happened in a good time the confederates went down just behind me and placed their pickets at [Shingle] Landing. You may depend that I had a gay time we had a party at Mr. J. Ambros Doziers we danced nearly all night. I danced the first set with Cousin Arch [?] the second with Maggie Fanshaw. Mr. Ambrose Dozier also danced we had three members of the church on the floor at once. I went to see Shaw. I stopped at by yur house a day or two they were all well I believe. I went to see my [?] twice while I was in there and found her as lovely as ever. She is as perfect as an angel and as precious as a diamond. I went to school with her both times walked with her alone to the academy and spoke of the pst present and future. Jessy Williams has gone in on furlough this morning.  I wrote to Mattie and sent your enclosed to the [?].  Marcus [Tavells] was in on furlough the same time that I was he came out with me we had fine times together. Try to get a leave of absence and come and see me.  Mattie sends her respects to you and says she would be pleased to see you if you will write me when you think you can get one I will manage to get one the same time and we will go in together. I have not time to write much more as I have to mke out requistitions for rations for the men this evening. Our company are all in Camden except 8 and they are without shoes consequently they nor myself have but little duty to perform. We manage to draw rations enough for ourselves and cook and eat.","If I have accused you wrongfully I beg your pardon. You spoke of my flirting with my intended much sooner would I destroy my own life. What deceive my first and only love and the best girl that ever graced the side of a gentleman do not speak of it again you will me tremble to think of such vile thing. You speak of being low spirited you must cheer up and if you will do you duty I think you will be able to accomplish all you wish for I have made Mat promise to use her influence in your behalf and you know she can be of much use to you. I had a letter from a young lady in Petersburg yesterday she thinks I am a flirt little does she think that I am engaged but I will not deceive her any longer for I respect her very highly. I will ask to be excused and to be her friend in the future and not a lover. Our Regt. will start over the river tomorrow morning. I have had the men that are with me belonging to our Company excused from this march they seem to be very much pleased at it.  We will have the whole camp to oursleves. I wish you were with me so that we could lay in our bunk and talk of our sweethearts. I hope the time is not far distant when we will be able to go where we please then we can visit our sweethearts and not be looking for the infernal yankees to come and capture us. I also had a leter from brother Isaac he is well and in Petersburg. I believe all of our friends and relatives are well. Write soon and tell Wood to write to me. Give my respects to all of my inquiring friends if any and reserve a greater portion for yourself.","Your cousin \nJno B. Wiginton","Indian Ridge \nCurrituck County, Jany 28/63","My Dear Son- \nIt is a long time since we have had a letter from you. The last one I think was dated the 16 of November last. We heard from you by Albert, who got safely home, but destroyed all the letters he brought off with him for fear of falling into the hands of enemies. He reported you\ntolerably well- but gives a horrid description of your fare, \u0026 seems very glad to get home even under the circumstances.","Your Uncle James has again been driven from his home by the shelling of his premises, and together with his family is now residing with us. Albert is going to school to Mr. Lowe, who now has a very large school. Since I last wrote you we have the distressing intelligence of the death\nof your Uncle [Geo?]. He was killed at Fredericksburg. His family is in great distress. They are making arrangements for moving back to Currituck \u0026 will reside with William [D___], who was recently married to Miss[A_nett] Barnard. Your Ma is in deep distress in consequence of her brother's death. She takes it very hard indeed. Otherwise we are getting along about as we have been for the last eighteen months.","The enemy occasionally makes raids upon us \u0026 plunder \u0026 destroy our property. A few weeks ago they came over to Indian Town \u0026 burned all the buildings on Dr. Marchant's place, opposite where he used to live, together with the academy, \u0026 plundered several citizens, taking horses, carts, [__groes], salt \u0026 c. They have since removed from Shiloh \u0026 have made their headquarters at E. City.  One of their officers, a Capt. Sanders was killed in the street the night of the 5th inst.","The Diphtheria has been very prevalent this winter. I believe I wrote you of the death of two of Mr. Baxter's children. Now I have to inform you of the death of [Suda] Shaw of the same horrible disease. It was a heart rending scene to witness the distress of the family. I deeply sympathize with the bereaved parents, but for [Suda], we know she is better off. She is beyond the reach of harm, safe in her Heavenly Father's arms. Jodie has been strongly threatened with the same disease, if indeed he has not had it in a modified form. All of us have had sore throats \u0026 your Ma has been doctoring for diphtheria. All are however better now, Lillie \u0026 Ida going to school \u0026 Jodie playing about the house as lively as ever. He has grown very much since you saw him, \u0026 talks quite plain. You would hardly know him. from home and hoping soon to hear from you. You cannot imagine how anxious we are to hear from you, or surely you would write much oftener than you do. What can be the matter? Is it that you do not write, or does your letters miscarry? I know not the cause, but whatever it may be should be very glad if it could be remedied. I know not how to direct you more than I have. ","There are so many changes. I received one letter from Mr. Lassiter from Mr. [Boro]. Since then I learn he has sold out \u0026 removed, so you must seek for information \u0026 opportunities, \u0026 neglect no possible chance of letting us hear from you. I have committed you unto Him that is able to keep you, and I forget not my prayers morning \u0026 night to beseech Him to take care of you, to preserve \u0026 keep you from all evil \u0026 harm, and restore you again to the bosom of the family, if it can accord with His blessed will. All send their love.","Your Father. Jos. B. Morgan","Feby 13 [1863]","We have just heard that the guerillas had attacked the enemy in Pasquotank killing [Tim.] Cox \u0026 probably some others. We hear that the Capt. commanding in E. City [Elizabeth City] has ordered all the people white \u0026 black to report to him, \u0026 it is said he intends to compel them to take up arms. The whole country is in a perfect ferment. The people are growing desperate \u0026 the inhuman conduct of our enemies seems to be driving every man capable of bearing arms into the bushes or into the army. How long such a state of things is to exist the Lord only can determine.","My health is very bad just now. I am suffering among other things with sore throat, \u0026 have been for some time past.  The rest of the family are well.","I should be so glad to hear from you. Not one word yet since Albert left have we heard from you. Mrs. Shaw gets letters from Willie \u0026 Julian \u0026 I should suppose yours could come in the same way. Send them to Col. Shaw \u0026 he will forward them if you will request him to do so I am sure. Your Ma sends her love \u0026 says she would like to write, but you must not think because she does not, she has forgotten you. Other causes prevents. I have hastily penned these few lines this morning having just heard of an opportunity for sending a letter out. Your Uncle James is still with us \u0026 talks of coming out soon.","Your Father. Jos. B. Morgan","Currituck County \nJany. 3d 1864","My Dear Son- \nIt is a long time since we have had a letter from you \u0026 we are beginning to feel very anxious to hear from you. I wrote you a short time since giving a short statement of our troubles \u0026 the devastations \u0026 excitement produced by a Brigade of negro troops under Gen. Wild passing through our county. But it is utterly impossible for me to give you anything like a correct idea of the state of things in our midst. ","I have just returned home from Fortress Monroe. The citizens of our county held a meeting \u0026 appointed Dr. Cowell, A. J. Lowe, B. L. Dey, B. M. Baxter \u0026 myself a committee to proceed to Old Point, the Headquarters of Gen. Butler, who is in command of the Department of Va. \u0026 N. C., for the purpose of ascertaining what was required of the peaceful inhabitants to secure their property from destruction \u0026 their dwellings from the flames. We left home last Sunday \u0026 passed through their lines by way of Deep Creek. Col. DeForest in command at North West treated us very courteously \u0026 and gave us a passport to Gen. Getty's headquarters, which is some three miles back of Portsmouth. We had a very pleasant interview with Gen. Getty, who seems to be a perfect gentleman, and who kindly facilitated our business by giving us a passport and transportation to Gen. Butler's Headquarters.","Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock we took the boat for Old Point, where we arrived about ten A.M. We obtained an interview with Gen. Butler about three o'clock P. M. He received us very respectfully \u0026 treated us very courteously, and after hearing our statement conversed with us some half an hour or more very pleasantly. He said nothing was required of us only to remain peaceful and use our influence to put down guerrillaing \u0026 blockade running; that being accomplished we should not be further molested by his troops; that he did not include us in his general order no. 49, nor did he consider us within his lines. ","We returned home \u0026 reported the result of our interview with Gen. Butler. We had hardly got home when a squad was sent out to enroll the inhabitants of Camden \u0026 Currituck. We are inclined to believe, however, they are recalled \u0026 we may be allowed a short respite.","Your Ma has been quite ill but is now fast recovering. Jodie is suffering from croup very much. All the rest are tolerable well. I am not very well but hope am improving. Everything is excitement \u0026 suspense \u0026 God only knows how we are to get along. All is gloom \u0026 doubt around us, but God governs in the affairs of men \u0026 will bring all things right in the end. You Ma is trying to get some shirts ready for you, and whenever we can procure anything for you will send by the first opportunity. Some of my friends talk of going to Richmond \u0026 if they do I shall try to send my horse  by them with instructions to sell him \u0026 send you the money. It may come when you do not need it \u0026 if so take care of it for future use. You must be economical \u0026 make the best use you can of both time \u0026 money. Should they bring him out, I shall instruct them to\nsell him and have the money insured \u0026 sent by express to you.","All send their love \u0026 best wishes, and I pray that a kind Providence may preserve and protect you my dear son. \nYour Father. J. B. M.","P.S. Since writing the enclosed your two letters of the 13th and 27th of Decr. have come to hand. We are glad to learn you are so well after your exposure \u0026 hope you will not suffer any very serious consequences. All are well at present \u0026 send their love. Those gentlemen I spoke of coming out have returned. They sold my horse for $600 \u0026 I trust you have recd. the money. J.B. M.","Indian Ridge \nMay 16th 1864","My Dear Son- \nI embrace the opportunity this morning, as Mr. Forbs is just going out, to write you a few lines, to let you know we have had the pleasure of receiving yours of the 26th of April, that we were all well, \u0026 made still more happy on hearing glorious news from Va. The N. York Herald admits that Grant has been terribly whipped \u0026 driven back with the loss of only 41.000 including 7 Major Gens. \u0026 some 15 Brigadiers. We have rumors that the Yanks have also been badly worsted near Petersburg \u0026 driven back with considerable loss. Also various other rumors of the capture of the \"Beast\" \u0026 c \u0026 c. which if true you have no doubt heard ere this, as you can learn the truth much earlier than we can. Should these things be true, this fanatical war must be drawing rapidly to a close. May God speed the happy day. I think there can scarcely be a doubt of the truth of Grant's disaster. I did not see the statement myself, but Mr. Hilliard Baxter told me he had read it in last Thursday's Herald \u0026 you may be sure his loss is much greater than the Herald would admit. The Yanks have been making frequent raids among us for the last three weeks, one a week at least. Saturday night they carried off one of my mules, but I was fortunate enough to recover him on Sunday.","I am glad to learn you were pleased with your things. The boots \u0026 gloves I expected would be full large, but it was the best I could do, \u0026 your cloth, how does it suit you? It was nearest the color that could be got. We have felt a great deal of anxiety about you of late, fearing that the Yankees would get so near, you would have to take the field again [see note below], but if Grant is driven back we should feel much easier on that account. I forgot to say that our joy at the good news was somewhat allayed by a report that the brave \u0026 noble Gen. Longstreet was badly wounded, Pickett \u0026 Jenkins \u0026 some others killed. I trust the reports may not be true, but should it prove true, God will raise up others to fill their places. He will not suffer our enemies to succeed in this unjust, cruel \u0026 unholy war.","I said we were all well. Jodie has slight chills \u0026 fevers, caused perhaps by the [days?] of The Measles--he says he wants to see Bro. Pat mighty bad. He has been keeping you some apples but has been compelled to eat them, to keep them from rotting. The children all send their love. Mr. Low \u0026 family request me to send their respects. Mrs. Shaw \u0026 family are well.","Give my respects to Willie, Jule \u0026 all your friends. Write often. May a kind Providence continue to watch over you \u0026 protect you my dear son. Your Father. J. B. M.","Indian Ridge \nOct 31st 1864","My Dear Son- \nAfter so long a time I find an opportunity of sending you a few lines from home, as I know you are very anxious to hear from us all. Your note from Riddick's Ferry was received, though not until we heard from you through your friend from [K/Hitt___?] \u0026 who also delivered me a package of smoking tobacco, which was very acceptable, \u0026 for which accept\nmy thanks.","We have had a good long respite from the Raiders, not having been troubled with any since you left. They have passed on the Indian Town Road once since, but none came up our road. There is no news at all. Everything seems to be at a stand. We are still having the most delightful weather. It is so dry we can scarcely get water to use. I have never seen so dry a season. Mr. Lowe and myself have just finished making syrup. We have made about 70 gals., enough to serve us the next year plentifully. I am again without any help at all. Mr. Sawyer \u0026 his wife left the week you went away. I do not know how I shall manage to house my crop as there is no laborers to be had.","A few days after you left I saw the order postponing the commencement of your school until the 10th of Novr., and ordering the cadets to report for temporary duty at Camp Lee. I suppose you are still there, though according to the order will soon leave for school. I shall therefore leave the direction of my letter to the friend who will take it out after he can ascertain your whereabouts.","We are all in as good health as usual. I am still very much troubled with rheumatism in my arm, which bothers me very much. You must write me every opportunity, tell me how you are getting on, \u0026 how you have disposed of your money, and do not forget to have the discrepancy in your account corrected. And above all things else my Dear Son do not\nforget, nor neglect, your duties to your Heavenly Father; let not your young \u0026 gay companions lead you astray, nor tempt you to neglect your religious duties, and may our Heavenly Father keep you as in the hollow of his hand, shield \u0026 protect you from all danger \u0026 harm, and restore you to us again in His own good time. ","I forgot to tell you the result of our meeting. It closed on Sunday after you left, and on Monday seventeen were baptized \u0026 added to the church, among them our neighbor Mr. John Fanshaw.","Your Ma, Archie, \u0026 the children all send their love. Frank is on a visit to Mayock \u0026 will write you soon. Write him often. Mrs. Shaw \u0026 family are all well. Tell Willie he must write me sometimes. Give him my respects \u0026 tell him not to forget his good resolutions \u0026 to never stop until he has obtained the pearl of great price. God bless \u0026 protect you my dear\nson is the constant prayer of our father. \nJ. B. M.","Ida sends you some money, $2.00.","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Absent from morning drill on April 15 [1863]","It was a very rainy and disagreeable morning, and my shoews being very inferior, also having a cold, I thought it very imprudent for me to go, as it would make me worse.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan, P. H.","To Commandant of Cadets","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Overcoat on Post after taps. April 23 [1863]","It was a very chilly night and I felt very uncomfortable without an overcoat and as I was unwell I thought it very imprudent to be without it.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan","To Commandant of Cadets","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Visiting on the 8th of May [1863]","I had just come out of the hospital and could not find any of my books in my room, they had been misplaced during my absence, some of my roommates told me that some one in No. 34 had borrowed them.  I went in to get them, and while doing so, I was reported.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan","To Commandant of Cadets","Report of Cadet Morgan.  Absent from drill on May 12th [1863]","When I had come from the funeral of Genl. Paxton, the day being very warm, and having marched nearly 3 miles, I was taken with a very severe headache, which compelled me to take my bed and rendered me entirely unfit to attend to the above duty.  At the time for sick call I reported to the surgeon and got some medicine.","Respectfully submitted, \nBy Cadet Morgan, P. H.","To Surgeon V. M. I."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMorgan Family Civil War papers, 1862-1864. MS 0356. 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The letter includes a detailed account of the journey of a  committee of citizens to appeal to Union General Butler to \"secure their property from destruction.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from \"Indian Ridge.\" Letter regards family news and discusses rumors of a major Confederate victory, stating \"should these things be true, this fanatical war must be drawing rapidly to a close. May God speed the happy day.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from \"Indian Ridge.\" Letter regards family news and cautions son against neglecting his \"religious duties.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten excuses by Cadet Patrick Morgan submitted to the VMI Commandant. 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","Also included are Cadet Morgan's written excuses (four items) to the VMI Commandant for various infractions for the period of April to May 1863.","Written from Forestville, North Carolina. Letter regards mail from James B. Morgan and the death of Pat Grandy.","Written from Hertford County, North Carolina. Letter regards family news.","Written from \"Camp Galtin Murfreesboro.\" Letter regards personal and family news.","Written from Currituck County, North Carolina. Letter regards wartime civilian life, the death of an uncle in battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and enemy raids.","Letter regards enemy treatment of civilians and family news. Letter also mentions \"Willie\" who is William Brenton Shaw, VMI Class of 1865.","Written from Currituck County, North Carolina. The letter includes a detailed account of the journey of a  committee of citizens to appeal to Union General Butler to \"secure their property from destruction.\"","Written from \"Indian Ridge.\" Letter regards family news and discusses rumors of a major Confederate victory, stating \"should these things be true, this fanatical war must be drawing rapidly to a close. May God speed the happy day.\"","Written from \"Indian Ridge.\" Letter regards family news and cautions son against neglecting his \"religious duties.\"","Written excuses by Cadet Patrick Morgan submitted to the VMI Commandant. These were explanations given by cadets after breaking a regulation."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eManuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. 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Ezekiel papers"],"title_tesim":["Moses J. Ezekiel papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1867-1917"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1867-1917"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS.0010","/repositories/3/resources/94"],"text":["MS.0010","/repositories/3/resources/94","Moses J. Ezekiel papers","Sculptors—Virginia","Sculptors—Rome (Italy)","New Market Cadets","Virginia Military Institute—Buildings, structures, etc.","Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1866","Artists","Drawings (visual works)","The Moses J. Ezekiel papers digital collection","There are no restrictions","Chronological","Moses Jacob Ezekiel, the noted 19th century American Jewish sculptor, was born in Richmond, Virginia on October 28, 1844. One of 14 children of Jacob Ezekiel and Catherine de Castro, he had already started a mercantile career when he decided to attend college. Ezekiel entered VMI in September 1862, and during his VMI cadetship, took part in the Battle of New Market (May 15, 1864) and served in the trenches in defense of Richmond in the Spring of 1865.","Ezekiel graduated from VMI in 1866, and in 1867 began seriously to pursue his interest in art. He studied anatomy at the Medical College of Virginia and traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio where he studied at the Art School of J. Insco Williams and in the studio of T.D. Jones. In 1867 he sailed for Europe and entered the Royal Academy of Art in Berlin, Germany.","At the age of 29, Ezekiel won the prestigious Michel-Beer Prix de Rome for a bas relief entitled Israel. The prize money enabled him to travel to Rome, Italy where he established a studio and lived for the remainder of his life. Ezekiel executed nearly two hundred monuments in bronze and marble. Among his productions were the following:\n Busts of Lizst, Cardinal Hohenlohe, Eve, Homer, David, Judith, and Christ in the Tomb A statue of Mrs. Andrew W. White for Cornell University Madonna for the Church La Tivoli Faith for the Cemetery of Rome Apollo and Mercury in Berlin Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson Pan and Amor The Fountain of Neptune for the city of Netturno, Italy A bust of Lord Sherbrooke for St. Margaret, Westminister, London The Jefferson Monument for Louisville, Kentucky The Homer Group for the University of Virginia Virginia Mourning Her Dead for VMI Napoleon I at St. Helena A monument to Senator Daniel, Lynchburg, Virginia The Confederate Soldiers' Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Scores of other busts and reliefs \nEzekiel died in Italy on March 27, 1917, but because of World War I, his body was not returned to the United States until 1921. He is buried at the foot of the Confederate Memorial in Section 16 of Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia).","Rome July 23, 1904 \nMy dear Comrade and Friend. \nIn auld lang syne. \nI have again been prevented (by the retarded coming to Rome, of those who were to see my colossal statue of Mr. Drexel in clay before casting it in Bronze) from joining my old Cadet comrades in answering the last roll call and receiving the medal; which if still given to me, I should value above any earthly possession. After the Battle of New Market was over and we who survived answered the roll call on the field, I was in search of the wounded and found my room mate and comrade Thomas Jefferson lying on the floor of a hut quite exhausted and wounded in the breast. It was night and I was without shoes, as I had been all day and I went to the town of New Market and got a wagon and carried him to the house of Mrs. Clinedinst who gave me a bed for him on the ground floor- She had two daughters Anne and Lydie. It was Sunday night late when I got him into bed and from that time up to Tuesday night at about 11 o'clock I never left many cadets found both food and shelter was extremely kind to us all, and gave me every possible help for my friend. I always hoped to save Jefferson and that last evening when he asked me to read from St. John \"In my Father's house are many mansions\" \u0026 then began to wander in mind and thought I was his mother \u0026 then his sister \u0026 finally asked me to make a light, it was only then it dawned upon me that all hope was past and in his agony- as our gallant color bearer Evans was there with me I went up to call the family of Clinedinst (who had been as kind as it was possible for people to be all through those sad days) and they came down with candles in their hands whilst I had Jefferson in my arms, and he died. I washed and prepared him for burial and carried his mother a lock of his hair after we returned to Richmond.","As you want me to give you a kind of record of myself and according to the prospectus you sent I take pleasure in doing so. My parents were Jacob Ezekiel and Catherine de Castro\nMy grandparents Jacob de Castro \u0026 Hannah Pepper- Maternal and Michael Ezekiel  and Rebekah Israel - Paternal grandparents","My Parents were living in Richmond Va. when I was matriculated.","My Grandparents and great grandparents, are on my father's side buried in Philadelphia \u0026 on my mother's side in Richmond Va.","I was born in Richmond Va. Oct. 28, 1844.","Entered the V.M.I. the second year of the War and when back to reform the Corps, and graduated in the first class after the War. I gathered up in Lexington all the books and paintings I could find that had been dispersed by Hunter's Raid and reorganized the debating society, and gave the pictures later to the Letcher family and others, to whom they belonged. I was orderly sergeant of Company on the Intermediate lines below Richmond.","I was never a student at any institution before going to the V.M.I. But matriculated later and studied anatomy at the Richmond Medical College at night and from my 12th year on, kept books for my grandparents, and spent any spare hours in drawing \u0026 painting \u0026 modelling, never having a teacher of any kind, and it was then I modelled my Father's Bust which is still considered a good likeness.","I have I see given my War record first. But must add that I was slightly wounded in the Battle of New Market. But as the ball passed through my jacket and only grazed my breast, I took no notice of it. I was arrested and put in Castle Thunder in Richmond after the surrender, because I refused to take the oath of allegiance. About this time I wrote a letter which was published in all of the leading American papers, in which I denounced General Grant, comparing him to the worst Czars of Russia- for his famous or rather infamous Order No. 11, in which he prohibited any Jew in the U.S. Army having any concern in the Quarter Master's department. I do not now remember any more of it, than that I gathered the statistics \u0026 published them proving that the abuses in that department had not been done by Jews at all- and called upon all men in the United States of that persuasion or religion to vote for any man for the next President rather than for General Grant.","The General replied to my letter in the papers by deploring that he had ever published that Order No. 11 which he said he had given out upon information which be found out later was false. Meanwhile a secret carpet bag or political Yankee Committee in Richmond, sent me a letter saying that my life would be in danger if I stayed in Richmond after writing and publishing such a letter about General Grant their Hero: \u0026 this letter was forwarded to me, to Amelia County, at the Home of Mr. Garland Jefferson, the father of my dead comrade, where I had gone to carry the lock of hair of the dead boy to his mother. So I immediately on the receipt of that letter of intimidation jumped on to the first freight train that passed Amelia Courthouse \u0026 returned to Richmond. I went about my own affairs during the days, but coming home at night and passing 17th Street the concealed Ruffians fired at me from their concealment in the old market \u0026 let loose a shower of stones which smashed a number of windows, but left me unharmed. I reported at once to the Police Station in the bell house. But none of the gang were found \u0026 a second letter advising me to leave town came. But I took no notice of it, and so it all ended. As my Parents house had been rifled by the mob at the evacuation, and my Fathers store rooms of cotton and tobacco burned up, with the loss of an entire fortune of at least ¼ of million dollars, I staid at home, \u0026 with my youngest brother helped as well as we could to begin a little business and earn enough to live upon in a slender way, \u0026 when my father had again been able to start into a new business, I went West, and staid in Cincinnati a year, working for the first time in the studio of Mr. Jones (in 1868), a sculptor of some merit and well known there.","I then modelled my first statuette of \"Industry\", which was exhibited there, and the favorable criticism in the papers encouraged me penniless as I was to go abroad. I sold a breast pin I owned- which enabled me to travel second class to Berlin (in 1869) where I matriculated at the Royal Academy and passed the examination. In order to continue my studies I gave lessons in English in the mornings early- and drawing lessons at night, and spent the rest of the time at the academy, where I was elected by my Colleagues president of the Art Students league at the Academy. I also worked in the studio of Prof. [Siemernig] \u0026 then of Prof. Wolff and often worked In the open air or buildings in Berlin then in construction modelling heads and carytids and ornaments in order to earn an extra dollar. No one ever knew that I needed anything and I led a happy life all the same, and the Bohemian life of the student was mine also, to the fullest extent. I modelled then the ¾ life sized figure of Virginia Mourning her Dead and sent Mrs. General Lee a photo of it, as I was always in correspondence with that estimable wife of our Great Hero.","That statue I have always kept and it is now in my studio here, and is the model of the statue my brother cadets were good enough to unveil at the parade ground of our Alma Mater last year.","My finally gaining the Prix de Rome at the academy- and my being honored for my art works by the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and the German Emperor and the Medal from the Art Society in Rome, my various works in America, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Russia are not subjects for my writing about: I have with all this the sincere regret that I have never been called upon in my own home Virginia, nor in the South, to execute a single work of art- excepting the one for my own comrades which links me forever with the Alma Mater, the V.M.I., where every stone, and every blade of grass is dear to me- and the name of Cadet of the V.M.I. the proudest and most honored title I can ever possess.","Of course my comrade I am writing this as a letter to you \u0026 not one for publication. You can glean from it any particulars you may choose for your Biography, of which I shall want several copies, besides I do want to contribute my mite to the picture of General Scott Shipp, and am surprised that I was not asked to do so as an Alumnus.","There never was any one I admired more than I did our then Col. Shipp, and when in the battle of New Market, his horse was wounded and he was down, I could not help running to him, to ask if he was hurt \u0026 when he said \"no, go ahead\" I left him. Randolph too was shot when we were shoulder to shoulder. He had just said smiling, there's no use dodging boys, if a ball's going to hit you, it'll hit you anyway! When he fell, I thought he was dead. But I found him at night in the hospital.","And now let me tell you that it has been a real grief to me not to have been able to join either last year or this year in the Corps Ceremonies which were of such deep interest to me. But I am under contract to finish a monument this fall \u0026 place it in Fairmount Park Philadelphia \u0026 I have several other works to finish and deliver and I could not come home until I could bring the monument and place it in position. These are hard facts, and have interfered with what would have been nearest to my own heart. But you will now understand it all.","Your kind letter has been waiting a long time to be answered, and it only seems a few weeks to me, as my life here is so full and every day brings me visitors from home or elsewhere, and so many duties, that for a couple of months I have absolutely had to neglect pen and ink nolens volens so I throw myself upon your kind indulgence, and with the most sincere and affectionate greetings","I am always your comrade and friend \nMoses J. Ezekiel","18 Piazza Termini \nBaths of Diocletian \nRome","The VMI Archives also holds a  collection of photographs  related to Ezekiel. Included are images of Ezekiel, his studio in Rome, Italy, and various examples of his sculptures.","The Moses J. Ezekiel papers consist of the papers of noted 19th century sculptor Moses J. Ezekiel, including:\n Correspondence to VMI superintendent Edward W. Nichols and others (dated 1867-1917), some relating to the design of the Battle of New Market memorial sculpture Virginia Mourning Her Dead Pen and ink sketches by Ezekiel (approximately 67 items) A typescript version of Ezekiel's autobiography Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian Print material","Includes letters to General Edward W. Nichols and Greenlee Letcher concerning Virginia Mourning Her Dead (New Market Monument) and the Stonewall Jackson statue at VMI. Also includes postcards sent primarily to family members, including Henry C. Ezekiel and Rebecca Ezekiel.","Autobiographical letter from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI historian Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. In the letter, Ezekiel recounts his experience as a VMI cadet at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864 and his post-VMI career through July 1904. He discusses caring for his classmate Thomas G. Jefferson, who was mortally wounded in the Battle and expresses regret for missing VMI reunion at which New Market Medals were issued to veterans.","Drawing of the bronze statue of Anthony J. Drexel, the Philadelphia financier and the founder of Drexel University. The monument was commissioned by Drexel's partner, John H. Harjes of Paris, France and donated to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","Drawing of Anton Alexander von Werner (1843-1915), a German historical painter known for painting scenes from the Franco Prussian War.","Drawing of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-1885), a leading American gunmaker and ordnance engineer. Moses J. Ezekiel molded a bust of Hotchkiss in clay and cast it in bronze in 1879.","A drawing of Bacchante, a classical figure from Greek and  Roman mythology that is priestess or female votary of Bacchus.","A drawing of Jesus Christ, based on the bronze torso.","Detail from marble sculpture, 1896, located in the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Consolation, Paris.","Drawing of the marble sculpture, 1896, located in the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Consolation, Paris.","Drawing of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.","Drawing shows the frieze that comprises part of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.","Drawing of the main figure of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.","Drawing of Eva Cattermole (1849-1896), known as \"Contessa Lara\" who was an Italian poet, writer, and friend of Moses J. Ezekiel.","A drawing of Daniel Collin, a German publisher whom Moses J. Ezekiel became friends with in Berlin, Germany.","A sketch of a clay model of proposed David G. Farragut monument. Moses J. Ezekiel created a model to enter in a competition in 1873, but his work was not chosen.","Drawing of Edith Lack, from Plymouth, England. She was the youngest daughter of a family that Moses J. Ezekiel met while traveling to Rome, Italy in 1874.","Drawing of Fanny Lewald, a German novelist and champion of women's rights.","Drawing of Fedor Encke, one of Moses J. Ezekiel's classmates at the Berlin Academy.","Drawing of Francis H. Smith who was VMI superintendent from 1839 to 1889. Moses J. Ezekiel knew him during his own cadetship.","Drawing of George Washington Custis Lee. Lee taught at VMI immediately after the Civil War and after the death in 1870 of his father, Robert E. Lee, who was President of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.","A drawing of Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823-1896).","Drawing of guests inside Moses J. Ezekiel's studio.","Drawing of Israel, a bas relief, which was Moses J. Ezekiel's first significant work.","This drawing is of the bust of Jacob Ezekiel, Moses J. Ezekiel's father.","Jennie McGraw Fiske was a member of a prominent family who provided significant philanthropic support to Cornell University, New York. In 1904 the University commissioned Moses J. Ezekiel to produce this recumbent statue and it was completed in June 1907.","Drawing of John H. Harjes, a German born financier. Moses J. Ezekiel, a friend of the family, cast this bronze bust in 1881.","Drawing of Judas Maccabees, a Jewish military leader who was victorious in 165 B.C.","The Robert Gamble Cabell family of Richmond, Virginia were childhood friends of Moses J. Ezekiel. Two Cabell brothers attended VMI and both fought in the Battle of New Market with Ezekiel. William Cabell was one of the cadets killed in the battle.","Drawing of Lola Montez, a British born dancer and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. She settled in New York and appeared on stage in the United States. Moses J. Ezekiel saw a performance in Richmond, Virginia sometime before 1861.","Drawing of Nadine Helbig, a Russian born author who married Wofgang Helbig.","Drawing of Mammy Keziah, an Ezekiel family slave.","Drawing of Mammy Keziah, an Ezekiel family slave.","Drawing of Mammy Mary, a slave owned by the Ezekiel family during Moses J. Ezekiel's childhood. He refers to her in his memoirs as \"my mammy Mary.\"","Drawing of Mary Custis Lee (1806-1873) who was the great granddaughter of Martha Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee.","Drawing of Mary Custis Lee (1806-1873) who was the great granddaughter of Martha Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee.","Drawing of a crypt monument at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, New York.","Drawing of Mary Triplett of Richmond, Virginia. She was one of the \"belles\" of the city, along with Lizzy Cabell. She was the sister of Moses J. Ezekiel's fellow VMI cadet, John R. Triplett.","A drawing of a member of a German family with whom Moses J. Ezekiel was acquainted.","Drawing of Adolfo de Bosis and his wife. He was an Italian poet and lawyer who translated Shelley into Italian and edited the Review Il Convito.","Drawing of the wife of German publisher Daniel Collin.","Drawing of Nannie Whitmell Tunstall, the sister of John L. Tunstall, who attended VMI with Moses J. Ezekiel. In 1886, Ezekiel created a 16 by 21 inch marble intaglio bas-relief of Tunstall, made during her visit to Rome, Italy. The piece is owned by VMI.","Drawing of the Neptune statue Moses J. Ezekiel created for a fountain in Nettuno, Italy. The statue was destroyed during World War II.","Drawing of Otto von Bismarck, a Prussian statesman.","Drawing is likely of a slave in the Ezekiel household in Richmond, Virginia.  No further information is known at this time.","Drawing of Pan and Amor bas relief.","Drawing of Moses J. Ezekiel's proposed Robert E. Lee monument for a competition in 1886. Another sculptor's work was chosen and Ezekiel's concept was never executed.","Drawing of Robert Hausmann, a German cellist.","Drawing of Scott Shipp, VMI Class of 1859, who served as commandant and later as VMI's second superintendent. He was commandant during Moses J. Ezekiel's cadetship and was in command at the Battle of New Market.","Drawing of the Southern monument, which was one of the first monuments in the north dedicated to the Confederate soldier. It was commissioned by the Cincinnati, Ohio chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This drawing is based on the photo of Stonewall Jackson known as the Chancellorsville photograph.","A drawing of the entrance to Moses J. Ezekiel's studio, Baths of Diocletian, Rome.","Drawing of cadet Thomas G. Jefferson who was mortally wounded at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864.","Drawing of \"White Lucy,\" who was a slave in Richmond, Virginia during Moses J. Ezekiel's childhood. When her owner threatened sale, Jacob Ezekiel intervened and she was given the job of seamstress in the Ezekiel home. The family later rented a house for her, and she made a living as a washerwoman and seamstress. She died circa 1866. Her surname does not appear in Ezekiel's memoirs.","This memorial publication was sent from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI Superintendent Scott Shipp. The publication is annotated by Shipp.","Photograph of Robert E. Lee and of Lee's Farewell Address. This photograph was given to Moses J. Ezekiel by Mrs. Robert E. Lee.","Ezekiel family scrapbook possibly compiled by H. C. Ezekiel. The scrapbook contains documents, most pertaining to various members of the Ezekiel family. Many documents are from the Civil War era, 1863-1865.","Typescript titled \"Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian.\"","Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.","Manuscripts stacks","Virginia Military Institute Archives","Ezekiel, Moses J. (Moses Jacob), 1844-1917","Nichols, E. W. (Edward West), 1858-1927","Jefferson, Thomas G. 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Ezekiel entered VMI in September 1862, and during his VMI cadetship, took part in the Battle of New Market (May 15, 1864) and served in the trenches in defense of Richmond in the Spring of 1865.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEzekiel graduated from VMI in 1866, and in 1867 began seriously to pursue his interest in art. He studied anatomy at the Medical College of Virginia and traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio where he studied at the Art School of J. Insco Williams and in the studio of T.D. Jones. In 1867 he sailed for Europe and entered the Royal Academy of Art in Berlin, Germany.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAt the age of 29, Ezekiel won the prestigious Michel-Beer Prix de Rome for a bas relief entitled Israel. The prize money enabled him to travel to Rome, Italy where he established a studio and lived for the remainder of his life. Ezekiel executed nearly two hundred monuments in bronze and marble. Among his productions were the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBusts of Lizst, Cardinal Hohenlohe, Eve, Homer, David, Judith, and Christ in the Tomb\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA statue of Mrs. Andrew W. White for Cornell University\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMadonna for the Church La Tivoli\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFaith for the Cemetery of Rome\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApollo and Mercury in Berlin\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert E. Lee\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStonewall Jackson\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePan and Amor\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fountain of Neptune for the city of Netturno, Italy\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA bust of Lord Sherbrooke for St. Margaret, Westminister, London\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jefferson Monument for Louisville, Kentucky\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Homer Group for the University of Virginia\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirginia Mourning Her Dead for VMI\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNapoleon I at St. Helena\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA monument to Senator Daniel, Lynchburg, Virginia\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Confederate Soldiers' Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScores of other busts and reliefs\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nEzekiel died in Italy on March 27, 1917, but because of World War I, his body was not returned to the United States until 1921. 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In 1867 he sailed for Europe and entered the Royal Academy of Art in Berlin, Germany.","At the age of 29, Ezekiel won the prestigious Michel-Beer Prix de Rome for a bas relief entitled Israel. The prize money enabled him to travel to Rome, Italy where he established a studio and lived for the remainder of his life. Ezekiel executed nearly two hundred monuments in bronze and marble. Among his productions were the following:\n Busts of Lizst, Cardinal Hohenlohe, Eve, Homer, David, Judith, and Christ in the Tomb A statue of Mrs. Andrew W. White for Cornell University Madonna for the Church La Tivoli Faith for the Cemetery of Rome Apollo and Mercury in Berlin Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson Pan and Amor The Fountain of Neptune for the city of Netturno, Italy A bust of Lord Sherbrooke for St. Margaret, Westminister, London The Jefferson Monument for Louisville, Kentucky The Homer Group for the University of Virginia Virginia Mourning Her Dead for VMI Napoleon I at St. Helena A monument to Senator Daniel, Lynchburg, Virginia The Confederate Soldiers' Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Scores of other busts and reliefs \nEzekiel died in Italy on March 27, 1917, but because of World War I, his body was not returned to the United States until 1921. He is buried at the foot of the Confederate Memorial in Section 16 of Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia)."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRome July 23, 1904\u003cbr\u003e\nMy dear Comrade and Friend.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn auld lang syne.\u003cbr\u003e\nI have again been prevented (by the retarded coming to Rome, of those who were to see my colossal statue of Mr. Drexel in clay before casting it in Bronze) from joining my old Cadet comrades in answering the last roll call and receiving the medal; which if still given to me, I should value above any earthly possession. After the Battle of New Market was over and we who survived answered the roll call on the field, I was in search of the wounded and found my room mate and comrade Thomas Jefferson lying on the floor of a hut quite exhausted and wounded in the breast. It was night and I was without shoes, as I had been all day and I went to the town of New Market and got a wagon and carried him to the house of Mrs. Clinedinst who gave me a bed for him on the ground floor- She had two daughters Anne and Lydie. It was Sunday night late when I got him into bed and from that time up to Tuesday night at about 11 o'clock I never left many cadets found both food and shelter was extremely kind to us all, and gave me every possible help for my friend. I always hoped to save Jefferson and that last evening when he asked me to read from St. John \"In my Father's house are many mansions\" \u0026amp; then began to wander in mind and thought I was his mother \u0026amp; then his sister \u0026amp; finally asked me to make a light, it was only then it dawned upon me that all hope was past and in his agony- as our gallant color bearer Evans was there with me I went up to call the family of Clinedinst (who had been as kind as it was possible for people to be all through those sad days) and they came down with candles in their hands whilst I had Jefferson in my arms, and he died. I washed and prepared him for burial and carried his mother a lock of his hair after we returned to Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAs you want me to give you a kind of record of myself and according to the prospectus you sent I take pleasure in doing so. My parents were Jacob Ezekiel and Catherine de Castro\nMy grandparents Jacob de Castro \u0026amp; Hannah Pepper- Maternal and Michael Ezekiel  and Rebekah Israel - Paternal grandparents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy Parents were living in Richmond Va. when I was matriculated.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy Grandparents and great grandparents, are on my father's side buried in Philadelphia \u0026amp; on my mother's side in Richmond Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI was born in Richmond Va. Oct. 28, 1844.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEntered the V.M.I. the second year of the War and when back to reform the Corps, and graduated in the first class after the War. I gathered up in Lexington all the books and paintings I could find that had been dispersed by Hunter's Raid and reorganized the debating society, and gave the pictures later to the Letcher family and others, to whom they belonged. I was orderly sergeant of Company on the Intermediate lines below Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI was never a student at any institution before going to the V.M.I. But matriculated later and studied anatomy at the Richmond Medical College at night and from my 12th year on, kept books for my grandparents, and spent any spare hours in drawing \u0026amp; painting \u0026amp; modelling, never having a teacher of any kind, and it was then I modelled my Father's Bust which is still considered a good likeness.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI have I see given my War record first. But must add that I was slightly wounded in the Battle of New Market. But as the ball passed through my jacket and only grazed my breast, I took no notice of it. I was arrested and put in Castle Thunder in Richmond after the surrender, because I refused to take the oath of allegiance. About this time I wrote a letter which was published in all of the leading American papers, in which I denounced General Grant, comparing him to the worst Czars of Russia- for his famous or rather infamous Order No. 11, in which he prohibited any Jew in the U.S. Army having any concern in the Quarter Master's department. I do not now remember any more of it, than that I gathered the statistics \u0026amp; published them proving that the abuses in that department had not been done by Jews at all- and called upon all men in the United States of that persuasion or religion to vote for any man for the next President rather than for General Grant.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe General replied to my letter in the papers by deploring that he had ever published that Order No. 11 which he said he had given out upon information which be found out later was false. Meanwhile a secret carpet bag or political Yankee Committee in Richmond, sent me a letter saying that my life would be in danger if I stayed in Richmond after writing and publishing such a letter about General Grant their Hero: \u0026amp; this letter was forwarded to me, to Amelia County, at the Home of Mr. Garland Jefferson, the father of my dead comrade, where I had gone to carry the lock of hair of the dead boy to his mother. So I immediately on the receipt of that letter of intimidation jumped on to the first freight train that passed Amelia Courthouse \u0026amp; returned to Richmond. I went about my own affairs during the days, but coming home at night and passing 17th Street the concealed Ruffians fired at me from their concealment in the old market \u0026amp; let loose a shower of stones which smashed a number of windows, but left me unharmed. I reported at once to the Police Station in the bell house. But none of the gang were found \u0026amp; a second letter advising me to leave town came. But I took no notice of it, and so it all ended. As my Parents house had been rifled by the mob at the evacuation, and my Fathers store rooms of cotton and tobacco burned up, with the loss of an entire fortune of at least ¼ of million dollars, I staid at home, \u0026amp; with my youngest brother helped as well as we could to begin a little business and earn enough to live upon in a slender way, \u0026amp; when my father had again been able to start into a new business, I went West, and staid in Cincinnati a year, working for the first time in the studio of Mr. Jones (in 1868), a sculptor of some merit and well known there.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI then modelled my first statuette of \"Industry\", which was exhibited there, and the favorable criticism in the papers encouraged me penniless as I was to go abroad. I sold a breast pin I owned- which enabled me to travel second class to Berlin (in 1869) where I matriculated at the Royal Academy and passed the examination. In order to continue my studies I gave lessons in English in the mornings early- and drawing lessons at night, and spent the rest of the time at the academy, where I was elected by my Colleagues president of the Art Students league at the Academy. I also worked in the studio of Prof. [Siemernig] \u0026amp; then of Prof. Wolff and often worked In the open air or buildings in Berlin then in construction modelling heads and carytids and ornaments in order to earn an extra dollar. No one ever knew that I needed anything and I led a happy life all the same, and the Bohemian life of the student was mine also, to the fullest extent. I modelled then the ¾ life sized figure of Virginia Mourning her Dead and sent Mrs. General Lee a photo of it, as I was always in correspondence with that estimable wife of our Great Hero.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThat statue I have always kept and it is now in my studio here, and is the model of the statue my brother cadets were good enough to unveil at the parade ground of our Alma Mater last year.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy finally gaining the Prix de Rome at the academy- and my being honored for my art works by the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and the German Emperor and the Medal from the Art Society in Rome, my various works in America, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Russia are not subjects for my writing about: I have with all this the sincere regret that I have never been called upon in my own home Virginia, nor in the South, to execute a single work of art- excepting the one for my own comrades which links me forever with the Alma Mater, the V.M.I., where every stone, and every blade of grass is dear to me- and the name of Cadet of the V.M.I. the proudest and most honored title I can ever possess.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOf course my comrade I am writing this as a letter to you \u0026amp; not one for publication. You can glean from it any particulars you may choose for your Biography, of which I shall want several copies, besides I do want to contribute my mite to the picture of General Scott Shipp, and am surprised that I was not asked to do so as an Alumnus.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere never was any one I admired more than I did our then Col. Shipp, and when in the battle of New Market, his horse was wounded and he was down, I could not help running to him, to ask if he was hurt \u0026amp; when he said \"no, go ahead\" I left him. Randolph too was shot when we were shoulder to shoulder. He had just said smiling, there's no use dodging boys, if a ball's going to hit you, it'll hit you anyway! When he fell, I thought he was dead. But I found him at night in the hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAnd now let me tell you that it has been a real grief to me not to have been able to join either last year or this year in the Corps Ceremonies which were of such deep interest to me. But I am under contract to finish a monument this fall \u0026amp; place it in Fairmount Park Philadelphia \u0026amp; I have several other works to finish and deliver and I could not come home until I could bring the monument and place it in position. These are hard facts, and have interfered with what would have been nearest to my own heart. But you will now understand it all.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour kind letter has been waiting a long time to be answered, and it only seems a few weeks to me, as my life here is so full and every day brings me visitors from home or elsewhere, and so many duties, that for a couple of months I have absolutely had to neglect pen and ink nolens volens so I throw myself upon your kind indulgence, and with the most sincere and affectionate greetings\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI am always your comrade and friend\u003cbr\u003e\nMoses J. Ezekiel\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e18 Piazza Termini\u003cbr\u003e\nBaths of Diocletian\u003cbr\u003e\nRome\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Transcription"],"odd_tesim":["Rome July 23, 1904 \nMy dear Comrade and Friend. \nIn auld lang syne. \nI have again been prevented (by the retarded coming to Rome, of those who were to see my colossal statue of Mr. Drexel in clay before casting it in Bronze) from joining my old Cadet comrades in answering the last roll call and receiving the medal; which if still given to me, I should value above any earthly possession. After the Battle of New Market was over and we who survived answered the roll call on the field, I was in search of the wounded and found my room mate and comrade Thomas Jefferson lying on the floor of a hut quite exhausted and wounded in the breast. It was night and I was without shoes, as I had been all day and I went to the town of New Market and got a wagon and carried him to the house of Mrs. Clinedinst who gave me a bed for him on the ground floor- She had two daughters Anne and Lydie. It was Sunday night late when I got him into bed and from that time up to Tuesday night at about 11 o'clock I never left many cadets found both food and shelter was extremely kind to us all, and gave me every possible help for my friend. I always hoped to save Jefferson and that last evening when he asked me to read from St. John \"In my Father's house are many mansions\" \u0026 then began to wander in mind and thought I was his mother \u0026 then his sister \u0026 finally asked me to make a light, it was only then it dawned upon me that all hope was past and in his agony- as our gallant color bearer Evans was there with me I went up to call the family of Clinedinst (who had been as kind as it was possible for people to be all through those sad days) and they came down with candles in their hands whilst I had Jefferson in my arms, and he died. I washed and prepared him for burial and carried his mother a lock of his hair after we returned to Richmond.","As you want me to give you a kind of record of myself and according to the prospectus you sent I take pleasure in doing so. My parents were Jacob Ezekiel and Catherine de Castro\nMy grandparents Jacob de Castro \u0026 Hannah Pepper- Maternal and Michael Ezekiel  and Rebekah Israel - Paternal grandparents","My Parents were living in Richmond Va. when I was matriculated.","My Grandparents and great grandparents, are on my father's side buried in Philadelphia \u0026 on my mother's side in Richmond Va.","I was born in Richmond Va. Oct. 28, 1844.","Entered the V.M.I. the second year of the War and when back to reform the Corps, and graduated in the first class after the War. I gathered up in Lexington all the books and paintings I could find that had been dispersed by Hunter's Raid and reorganized the debating society, and gave the pictures later to the Letcher family and others, to whom they belonged. I was orderly sergeant of Company on the Intermediate lines below Richmond.","I was never a student at any institution before going to the V.M.I. But matriculated later and studied anatomy at the Richmond Medical College at night and from my 12th year on, kept books for my grandparents, and spent any spare hours in drawing \u0026 painting \u0026 modelling, never having a teacher of any kind, and it was then I modelled my Father's Bust which is still considered a good likeness.","I have I see given my War record first. But must add that I was slightly wounded in the Battle of New Market. But as the ball passed through my jacket and only grazed my breast, I took no notice of it. I was arrested and put in Castle Thunder in Richmond after the surrender, because I refused to take the oath of allegiance. About this time I wrote a letter which was published in all of the leading American papers, in which I denounced General Grant, comparing him to the worst Czars of Russia- for his famous or rather infamous Order No. 11, in which he prohibited any Jew in the U.S. Army having any concern in the Quarter Master's department. I do not now remember any more of it, than that I gathered the statistics \u0026 published them proving that the abuses in that department had not been done by Jews at all- and called upon all men in the United States of that persuasion or religion to vote for any man for the next President rather than for General Grant.","The General replied to my letter in the papers by deploring that he had ever published that Order No. 11 which he said he had given out upon information which be found out later was false. Meanwhile a secret carpet bag or political Yankee Committee in Richmond, sent me a letter saying that my life would be in danger if I stayed in Richmond after writing and publishing such a letter about General Grant their Hero: \u0026 this letter was forwarded to me, to Amelia County, at the Home of Mr. Garland Jefferson, the father of my dead comrade, where I had gone to carry the lock of hair of the dead boy to his mother. So I immediately on the receipt of that letter of intimidation jumped on to the first freight train that passed Amelia Courthouse \u0026 returned to Richmond. I went about my own affairs during the days, but coming home at night and passing 17th Street the concealed Ruffians fired at me from their concealment in the old market \u0026 let loose a shower of stones which smashed a number of windows, but left me unharmed. I reported at once to the Police Station in the bell house. But none of the gang were found \u0026 a second letter advising me to leave town came. But I took no notice of it, and so it all ended. As my Parents house had been rifled by the mob at the evacuation, and my Fathers store rooms of cotton and tobacco burned up, with the loss of an entire fortune of at least ¼ of million dollars, I staid at home, \u0026 with my youngest brother helped as well as we could to begin a little business and earn enough to live upon in a slender way, \u0026 when my father had again been able to start into a new business, I went West, and staid in Cincinnati a year, working for the first time in the studio of Mr. Jones (in 1868), a sculptor of some merit and well known there.","I then modelled my first statuette of \"Industry\", which was exhibited there, and the favorable criticism in the papers encouraged me penniless as I was to go abroad. I sold a breast pin I owned- which enabled me to travel second class to Berlin (in 1869) where I matriculated at the Royal Academy and passed the examination. In order to continue my studies I gave lessons in English in the mornings early- and drawing lessons at night, and spent the rest of the time at the academy, where I was elected by my Colleagues president of the Art Students league at the Academy. I also worked in the studio of Prof. [Siemernig] \u0026 then of Prof. Wolff and often worked In the open air or buildings in Berlin then in construction modelling heads and carytids and ornaments in order to earn an extra dollar. No one ever knew that I needed anything and I led a happy life all the same, and the Bohemian life of the student was mine also, to the fullest extent. I modelled then the ¾ life sized figure of Virginia Mourning her Dead and sent Mrs. General Lee a photo of it, as I was always in correspondence with that estimable wife of our Great Hero.","That statue I have always kept and it is now in my studio here, and is the model of the statue my brother cadets were good enough to unveil at the parade ground of our Alma Mater last year.","My finally gaining the Prix de Rome at the academy- and my being honored for my art works by the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and the German Emperor and the Medal from the Art Society in Rome, my various works in America, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Russia are not subjects for my writing about: I have with all this the sincere regret that I have never been called upon in my own home Virginia, nor in the South, to execute a single work of art- excepting the one for my own comrades which links me forever with the Alma Mater, the V.M.I., where every stone, and every blade of grass is dear to me- and the name of Cadet of the V.M.I. the proudest and most honored title I can ever possess.","Of course my comrade I am writing this as a letter to you \u0026 not one for publication. You can glean from it any particulars you may choose for your Biography, of which I shall want several copies, besides I do want to contribute my mite to the picture of General Scott Shipp, and am surprised that I was not asked to do so as an Alumnus.","There never was any one I admired more than I did our then Col. Shipp, and when in the battle of New Market, his horse was wounded and he was down, I could not help running to him, to ask if he was hurt \u0026 when he said \"no, go ahead\" I left him. Randolph too was shot when we were shoulder to shoulder. He had just said smiling, there's no use dodging boys, if a ball's going to hit you, it'll hit you anyway! When he fell, I thought he was dead. But I found him at night in the hospital.","And now let me tell you that it has been a real grief to me not to have been able to join either last year or this year in the Corps Ceremonies which were of such deep interest to me. But I am under contract to finish a monument this fall \u0026 place it in Fairmount Park Philadelphia \u0026 I have several other works to finish and deliver and I could not come home until I could bring the monument and place it in position. These are hard facts, and have interfered with what would have been nearest to my own heart. But you will now understand it all.","Your kind letter has been waiting a long time to be answered, and it only seems a few weeks to me, as my life here is so full and every day brings me visitors from home or elsewhere, and so many duties, that for a couple of months I have absolutely had to neglect pen and ink nolens volens so I throw myself upon your kind indulgence, and with the most sincere and affectionate greetings","I am always your comrade and friend \nMoses J. Ezekiel","18 Piazza Termini \nBaths of Diocletian \nRome"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMoses J. Ezekiel papers, 1867-1917. MS 0010. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Moses J. Ezekiel papers, 1867-1917. MS 0010. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe VMI Archives also holds a \u003ca href=\"http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15821coll7/id/3746\"\u003ecollection of photographs\u003c/a\u003e related to Ezekiel. Included are images of Ezekiel, his studio in Rome, Italy, and various examples of his sculptures.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The VMI Archives also holds a  collection of photographs  related to Ezekiel. Included are images of Ezekiel, his studio in Rome, Italy, and various examples of his sculptures."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Moses J. Ezekiel papers consist of the papers of noted 19th century sculptor Moses J. Ezekiel, including:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorrespondence to VMI superintendent Edward W. Nichols and others (dated 1867-1917), some relating to the design of the Battle of New Market memorial sculpture Virginia Mourning Her Dead\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePen and ink sketches by Ezekiel (approximately 67 items)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA typescript version of Ezekiel's autobiography\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemoirs from the Baths of Diocletian\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrint material\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters to General Edward W. Nichols and Greenlee Letcher concerning Virginia Mourning Her Dead (New Market Monument) and the Stonewall Jackson statue at VMI. Also includes postcards sent primarily to family members, including Henry C. Ezekiel and Rebecca Ezekiel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutobiographical letter from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI historian Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. In the letter, Ezekiel recounts his experience as a VMI cadet at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864 and his post-VMI career through July 1904. He discusses caring for his classmate Thomas G. Jefferson, who was mortally wounded in the Battle and expresses regret for missing VMI reunion at which New Market Medals were issued to veterans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the bronze statue of Anthony J. Drexel, the Philadelphia financier and the founder of Drexel University. The monument was commissioned by Drexel's partner, John H. Harjes of Paris, France and donated to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Anton Alexander von Werner (1843-1915), a German historical painter known for painting scenes from the Franco Prussian War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-1885), a leading American gunmaker and ordnance engineer. Moses J. Ezekiel molded a bust of Hotchkiss in clay and cast it in bronze in 1879.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA drawing of Bacchante, a classical figure from Greek and  Roman mythology that is priestess or female votary of Bacchus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA drawing of Jesus Christ, based on the bronze torso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetail from marble sculpture, 1896, located in the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Consolation, Paris.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the marble sculpture, 1896, located in the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Consolation, Paris.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing shows the frieze that comprises part of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the main figure of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Eva Cattermole (1849-1896), known as \"Contessa Lara\" who was an Italian poet, writer, and friend of Moses J. Ezekiel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA drawing of Daniel Collin, a German publisher whom Moses J. Ezekiel became friends with in Berlin, Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA sketch of a clay model of proposed David G. Farragut monument. Moses J. Ezekiel created a model to enter in a competition in 1873, but his work was not chosen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Edith Lack, from Plymouth, England. She was the youngest daughter of a family that Moses J. Ezekiel met while traveling to Rome, Italy in 1874.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Fanny Lewald, a German novelist and champion of women's rights.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Fedor Encke, one of Moses J. Ezekiel's classmates at the Berlin Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Francis H. Smith who was VMI superintendent from 1839 to 1889. Moses J. Ezekiel knew him during his own cadetship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of George Washington Custis Lee. Lee taught at VMI immediately after the Civil War and after the death in 1870 of his father, Robert E. Lee, who was President of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA drawing of Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823-1896).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of guests inside Moses J. Ezekiel's studio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Israel, a bas relief, which was Moses J. Ezekiel's first significant work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis drawing is of the bust of Jacob Ezekiel, Moses J. Ezekiel's father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJennie McGraw Fiske was a member of a prominent family who provided significant philanthropic support to Cornell University, New York. In 1904 the University commissioned Moses J. Ezekiel to produce this recumbent statue and it was completed in June 1907.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of John H. Harjes, a German born financier. Moses J. Ezekiel, a friend of the family, cast this bronze bust in 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Judas Maccabees, a Jewish military leader who was victorious in 165 B.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Robert Gamble Cabell family of Richmond, Virginia were childhood friends of Moses J. Ezekiel. Two Cabell brothers attended VMI and both fought in the Battle of New Market with Ezekiel. William Cabell was one of the cadets killed in the battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Lola Montez, a British born dancer and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. She settled in New York and appeared on stage in the United States. Moses J. Ezekiel saw a performance in Richmond, Virginia sometime before 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Nadine Helbig, a Russian born author who married Wofgang Helbig.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Mammy Keziah, an Ezekiel family slave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Mammy Keziah, an Ezekiel family slave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Mammy Mary, a slave owned by the Ezekiel family during Moses J. Ezekiel's childhood. He refers to her in his memoirs as \"my mammy Mary.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Mary Custis Lee (1806-1873) who was the great granddaughter of Martha Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Mary Custis Lee (1806-1873) who was the great granddaughter of Martha Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of a crypt monument at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Mary Triplett of Richmond, Virginia. She was one of the \"belles\" of the city, along with Lizzy Cabell. She was the sister of Moses J. Ezekiel's fellow VMI cadet, John R. Triplett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA drawing of a member of a German family with whom Moses J. Ezekiel was acquainted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Adolfo de Bosis and his wife. He was an Italian poet and lawyer who translated Shelley into Italian and edited the Review Il Convito.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the wife of German publisher Daniel Collin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Nannie Whitmell Tunstall, the sister of John L. Tunstall, who attended VMI with Moses J. Ezekiel. In 1886, Ezekiel created a 16 by 21 inch marble intaglio bas-relief of Tunstall, made during her visit to Rome, Italy. The piece is owned by VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the Neptune statue Moses J. Ezekiel created for a fountain in Nettuno, Italy. The statue was destroyed during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Otto von Bismarck, a Prussian statesman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing is likely of a slave in the Ezekiel household in Richmond, Virginia.  No further information is known at this time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Pan and Amor bas relief.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Moses J. Ezekiel's proposed Robert E. Lee monument for a competition in 1886. Another sculptor's work was chosen and Ezekiel's concept was never executed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Robert Hausmann, a German cellist.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Scott Shipp, VMI Class of 1859, who served as commandant and later as VMI's second superintendent. He was commandant during Moses J. Ezekiel's cadetship and was in command at the Battle of New Market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the Southern monument, which was one of the first monuments in the north dedicated to the Confederate soldier. It was commissioned by the Cincinnati, Ohio chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis drawing is based on the photo of Stonewall Jackson known as the Chancellorsville photograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA drawing of the entrance to Moses J. Ezekiel's studio, Baths of Diocletian, Rome.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of cadet Thomas G. Jefferson who was mortally wounded at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of \"White Lucy,\" who was a slave in Richmond, Virginia during Moses J. Ezekiel's childhood. When her owner threatened sale, Jacob Ezekiel intervened and she was given the job of seamstress in the Ezekiel home. The family later rented a house for her, and she made a living as a washerwoman and seamstress. She died circa 1866. Her surname does not appear in Ezekiel's memoirs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis memorial publication was sent from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI Superintendent Scott Shipp. The publication is annotated by Shipp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of Robert E. Lee and of Lee's Farewell Address. This photograph was given to Moses J. Ezekiel by Mrs. Robert E. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEzekiel family scrapbook possibly compiled by H. C. Ezekiel. The scrapbook contains documents, most pertaining to various members of the Ezekiel family. Many documents are from the Civil War era, 1863-1865.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript titled \"Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Moses J. Ezekiel papers consist of the papers of noted 19th century sculptor Moses J. Ezekiel, including:\n Correspondence to VMI superintendent Edward W. Nichols and others (dated 1867-1917), some relating to the design of the Battle of New Market memorial sculpture Virginia Mourning Her Dead Pen and ink sketches by Ezekiel (approximately 67 items) A typescript version of Ezekiel's autobiography Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian Print material","Includes letters to General Edward W. Nichols and Greenlee Letcher concerning Virginia Mourning Her Dead (New Market Monument) and the Stonewall Jackson statue at VMI. Also includes postcards sent primarily to family members, including Henry C. Ezekiel and Rebecca Ezekiel.","Autobiographical letter from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI historian Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. In the letter, Ezekiel recounts his experience as a VMI cadet at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864 and his post-VMI career through July 1904. He discusses caring for his classmate Thomas G. Jefferson, who was mortally wounded in the Battle and expresses regret for missing VMI reunion at which New Market Medals were issued to veterans.","Drawing of the bronze statue of Anthony J. Drexel, the Philadelphia financier and the founder of Drexel University. The monument was commissioned by Drexel's partner, John H. Harjes of Paris, France and donated to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","Drawing of Anton Alexander von Werner (1843-1915), a German historical painter known for painting scenes from the Franco Prussian War.","Drawing of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-1885), a leading American gunmaker and ordnance engineer. Moses J. Ezekiel molded a bust of Hotchkiss in clay and cast it in bronze in 1879.","A drawing of Bacchante, a classical figure from Greek and  Roman mythology that is priestess or female votary of Bacchus.","A drawing of Jesus Christ, based on the bronze torso.","Detail from marble sculpture, 1896, located in the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Consolation, Paris.","Drawing of the marble sculpture, 1896, located in the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Consolation, Paris.","Drawing of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.","Drawing shows the frieze that comprises part of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.","Drawing of the main figure of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.","Drawing of Eva Cattermole (1849-1896), known as \"Contessa Lara\" who was an Italian poet, writer, and friend of Moses J. Ezekiel.","A drawing of Daniel Collin, a German publisher whom Moses J. Ezekiel became friends with in Berlin, Germany.","A sketch of a clay model of proposed David G. Farragut monument. Moses J. Ezekiel created a model to enter in a competition in 1873, but his work was not chosen.","Drawing of Edith Lack, from Plymouth, England. She was the youngest daughter of a family that Moses J. Ezekiel met while traveling to Rome, Italy in 1874.","Drawing of Fanny Lewald, a German novelist and champion of women's rights.","Drawing of Fedor Encke, one of Moses J. Ezekiel's classmates at the Berlin Academy.","Drawing of Francis H. Smith who was VMI superintendent from 1839 to 1889. Moses J. Ezekiel knew him during his own cadetship.","Drawing of George Washington Custis Lee. Lee taught at VMI immediately after the Civil War and after the death in 1870 of his father, Robert E. Lee, who was President of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.","A drawing of Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823-1896).","Drawing of guests inside Moses J. Ezekiel's studio.","Drawing of Israel, a bas relief, which was Moses J. Ezekiel's first significant work.","This drawing is of the bust of Jacob Ezekiel, Moses J. Ezekiel's father.","Jennie McGraw Fiske was a member of a prominent family who provided significant philanthropic support to Cornell University, New York. In 1904 the University commissioned Moses J. Ezekiel to produce this recumbent statue and it was completed in June 1907.","Drawing of John H. Harjes, a German born financier. Moses J. Ezekiel, a friend of the family, cast this bronze bust in 1881.","Drawing of Judas Maccabees, a Jewish military leader who was victorious in 165 B.C.","The Robert Gamble Cabell family of Richmond, Virginia were childhood friends of Moses J. Ezekiel. Two Cabell brothers attended VMI and both fought in the Battle of New Market with Ezekiel. William Cabell was one of the cadets killed in the battle.","Drawing of Lola Montez, a British born dancer and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. She settled in New York and appeared on stage in the United States. Moses J. Ezekiel saw a performance in Richmond, Virginia sometime before 1861.","Drawing of Nadine Helbig, a Russian born author who married Wofgang Helbig.","Drawing of Mammy Keziah, an Ezekiel family slave.","Drawing of Mammy Keziah, an Ezekiel family slave.","Drawing of Mammy Mary, a slave owned by the Ezekiel family during Moses J. Ezekiel's childhood. He refers to her in his memoirs as \"my mammy Mary.\"","Drawing of Mary Custis Lee (1806-1873) who was the great granddaughter of Martha Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee.","Drawing of Mary Custis Lee (1806-1873) who was the great granddaughter of Martha Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee.","Drawing of a crypt monument at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, New York.","Drawing of Mary Triplett of Richmond, Virginia. She was one of the \"belles\" of the city, along with Lizzy Cabell. She was the sister of Moses J. Ezekiel's fellow VMI cadet, John R. Triplett.","A drawing of a member of a German family with whom Moses J. Ezekiel was acquainted.","Drawing of Adolfo de Bosis and his wife. He was an Italian poet and lawyer who translated Shelley into Italian and edited the Review Il Convito.","Drawing of the wife of German publisher Daniel Collin.","Drawing of Nannie Whitmell Tunstall, the sister of John L. Tunstall, who attended VMI with Moses J. Ezekiel. In 1886, Ezekiel created a 16 by 21 inch marble intaglio bas-relief of Tunstall, made during her visit to Rome, Italy. The piece is owned by VMI.","Drawing of the Neptune statue Moses J. Ezekiel created for a fountain in Nettuno, Italy. The statue was destroyed during World War II.","Drawing of Otto von Bismarck, a Prussian statesman.","Drawing is likely of a slave in the Ezekiel household in Richmond, Virginia.  No further information is known at this time.","Drawing of Pan and Amor bas relief.","Drawing of Moses J. Ezekiel's proposed Robert E. Lee monument for a competition in 1886. Another sculptor's work was chosen and Ezekiel's concept was never executed.","Drawing of Robert Hausmann, a German cellist.","Drawing of Scott Shipp, VMI Class of 1859, who served as commandant and later as VMI's second superintendent. He was commandant during Moses J. Ezekiel's cadetship and was in command at the Battle of New Market.","Drawing of the Southern monument, which was one of the first monuments in the north dedicated to the Confederate soldier. It was commissioned by the Cincinnati, Ohio chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This drawing is based on the photo of Stonewall Jackson known as the Chancellorsville photograph.","A drawing of the entrance to Moses J. Ezekiel's studio, Baths of Diocletian, Rome.","Drawing of cadet Thomas G. Jefferson who was mortally wounded at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864.","Drawing of \"White Lucy,\" who was a slave in Richmond, Virginia during Moses J. Ezekiel's childhood. When her owner threatened sale, Jacob Ezekiel intervened and she was given the job of seamstress in the Ezekiel home. The family later rented a house for her, and she made a living as a washerwoman and seamstress. She died circa 1866. Her surname does not appear in Ezekiel's memoirs.","This memorial publication was sent from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI Superintendent Scott Shipp. The publication is annotated by Shipp.","Photograph of Robert E. Lee and of Lee's Farewell Address. This photograph was given to Moses J. Ezekiel by Mrs. Robert E. Lee.","Ezekiel family scrapbook possibly compiled by H. C. Ezekiel. The scrapbook contains documents, most pertaining to various members of the Ezekiel family. Many documents are from the Civil War era, 1863-1865.","Typescript titled \"Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian.\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eManuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. 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Ezekiel entered VMI in September 1862, and during his VMI cadetship, took part in the Battle of New Market (May 15, 1864) and served in the trenches in defense of Richmond in the Spring of 1865.","Ezekiel graduated from VMI in 1866, and in 1867 began seriously to pursue his interest in art. He studied anatomy at the Medical College of Virginia and traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio where he studied at the Art School of J. Insco Williams and in the studio of T.D. Jones. In 1867 he sailed for Europe and entered the Royal Academy of Art in Berlin, Germany.","At the age of 29, Ezekiel won the prestigious Michel-Beer Prix de Rome for a bas relief entitled Israel. The prize money enabled him to travel to Rome, Italy where he established a studio and lived for the remainder of his life. Ezekiel executed nearly two hundred monuments in bronze and marble. Among his productions were the following:\n Busts of Lizst, Cardinal Hohenlohe, Eve, Homer, David, Judith, and Christ in the Tomb A statue of Mrs. Andrew W. White for Cornell University Madonna for the Church La Tivoli Faith for the Cemetery of Rome Apollo and Mercury in Berlin Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson Pan and Amor The Fountain of Neptune for the city of Netturno, Italy A bust of Lord Sherbrooke for St. Margaret, Westminister, London The Jefferson Monument for Louisville, Kentucky The Homer Group for the University of Virginia Virginia Mourning Her Dead for VMI Napoleon I at St. Helena A monument to Senator Daniel, Lynchburg, Virginia The Confederate Soldiers' Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Scores of other busts and reliefs \nEzekiel died in Italy on March 27, 1917, but because of World War I, his body was not returned to the United States until 1921. He is buried at the foot of the Confederate Memorial in Section 16 of Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia).","Rome July 23, 1904 \nMy dear Comrade and Friend. \nIn auld lang syne. \nI have again been prevented (by the retarded coming to Rome, of those who were to see my colossal statue of Mr. Drexel in clay before casting it in Bronze) from joining my old Cadet comrades in answering the last roll call and receiving the medal; which if still given to me, I should value above any earthly possession. After the Battle of New Market was over and we who survived answered the roll call on the field, I was in search of the wounded and found my room mate and comrade Thomas Jefferson lying on the floor of a hut quite exhausted and wounded in the breast. It was night and I was without shoes, as I had been all day and I went to the town of New Market and got a wagon and carried him to the house of Mrs. Clinedinst who gave me a bed for him on the ground floor- She had two daughters Anne and Lydie. It was Sunday night late when I got him into bed and from that time up to Tuesday night at about 11 o'clock I never left many cadets found both food and shelter was extremely kind to us all, and gave me every possible help for my friend. I always hoped to save Jefferson and that last evening when he asked me to read from St. John \"In my Father's house are many mansions\" \u0026 then began to wander in mind and thought I was his mother \u0026 then his sister \u0026 finally asked me to make a light, it was only then it dawned upon me that all hope was past and in his agony- as our gallant color bearer Evans was there with me I went up to call the family of Clinedinst (who had been as kind as it was possible for people to be all through those sad days) and they came down with candles in their hands whilst I had Jefferson in my arms, and he died. I washed and prepared him for burial and carried his mother a lock of his hair after we returned to Richmond.","As you want me to give you a kind of record of myself and according to the prospectus you sent I take pleasure in doing so. My parents were Jacob Ezekiel and Catherine de Castro\nMy grandparents Jacob de Castro \u0026 Hannah Pepper- Maternal and Michael Ezekiel  and Rebekah Israel - Paternal grandparents","My Parents were living in Richmond Va. when I was matriculated.","My Grandparents and great grandparents, are on my father's side buried in Philadelphia \u0026 on my mother's side in Richmond Va.","I was born in Richmond Va. Oct. 28, 1844.","Entered the V.M.I. the second year of the War and when back to reform the Corps, and graduated in the first class after the War. I gathered up in Lexington all the books and paintings I could find that had been dispersed by Hunter's Raid and reorganized the debating society, and gave the pictures later to the Letcher family and others, to whom they belonged. I was orderly sergeant of Company on the Intermediate lines below Richmond.","I was never a student at any institution before going to the V.M.I. But matriculated later and studied anatomy at the Richmond Medical College at night and from my 12th year on, kept books for my grandparents, and spent any spare hours in drawing \u0026 painting \u0026 modelling, never having a teacher of any kind, and it was then I modelled my Father's Bust which is still considered a good likeness.","I have I see given my War record first. But must add that I was slightly wounded in the Battle of New Market. But as the ball passed through my jacket and only grazed my breast, I took no notice of it. I was arrested and put in Castle Thunder in Richmond after the surrender, because I refused to take the oath of allegiance. About this time I wrote a letter which was published in all of the leading American papers, in which I denounced General Grant, comparing him to the worst Czars of Russia- for his famous or rather infamous Order No. 11, in which he prohibited any Jew in the U.S. Army having any concern in the Quarter Master's department. I do not now remember any more of it, than that I gathered the statistics \u0026 published them proving that the abuses in that department had not been done by Jews at all- and called upon all men in the United States of that persuasion or religion to vote for any man for the next President rather than for General Grant.","The General replied to my letter in the papers by deploring that he had ever published that Order No. 11 which he said he had given out upon information which be found out later was false. Meanwhile a secret carpet bag or political Yankee Committee in Richmond, sent me a letter saying that my life would be in danger if I stayed in Richmond after writing and publishing such a letter about General Grant their Hero: \u0026 this letter was forwarded to me, to Amelia County, at the Home of Mr. Garland Jefferson, the father of my dead comrade, where I had gone to carry the lock of hair of the dead boy to his mother. So I immediately on the receipt of that letter of intimidation jumped on to the first freight train that passed Amelia Courthouse \u0026 returned to Richmond. I went about my own affairs during the days, but coming home at night and passing 17th Street the concealed Ruffians fired at me from their concealment in the old market \u0026 let loose a shower of stones which smashed a number of windows, but left me unharmed. I reported at once to the Police Station in the bell house. But none of the gang were found \u0026 a second letter advising me to leave town came. But I took no notice of it, and so it all ended. As my Parents house had been rifled by the mob at the evacuation, and my Fathers store rooms of cotton and tobacco burned up, with the loss of an entire fortune of at least ¼ of million dollars, I staid at home, \u0026 with my youngest brother helped as well as we could to begin a little business and earn enough to live upon in a slender way, \u0026 when my father had again been able to start into a new business, I went West, and staid in Cincinnati a year, working for the first time in the studio of Mr. Jones (in 1868), a sculptor of some merit and well known there.","I then modelled my first statuette of \"Industry\", which was exhibited there, and the favorable criticism in the papers encouraged me penniless as I was to go abroad. I sold a breast pin I owned- which enabled me to travel second class to Berlin (in 1869) where I matriculated at the Royal Academy and passed the examination. In order to continue my studies I gave lessons in English in the mornings early- and drawing lessons at night, and spent the rest of the time at the academy, where I was elected by my Colleagues president of the Art Students league at the Academy. I also worked in the studio of Prof. [Siemernig] \u0026 then of Prof. Wolff and often worked In the open air or buildings in Berlin then in construction modelling heads and carytids and ornaments in order to earn an extra dollar. No one ever knew that I needed anything and I led a happy life all the same, and the Bohemian life of the student was mine also, to the fullest extent. I modelled then the ¾ life sized figure of Virginia Mourning her Dead and sent Mrs. General Lee a photo of it, as I was always in correspondence with that estimable wife of our Great Hero.","That statue I have always kept and it is now in my studio here, and is the model of the statue my brother cadets were good enough to unveil at the parade ground of our Alma Mater last year.","My finally gaining the Prix de Rome at the academy- and my being honored for my art works by the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and the German Emperor and the Medal from the Art Society in Rome, my various works in America, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Russia are not subjects for my writing about: I have with all this the sincere regret that I have never been called upon in my own home Virginia, nor in the South, to execute a single work of art- excepting the one for my own comrades which links me forever with the Alma Mater, the V.M.I., where every stone, and every blade of grass is dear to me- and the name of Cadet of the V.M.I. the proudest and most honored title I can ever possess.","Of course my comrade I am writing this as a letter to you \u0026 not one for publication. You can glean from it any particulars you may choose for your Biography, of which I shall want several copies, besides I do want to contribute my mite to the picture of General Scott Shipp, and am surprised that I was not asked to do so as an Alumnus.","There never was any one I admired more than I did our then Col. Shipp, and when in the battle of New Market, his horse was wounded and he was down, I could not help running to him, to ask if he was hurt \u0026 when he said \"no, go ahead\" I left him. Randolph too was shot when we were shoulder to shoulder. He had just said smiling, there's no use dodging boys, if a ball's going to hit you, it'll hit you anyway! When he fell, I thought he was dead. But I found him at night in the hospital.","And now let me tell you that it has been a real grief to me not to have been able to join either last year or this year in the Corps Ceremonies which were of such deep interest to me. But I am under contract to finish a monument this fall \u0026 place it in Fairmount Park Philadelphia \u0026 I have several other works to finish and deliver and I could not come home until I could bring the monument and place it in position. These are hard facts, and have interfered with what would have been nearest to my own heart. But you will now understand it all.","Your kind letter has been waiting a long time to be answered, and it only seems a few weeks to me, as my life here is so full and every day brings me visitors from home or elsewhere, and so many duties, that for a couple of months I have absolutely had to neglect pen and ink nolens volens so I throw myself upon your kind indulgence, and with the most sincere and affectionate greetings","I am always your comrade and friend \nMoses J. Ezekiel","18 Piazza Termini \nBaths of Diocletian \nRome","The VMI Archives also holds a  collection of photographs  related to Ezekiel. Included are images of Ezekiel, his studio in Rome, Italy, and various examples of his sculptures.","The Moses J. Ezekiel papers consist of the papers of noted 19th century sculptor Moses J. Ezekiel, including:\n Correspondence to VMI superintendent Edward W. Nichols and others (dated 1867-1917), some relating to the design of the Battle of New Market memorial sculpture Virginia Mourning Her Dead Pen and ink sketches by Ezekiel (approximately 67 items) A typescript version of Ezekiel's autobiography Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian Print material","Includes letters to General Edward W. Nichols and Greenlee Letcher concerning Virginia Mourning Her Dead (New Market Monument) and the Stonewall Jackson statue at VMI. Also includes postcards sent primarily to family members, including Henry C. Ezekiel and Rebecca Ezekiel.","Autobiographical letter from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI historian Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. In the letter, Ezekiel recounts his experience as a VMI cadet at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864 and his post-VMI career through July 1904. He discusses caring for his classmate Thomas G. Jefferson, who was mortally wounded in the Battle and expresses regret for missing VMI reunion at which New Market Medals were issued to veterans.","Drawing of the bronze statue of Anthony J. Drexel, the Philadelphia financier and the founder of Drexel University. The monument was commissioned by Drexel's partner, John H. Harjes of Paris, France and donated to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","Drawing of Anton Alexander von Werner (1843-1915), a German historical painter known for painting scenes from the Franco Prussian War.","Drawing of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-1885), a leading American gunmaker and ordnance engineer. Moses J. Ezekiel molded a bust of Hotchkiss in clay and cast it in bronze in 1879.","A drawing of Bacchante, a classical figure from Greek and  Roman mythology that is priestess or female votary of Bacchus.","A drawing of Jesus Christ, based on the bronze torso.","Detail from marble sculpture, 1896, located in the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Consolation, Paris.","Drawing of the marble sculpture, 1896, located in the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Consolation, Paris.","Drawing of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.","Drawing shows the frieze that comprises part of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.","Drawing of the main figure of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.","Drawing of Eva Cattermole (1849-1896), known as \"Contessa Lara\" who was an Italian poet, writer, and friend of Moses J. Ezekiel.","A drawing of Daniel Collin, a German publisher whom Moses J. Ezekiel became friends with in Berlin, Germany.","A sketch of a clay model of proposed David G. Farragut monument. Moses J. Ezekiel created a model to enter in a competition in 1873, but his work was not chosen.","Drawing of Edith Lack, from Plymouth, England. She was the youngest daughter of a family that Moses J. Ezekiel met while traveling to Rome, Italy in 1874.","Drawing of Fanny Lewald, a German novelist and champion of women's rights.","Drawing of Fedor Encke, one of Moses J. Ezekiel's classmates at the Berlin Academy.","Drawing of Francis H. Smith who was VMI superintendent from 1839 to 1889. Moses J. Ezekiel knew him during his own cadetship.","Drawing of George Washington Custis Lee. Lee taught at VMI immediately after the Civil War and after the death in 1870 of his father, Robert E. Lee, who was President of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.","A drawing of Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823-1896).","Drawing of guests inside Moses J. Ezekiel's studio.","Drawing of Israel, a bas relief, which was Moses J. Ezekiel's first significant work.","This drawing is of the bust of Jacob Ezekiel, Moses J. Ezekiel's father.","Jennie McGraw Fiske was a member of a prominent family who provided significant philanthropic support to Cornell University, New York. In 1904 the University commissioned Moses J. Ezekiel to produce this recumbent statue and it was completed in June 1907.","Drawing of John H. Harjes, a German born financier. Moses J. Ezekiel, a friend of the family, cast this bronze bust in 1881.","Drawing of Judas Maccabees, a Jewish military leader who was victorious in 165 B.C.","The Robert Gamble Cabell family of Richmond, Virginia were childhood friends of Moses J. Ezekiel. Two Cabell brothers attended VMI and both fought in the Battle of New Market with Ezekiel. William Cabell was one of the cadets killed in the battle.","Drawing of Lola Montez, a British born dancer and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. She settled in New York and appeared on stage in the United States. Moses J. Ezekiel saw a performance in Richmond, Virginia sometime before 1861.","Drawing of Nadine Helbig, a Russian born author who married Wofgang Helbig.","Drawing of Mammy Keziah, an Ezekiel family slave.","Drawing of Mammy Keziah, an Ezekiel family slave.","Drawing of Mammy Mary, a slave owned by the Ezekiel family during Moses J. Ezekiel's childhood. He refers to her in his memoirs as \"my mammy Mary.\"","Drawing of Mary Custis Lee (1806-1873) who was the great granddaughter of Martha Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee.","Drawing of Mary Custis Lee (1806-1873) who was the great granddaughter of Martha Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee.","Drawing of a crypt monument at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, New York.","Drawing of Mary Triplett of Richmond, Virginia. She was one of the \"belles\" of the city, along with Lizzy Cabell. She was the sister of Moses J. Ezekiel's fellow VMI cadet, John R. Triplett.","A drawing of a member of a German family with whom Moses J. Ezekiel was acquainted.","Drawing of Adolfo de Bosis and his wife. He was an Italian poet and lawyer who translated Shelley into Italian and edited the Review Il Convito.","Drawing of the wife of German publisher Daniel Collin.","Drawing of Nannie Whitmell Tunstall, the sister of John L. Tunstall, who attended VMI with Moses J. Ezekiel. In 1886, Ezekiel created a 16 by 21 inch marble intaglio bas-relief of Tunstall, made during her visit to Rome, Italy. The piece is owned by VMI.","Drawing of the Neptune statue Moses J. Ezekiel created for a fountain in Nettuno, Italy. The statue was destroyed during World War II.","Drawing of Otto von Bismarck, a Prussian statesman.","Drawing is likely of a slave in the Ezekiel household in Richmond, Virginia.  No further information is known at this time.","Drawing of Pan and Amor bas relief.","Drawing of Moses J. Ezekiel's proposed Robert E. Lee monument for a competition in 1886. Another sculptor's work was chosen and Ezekiel's concept was never executed.","Drawing of Robert Hausmann, a German cellist.","Drawing of Scott Shipp, VMI Class of 1859, who served as commandant and later as VMI's second superintendent. He was commandant during Moses J. Ezekiel's cadetship and was in command at the Battle of New Market.","Drawing of the Southern monument, which was one of the first monuments in the north dedicated to the Confederate soldier. It was commissioned by the Cincinnati, Ohio chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This drawing is based on the photo of Stonewall Jackson known as the Chancellorsville photograph.","A drawing of the entrance to Moses J. Ezekiel's studio, Baths of Diocletian, Rome.","Drawing of cadet Thomas G. Jefferson who was mortally wounded at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864.","Drawing of \"White Lucy,\" who was a slave in Richmond, Virginia during Moses J. Ezekiel's childhood. When her owner threatened sale, Jacob Ezekiel intervened and she was given the job of seamstress in the Ezekiel home. The family later rented a house for her, and she made a living as a washerwoman and seamstress. She died circa 1866. Her surname does not appear in Ezekiel's memoirs.","This memorial publication was sent from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI Superintendent Scott Shipp. The publication is annotated by Shipp.","Photograph of Robert E. Lee and of Lee's Farewell Address. This photograph was given to Moses J. Ezekiel by Mrs. Robert E. Lee.","Ezekiel family scrapbook possibly compiled by H. C. Ezekiel. The scrapbook contains documents, most pertaining to various members of the Ezekiel family. Many documents are from the Civil War era, 1863-1865.","Typescript titled \"Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian.\"","Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.","Manuscripts stacks","Virginia Military Institute Archives","Ezekiel, Moses J. (Moses Jacob), 1844-1917","Nichols, E. W. (Edward West), 1858-1927","Jefferson, Thomas G. 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Ezekiel entered VMI in September 1862, and during his VMI cadetship, took part in the Battle of New Market (May 15, 1864) and served in the trenches in defense of Richmond in the Spring of 1865.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEzekiel graduated from VMI in 1866, and in 1867 began seriously to pursue his interest in art. He studied anatomy at the Medical College of Virginia and traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio where he studied at the Art School of J. Insco Williams and in the studio of T.D. Jones. In 1867 he sailed for Europe and entered the Royal Academy of Art in Berlin, Germany.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAt the age of 29, Ezekiel won the prestigious Michel-Beer Prix de Rome for a bas relief entitled Israel. The prize money enabled him to travel to Rome, Italy where he established a studio and lived for the remainder of his life. Ezekiel executed nearly two hundred monuments in bronze and marble. Among his productions were the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBusts of Lizst, Cardinal Hohenlohe, Eve, Homer, David, Judith, and Christ in the Tomb\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA statue of Mrs. Andrew W. White for Cornell University\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMadonna for the Church La Tivoli\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFaith for the Cemetery of Rome\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApollo and Mercury in Berlin\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert E. Lee\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStonewall Jackson\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePan and Amor\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fountain of Neptune for the city of Netturno, Italy\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA bust of Lord Sherbrooke for St. Margaret, Westminister, London\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jefferson Monument for Louisville, Kentucky\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Homer Group for the University of Virginia\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirginia Mourning Her Dead for VMI\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNapoleon I at St. Helena\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA monument to Senator Daniel, Lynchburg, Virginia\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Confederate Soldiers' Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScores of other busts and reliefs\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nEzekiel died in Italy on March 27, 1917, but because of World War I, his body was not returned to the United States until 1921. 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In 1867 he sailed for Europe and entered the Royal Academy of Art in Berlin, Germany.","At the age of 29, Ezekiel won the prestigious Michel-Beer Prix de Rome for a bas relief entitled Israel. The prize money enabled him to travel to Rome, Italy where he established a studio and lived for the remainder of his life. Ezekiel executed nearly two hundred monuments in bronze and marble. Among his productions were the following:\n Busts of Lizst, Cardinal Hohenlohe, Eve, Homer, David, Judith, and Christ in the Tomb A statue of Mrs. Andrew W. White for Cornell University Madonna for the Church La Tivoli Faith for the Cemetery of Rome Apollo and Mercury in Berlin Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson Pan and Amor The Fountain of Neptune for the city of Netturno, Italy A bust of Lord Sherbrooke for St. Margaret, Westminister, London The Jefferson Monument for Louisville, Kentucky The Homer Group for the University of Virginia Virginia Mourning Her Dead for VMI Napoleon I at St. Helena A monument to Senator Daniel, Lynchburg, Virginia The Confederate Soldiers' Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Scores of other busts and reliefs \nEzekiel died in Italy on March 27, 1917, but because of World War I, his body was not returned to the United States until 1921. He is buried at the foot of the Confederate Memorial in Section 16 of Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia)."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRome July 23, 1904\u003cbr\u003e\nMy dear Comrade and Friend.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn auld lang syne.\u003cbr\u003e\nI have again been prevented (by the retarded coming to Rome, of those who were to see my colossal statue of Mr. Drexel in clay before casting it in Bronze) from joining my old Cadet comrades in answering the last roll call and receiving the medal; which if still given to me, I should value above any earthly possession. After the Battle of New Market was over and we who survived answered the roll call on the field, I was in search of the wounded and found my room mate and comrade Thomas Jefferson lying on the floor of a hut quite exhausted and wounded in the breast. It was night and I was without shoes, as I had been all day and I went to the town of New Market and got a wagon and carried him to the house of Mrs. Clinedinst who gave me a bed for him on the ground floor- She had two daughters Anne and Lydie. It was Sunday night late when I got him into bed and from that time up to Tuesday night at about 11 o'clock I never left many cadets found both food and shelter was extremely kind to us all, and gave me every possible help for my friend. I always hoped to save Jefferson and that last evening when he asked me to read from St. John \"In my Father's house are many mansions\" \u0026amp; then began to wander in mind and thought I was his mother \u0026amp; then his sister \u0026amp; finally asked me to make a light, it was only then it dawned upon me that all hope was past and in his agony- as our gallant color bearer Evans was there with me I went up to call the family of Clinedinst (who had been as kind as it was possible for people to be all through those sad days) and they came down with candles in their hands whilst I had Jefferson in my arms, and he died. I washed and prepared him for burial and carried his mother a lock of his hair after we returned to Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAs you want me to give you a kind of record of myself and according to the prospectus you sent I take pleasure in doing so. My parents were Jacob Ezekiel and Catherine de Castro\nMy grandparents Jacob de Castro \u0026amp; Hannah Pepper- Maternal and Michael Ezekiel  and Rebekah Israel - Paternal grandparents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy Parents were living in Richmond Va. when I was matriculated.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy Grandparents and great grandparents, are on my father's side buried in Philadelphia \u0026amp; on my mother's side in Richmond Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI was born in Richmond Va. Oct. 28, 1844.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEntered the V.M.I. the second year of the War and when back to reform the Corps, and graduated in the first class after the War. I gathered up in Lexington all the books and paintings I could find that had been dispersed by Hunter's Raid and reorganized the debating society, and gave the pictures later to the Letcher family and others, to whom they belonged. I was orderly sergeant of Company on the Intermediate lines below Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI was never a student at any institution before going to the V.M.I. But matriculated later and studied anatomy at the Richmond Medical College at night and from my 12th year on, kept books for my grandparents, and spent any spare hours in drawing \u0026amp; painting \u0026amp; modelling, never having a teacher of any kind, and it was then I modelled my Father's Bust which is still considered a good likeness.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI have I see given my War record first. But must add that I was slightly wounded in the Battle of New Market. But as the ball passed through my jacket and only grazed my breast, I took no notice of it. I was arrested and put in Castle Thunder in Richmond after the surrender, because I refused to take the oath of allegiance. About this time I wrote a letter which was published in all of the leading American papers, in which I denounced General Grant, comparing him to the worst Czars of Russia- for his famous or rather infamous Order No. 11, in which he prohibited any Jew in the U.S. Army having any concern in the Quarter Master's department. I do not now remember any more of it, than that I gathered the statistics \u0026amp; published them proving that the abuses in that department had not been done by Jews at all- and called upon all men in the United States of that persuasion or religion to vote for any man for the next President rather than for General Grant.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe General replied to my letter in the papers by deploring that he had ever published that Order No. 11 which he said he had given out upon information which be found out later was false. Meanwhile a secret carpet bag or political Yankee Committee in Richmond, sent me a letter saying that my life would be in danger if I stayed in Richmond after writing and publishing such a letter about General Grant their Hero: \u0026amp; this letter was forwarded to me, to Amelia County, at the Home of Mr. Garland Jefferson, the father of my dead comrade, where I had gone to carry the lock of hair of the dead boy to his mother. So I immediately on the receipt of that letter of intimidation jumped on to the first freight train that passed Amelia Courthouse \u0026amp; returned to Richmond. I went about my own affairs during the days, but coming home at night and passing 17th Street the concealed Ruffians fired at me from their concealment in the old market \u0026amp; let loose a shower of stones which smashed a number of windows, but left me unharmed. I reported at once to the Police Station in the bell house. But none of the gang were found \u0026amp; a second letter advising me to leave town came. But I took no notice of it, and so it all ended. As my Parents house had been rifled by the mob at the evacuation, and my Fathers store rooms of cotton and tobacco burned up, with the loss of an entire fortune of at least ¼ of million dollars, I staid at home, \u0026amp; with my youngest brother helped as well as we could to begin a little business and earn enough to live upon in a slender way, \u0026amp; when my father had again been able to start into a new business, I went West, and staid in Cincinnati a year, working for the first time in the studio of Mr. Jones (in 1868), a sculptor of some merit and well known there.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI then modelled my first statuette of \"Industry\", which was exhibited there, and the favorable criticism in the papers encouraged me penniless as I was to go abroad. I sold a breast pin I owned- which enabled me to travel second class to Berlin (in 1869) where I matriculated at the Royal Academy and passed the examination. In order to continue my studies I gave lessons in English in the mornings early- and drawing lessons at night, and spent the rest of the time at the academy, where I was elected by my Colleagues president of the Art Students league at the Academy. I also worked in the studio of Prof. [Siemernig] \u0026amp; then of Prof. Wolff and often worked In the open air or buildings in Berlin then in construction modelling heads and carytids and ornaments in order to earn an extra dollar. No one ever knew that I needed anything and I led a happy life all the same, and the Bohemian life of the student was mine also, to the fullest extent. I modelled then the ¾ life sized figure of Virginia Mourning her Dead and sent Mrs. General Lee a photo of it, as I was always in correspondence with that estimable wife of our Great Hero.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThat statue I have always kept and it is now in my studio here, and is the model of the statue my brother cadets were good enough to unveil at the parade ground of our Alma Mater last year.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy finally gaining the Prix de Rome at the academy- and my being honored for my art works by the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and the German Emperor and the Medal from the Art Society in Rome, my various works in America, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Russia are not subjects for my writing about: I have with all this the sincere regret that I have never been called upon in my own home Virginia, nor in the South, to execute a single work of art- excepting the one for my own comrades which links me forever with the Alma Mater, the V.M.I., where every stone, and every blade of grass is dear to me- and the name of Cadet of the V.M.I. the proudest and most honored title I can ever possess.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOf course my comrade I am writing this as a letter to you \u0026amp; not one for publication. You can glean from it any particulars you may choose for your Biography, of which I shall want several copies, besides I do want to contribute my mite to the picture of General Scott Shipp, and am surprised that I was not asked to do so as an Alumnus.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere never was any one I admired more than I did our then Col. Shipp, and when in the battle of New Market, his horse was wounded and he was down, I could not help running to him, to ask if he was hurt \u0026amp; when he said \"no, go ahead\" I left him. Randolph too was shot when we were shoulder to shoulder. He had just said smiling, there's no use dodging boys, if a ball's going to hit you, it'll hit you anyway! When he fell, I thought he was dead. But I found him at night in the hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAnd now let me tell you that it has been a real grief to me not to have been able to join either last year or this year in the Corps Ceremonies which were of such deep interest to me. But I am under contract to finish a monument this fall \u0026amp; place it in Fairmount Park Philadelphia \u0026amp; I have several other works to finish and deliver and I could not come home until I could bring the monument and place it in position. These are hard facts, and have interfered with what would have been nearest to my own heart. But you will now understand it all.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour kind letter has been waiting a long time to be answered, and it only seems a few weeks to me, as my life here is so full and every day brings me visitors from home or elsewhere, and so many duties, that for a couple of months I have absolutely had to neglect pen and ink nolens volens so I throw myself upon your kind indulgence, and with the most sincere and affectionate greetings\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI am always your comrade and friend\u003cbr\u003e\nMoses J. Ezekiel\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e18 Piazza Termini\u003cbr\u003e\nBaths of Diocletian\u003cbr\u003e\nRome\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Transcription"],"odd_tesim":["Rome July 23, 1904 \nMy dear Comrade and Friend. \nIn auld lang syne. \nI have again been prevented (by the retarded coming to Rome, of those who were to see my colossal statue of Mr. Drexel in clay before casting it in Bronze) from joining my old Cadet comrades in answering the last roll call and receiving the medal; which if still given to me, I should value above any earthly possession. After the Battle of New Market was over and we who survived answered the roll call on the field, I was in search of the wounded and found my room mate and comrade Thomas Jefferson lying on the floor of a hut quite exhausted and wounded in the breast. It was night and I was without shoes, as I had been all day and I went to the town of New Market and got a wagon and carried him to the house of Mrs. Clinedinst who gave me a bed for him on the ground floor- She had two daughters Anne and Lydie. It was Sunday night late when I got him into bed and from that time up to Tuesday night at about 11 o'clock I never left many cadets found both food and shelter was extremely kind to us all, and gave me every possible help for my friend. I always hoped to save Jefferson and that last evening when he asked me to read from St. John \"In my Father's house are many mansions\" \u0026 then began to wander in mind and thought I was his mother \u0026 then his sister \u0026 finally asked me to make a light, it was only then it dawned upon me that all hope was past and in his agony- as our gallant color bearer Evans was there with me I went up to call the family of Clinedinst (who had been as kind as it was possible for people to be all through those sad days) and they came down with candles in their hands whilst I had Jefferson in my arms, and he died. I washed and prepared him for burial and carried his mother a lock of his hair after we returned to Richmond.","As you want me to give you a kind of record of myself and according to the prospectus you sent I take pleasure in doing so. My parents were Jacob Ezekiel and Catherine de Castro\nMy grandparents Jacob de Castro \u0026 Hannah Pepper- Maternal and Michael Ezekiel  and Rebekah Israel - Paternal grandparents","My Parents were living in Richmond Va. when I was matriculated.","My Grandparents and great grandparents, are on my father's side buried in Philadelphia \u0026 on my mother's side in Richmond Va.","I was born in Richmond Va. Oct. 28, 1844.","Entered the V.M.I. the second year of the War and when back to reform the Corps, and graduated in the first class after the War. I gathered up in Lexington all the books and paintings I could find that had been dispersed by Hunter's Raid and reorganized the debating society, and gave the pictures later to the Letcher family and others, to whom they belonged. I was orderly sergeant of Company on the Intermediate lines below Richmond.","I was never a student at any institution before going to the V.M.I. But matriculated later and studied anatomy at the Richmond Medical College at night and from my 12th year on, kept books for my grandparents, and spent any spare hours in drawing \u0026 painting \u0026 modelling, never having a teacher of any kind, and it was then I modelled my Father's Bust which is still considered a good likeness.","I have I see given my War record first. But must add that I was slightly wounded in the Battle of New Market. But as the ball passed through my jacket and only grazed my breast, I took no notice of it. I was arrested and put in Castle Thunder in Richmond after the surrender, because I refused to take the oath of allegiance. About this time I wrote a letter which was published in all of the leading American papers, in which I denounced General Grant, comparing him to the worst Czars of Russia- for his famous or rather infamous Order No. 11, in which he prohibited any Jew in the U.S. Army having any concern in the Quarter Master's department. I do not now remember any more of it, than that I gathered the statistics \u0026 published them proving that the abuses in that department had not been done by Jews at all- and called upon all men in the United States of that persuasion or religion to vote for any man for the next President rather than for General Grant.","The General replied to my letter in the papers by deploring that he had ever published that Order No. 11 which he said he had given out upon information which be found out later was false. Meanwhile a secret carpet bag or political Yankee Committee in Richmond, sent me a letter saying that my life would be in danger if I stayed in Richmond after writing and publishing such a letter about General Grant their Hero: \u0026 this letter was forwarded to me, to Amelia County, at the Home of Mr. Garland Jefferson, the father of my dead comrade, where I had gone to carry the lock of hair of the dead boy to his mother. So I immediately on the receipt of that letter of intimidation jumped on to the first freight train that passed Amelia Courthouse \u0026 returned to Richmond. I went about my own affairs during the days, but coming home at night and passing 17th Street the concealed Ruffians fired at me from their concealment in the old market \u0026 let loose a shower of stones which smashed a number of windows, but left me unharmed. I reported at once to the Police Station in the bell house. But none of the gang were found \u0026 a second letter advising me to leave town came. But I took no notice of it, and so it all ended. As my Parents house had been rifled by the mob at the evacuation, and my Fathers store rooms of cotton and tobacco burned up, with the loss of an entire fortune of at least ¼ of million dollars, I staid at home, \u0026 with my youngest brother helped as well as we could to begin a little business and earn enough to live upon in a slender way, \u0026 when my father had again been able to start into a new business, I went West, and staid in Cincinnati a year, working for the first time in the studio of Mr. Jones (in 1868), a sculptor of some merit and well known there.","I then modelled my first statuette of \"Industry\", which was exhibited there, and the favorable criticism in the papers encouraged me penniless as I was to go abroad. I sold a breast pin I owned- which enabled me to travel second class to Berlin (in 1869) where I matriculated at the Royal Academy and passed the examination. In order to continue my studies I gave lessons in English in the mornings early- and drawing lessons at night, and spent the rest of the time at the academy, where I was elected by my Colleagues president of the Art Students league at the Academy. I also worked in the studio of Prof. [Siemernig] \u0026 then of Prof. Wolff and often worked In the open air or buildings in Berlin then in construction modelling heads and carytids and ornaments in order to earn an extra dollar. No one ever knew that I needed anything and I led a happy life all the same, and the Bohemian life of the student was mine also, to the fullest extent. I modelled then the ¾ life sized figure of Virginia Mourning her Dead and sent Mrs. General Lee a photo of it, as I was always in correspondence with that estimable wife of our Great Hero.","That statue I have always kept and it is now in my studio here, and is the model of the statue my brother cadets were good enough to unveil at the parade ground of our Alma Mater last year.","My finally gaining the Prix de Rome at the academy- and my being honored for my art works by the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and the German Emperor and the Medal from the Art Society in Rome, my various works in America, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Russia are not subjects for my writing about: I have with all this the sincere regret that I have never been called upon in my own home Virginia, nor in the South, to execute a single work of art- excepting the one for my own comrades which links me forever with the Alma Mater, the V.M.I., where every stone, and every blade of grass is dear to me- and the name of Cadet of the V.M.I. the proudest and most honored title I can ever possess.","Of course my comrade I am writing this as a letter to you \u0026 not one for publication. You can glean from it any particulars you may choose for your Biography, of which I shall want several copies, besides I do want to contribute my mite to the picture of General Scott Shipp, and am surprised that I was not asked to do so as an Alumnus.","There never was any one I admired more than I did our then Col. Shipp, and when in the battle of New Market, his horse was wounded and he was down, I could not help running to him, to ask if he was hurt \u0026 when he said \"no, go ahead\" I left him. Randolph too was shot when we were shoulder to shoulder. He had just said smiling, there's no use dodging boys, if a ball's going to hit you, it'll hit you anyway! When he fell, I thought he was dead. But I found him at night in the hospital.","And now let me tell you that it has been a real grief to me not to have been able to join either last year or this year in the Corps Ceremonies which were of such deep interest to me. But I am under contract to finish a monument this fall \u0026 place it in Fairmount Park Philadelphia \u0026 I have several other works to finish and deliver and I could not come home until I could bring the monument and place it in position. These are hard facts, and have interfered with what would have been nearest to my own heart. But you will now understand it all.","Your kind letter has been waiting a long time to be answered, and it only seems a few weeks to me, as my life here is so full and every day brings me visitors from home or elsewhere, and so many duties, that for a couple of months I have absolutely had to neglect pen and ink nolens volens so I throw myself upon your kind indulgence, and with the most sincere and affectionate greetings","I am always your comrade and friend \nMoses J. Ezekiel","18 Piazza Termini \nBaths of Diocletian \nRome"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMoses J. Ezekiel papers, 1867-1917. MS 0010. 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Ezekiel, including:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorrespondence to VMI superintendent Edward W. Nichols and others (dated 1867-1917), some relating to the design of the Battle of New Market memorial sculpture Virginia Mourning Her Dead\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePen and ink sketches by Ezekiel (approximately 67 items)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA typescript version of Ezekiel's autobiography\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemoirs from the Baths of Diocletian\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrint material\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters to General Edward W. Nichols and Greenlee Letcher concerning Virginia Mourning Her Dead (New Market Monument) and the Stonewall Jackson statue at VMI. Also includes postcards sent primarily to family members, including Henry C. Ezekiel and Rebecca Ezekiel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutobiographical letter from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI historian Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. In the letter, Ezekiel recounts his experience as a VMI cadet at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864 and his post-VMI career through July 1904. He discusses caring for his classmate Thomas G. Jefferson, who was mortally wounded in the Battle and expresses regret for missing VMI reunion at which New Market Medals were issued to veterans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the bronze statue of Anthony J. Drexel, the Philadelphia financier and the founder of Drexel University. The monument was commissioned by Drexel's partner, John H. Harjes of Paris, France and donated to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Anton Alexander von Werner (1843-1915), a German historical painter known for painting scenes from the Franco Prussian War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-1885), a leading American gunmaker and ordnance engineer. Moses J. Ezekiel molded a bust of Hotchkiss in clay and cast it in bronze in 1879.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA drawing of Bacchante, a classical figure from Greek and  Roman mythology that is priestess or female votary of Bacchus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA drawing of Jesus Christ, based on the bronze torso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetail from marble sculpture, 1896, located in the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Consolation, Paris.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the marble sculpture, 1896, located in the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Consolation, Paris.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing shows the frieze that comprises part of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the main figure of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Eva Cattermole (1849-1896), known as \"Contessa Lara\" who was an Italian poet, writer, and friend of Moses J. Ezekiel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA drawing of Daniel Collin, a German publisher whom Moses J. Ezekiel became friends with in Berlin, Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA sketch of a clay model of proposed David G. Farragut monument. Moses J. Ezekiel created a model to enter in a competition in 1873, but his work was not chosen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Edith Lack, from Plymouth, England. She was the youngest daughter of a family that Moses J. Ezekiel met while traveling to Rome, Italy in 1874.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Fanny Lewald, a German novelist and champion of women's rights.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Fedor Encke, one of Moses J. Ezekiel's classmates at the Berlin Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Francis H. Smith who was VMI superintendent from 1839 to 1889. Moses J. Ezekiel knew him during his own cadetship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of George Washington Custis Lee. Lee taught at VMI immediately after the Civil War and after the death in 1870 of his father, Robert E. Lee, who was President of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA drawing of Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823-1896).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of guests inside Moses J. Ezekiel's studio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Israel, a bas relief, which was Moses J. Ezekiel's first significant work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis drawing is of the bust of Jacob Ezekiel, Moses J. Ezekiel's father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJennie McGraw Fiske was a member of a prominent family who provided significant philanthropic support to Cornell University, New York. In 1904 the University commissioned Moses J. Ezekiel to produce this recumbent statue and it was completed in June 1907.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of John H. Harjes, a German born financier. Moses J. Ezekiel, a friend of the family, cast this bronze bust in 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Judas Maccabees, a Jewish military leader who was victorious in 165 B.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Robert Gamble Cabell family of Richmond, Virginia were childhood friends of Moses J. Ezekiel. Two Cabell brothers attended VMI and both fought in the Battle of New Market with Ezekiel. William Cabell was one of the cadets killed in the battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Lola Montez, a British born dancer and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. She settled in New York and appeared on stage in the United States. Moses J. Ezekiel saw a performance in Richmond, Virginia sometime before 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Nadine Helbig, a Russian born author who married Wofgang Helbig.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Mammy Keziah, an Ezekiel family slave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Mammy Keziah, an Ezekiel family slave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Mammy Mary, a slave owned by the Ezekiel family during Moses J. Ezekiel's childhood. He refers to her in his memoirs as \"my mammy Mary.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Mary Custis Lee (1806-1873) who was the great granddaughter of Martha Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Mary Custis Lee (1806-1873) who was the great granddaughter of Martha Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of a crypt monument at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Mary Triplett of Richmond, Virginia. She was one of the \"belles\" of the city, along with Lizzy Cabell. She was the sister of Moses J. Ezekiel's fellow VMI cadet, John R. Triplett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA drawing of a member of a German family with whom Moses J. Ezekiel was acquainted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Adolfo de Bosis and his wife. He was an Italian poet and lawyer who translated Shelley into Italian and edited the Review Il Convito.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the wife of German publisher Daniel Collin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Nannie Whitmell Tunstall, the sister of John L. Tunstall, who attended VMI with Moses J. Ezekiel. In 1886, Ezekiel created a 16 by 21 inch marble intaglio bas-relief of Tunstall, made during her visit to Rome, Italy. The piece is owned by VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the Neptune statue Moses J. Ezekiel created for a fountain in Nettuno, Italy. The statue was destroyed during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Otto von Bismarck, a Prussian statesman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing is likely of a slave in the Ezekiel household in Richmond, Virginia.  No further information is known at this time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Pan and Amor bas relief.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Moses J. Ezekiel's proposed Robert E. Lee monument for a competition in 1886. Another sculptor's work was chosen and Ezekiel's concept was never executed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Robert Hausmann, a German cellist.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of Scott Shipp, VMI Class of 1859, who served as commandant and later as VMI's second superintendent. He was commandant during Moses J. Ezekiel's cadetship and was in command at the Battle of New Market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the Southern monument, which was one of the first monuments in the north dedicated to the Confederate soldier. It was commissioned by the Cincinnati, Ohio chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis drawing is based on the photo of Stonewall Jackson known as the Chancellorsville photograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA drawing of the entrance to Moses J. Ezekiel's studio, Baths of Diocletian, Rome.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of cadet Thomas G. Jefferson who was mortally wounded at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of \"White Lucy,\" who was a slave in Richmond, Virginia during Moses J. Ezekiel's childhood. When her owner threatened sale, Jacob Ezekiel intervened and she was given the job of seamstress in the Ezekiel home. The family later rented a house for her, and she made a living as a washerwoman and seamstress. She died circa 1866. Her surname does not appear in Ezekiel's memoirs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis memorial publication was sent from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI Superintendent Scott Shipp. The publication is annotated by Shipp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of Robert E. Lee and of Lee's Farewell Address. This photograph was given to Moses J. Ezekiel by Mrs. Robert E. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEzekiel family scrapbook possibly compiled by H. C. Ezekiel. The scrapbook contains documents, most pertaining to various members of the Ezekiel family. 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Ezekiel papers consist of the papers of noted 19th century sculptor Moses J. Ezekiel, including:\n Correspondence to VMI superintendent Edward W. Nichols and others (dated 1867-1917), some relating to the design of the Battle of New Market memorial sculpture Virginia Mourning Her Dead Pen and ink sketches by Ezekiel (approximately 67 items) A typescript version of Ezekiel's autobiography Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian Print material","Includes letters to General Edward W. Nichols and Greenlee Letcher concerning Virginia Mourning Her Dead (New Market Monument) and the Stonewall Jackson statue at VMI. Also includes postcards sent primarily to family members, including Henry C. Ezekiel and Rebecca Ezekiel.","Autobiographical letter from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI historian Joseph R. Anderson, Jr. In the letter, Ezekiel recounts his experience as a VMI cadet at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864 and his post-VMI career through July 1904. He discusses caring for his classmate Thomas G. Jefferson, who was mortally wounded in the Battle and expresses regret for missing VMI reunion at which New Market Medals were issued to veterans.","Drawing of the bronze statue of Anthony J. Drexel, the Philadelphia financier and the founder of Drexel University. The monument was commissioned by Drexel's partner, John H. Harjes of Paris, France and donated to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","Drawing of Anton Alexander von Werner (1843-1915), a German historical painter known for painting scenes from the Franco Prussian War.","Drawing of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-1885), a leading American gunmaker and ordnance engineer. Moses J. Ezekiel molded a bust of Hotchkiss in clay and cast it in bronze in 1879.","A drawing of Bacchante, a classical figure from Greek and  Roman mythology that is priestess or female votary of Bacchus.","A drawing of Jesus Christ, based on the bronze torso.","Detail from marble sculpture, 1896, located in the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Consolation, Paris.","Drawing of the marble sculpture, 1896, located in the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Consolation, Paris.","Drawing of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.","Drawing shows the frieze that comprises part of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.","Drawing of the main figure of the Confederate Memorial monument in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.","Drawing of Eva Cattermole (1849-1896), known as \"Contessa Lara\" who was an Italian poet, writer, and friend of Moses J. Ezekiel.","A drawing of Daniel Collin, a German publisher whom Moses J. Ezekiel became friends with in Berlin, Germany.","A sketch of a clay model of proposed David G. Farragut monument. Moses J. Ezekiel created a model to enter in a competition in 1873, but his work was not chosen.","Drawing of Edith Lack, from Plymouth, England. She was the youngest daughter of a family that Moses J. Ezekiel met while traveling to Rome, Italy in 1874.","Drawing of Fanny Lewald, a German novelist and champion of women's rights.","Drawing of Fedor Encke, one of Moses J. Ezekiel's classmates at the Berlin Academy.","Drawing of Francis H. Smith who was VMI superintendent from 1839 to 1889. Moses J. Ezekiel knew him during his own cadetship.","Drawing of George Washington Custis Lee. Lee taught at VMI immediately after the Civil War and after the death in 1870 of his father, Robert E. Lee, who was President of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.","A drawing of Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823-1896).","Drawing of guests inside Moses J. Ezekiel's studio.","Drawing of Israel, a bas relief, which was Moses J. Ezekiel's first significant work.","This drawing is of the bust of Jacob Ezekiel, Moses J. Ezekiel's father.","Jennie McGraw Fiske was a member of a prominent family who provided significant philanthropic support to Cornell University, New York. In 1904 the University commissioned Moses J. Ezekiel to produce this recumbent statue and it was completed in June 1907.","Drawing of John H. Harjes, a German born financier. Moses J. Ezekiel, a friend of the family, cast this bronze bust in 1881.","Drawing of Judas Maccabees, a Jewish military leader who was victorious in 165 B.C.","The Robert Gamble Cabell family of Richmond, Virginia were childhood friends of Moses J. Ezekiel. Two Cabell brothers attended VMI and both fought in the Battle of New Market with Ezekiel. William Cabell was one of the cadets killed in the battle.","Drawing of Lola Montez, a British born dancer and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. She settled in New York and appeared on stage in the United States. Moses J. Ezekiel saw a performance in Richmond, Virginia sometime before 1861.","Drawing of Nadine Helbig, a Russian born author who married Wofgang Helbig.","Drawing of Mammy Keziah, an Ezekiel family slave.","Drawing of Mammy Keziah, an Ezekiel family slave.","Drawing of Mammy Mary, a slave owned by the Ezekiel family during Moses J. Ezekiel's childhood. He refers to her in his memoirs as \"my mammy Mary.\"","Drawing of Mary Custis Lee (1806-1873) who was the great granddaughter of Martha Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee.","Drawing of Mary Custis Lee (1806-1873) who was the great granddaughter of Martha Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee.","Drawing of a crypt monument at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, New York.","Drawing of Mary Triplett of Richmond, Virginia. She was one of the \"belles\" of the city, along with Lizzy Cabell. She was the sister of Moses J. Ezekiel's fellow VMI cadet, John R. Triplett.","A drawing of a member of a German family with whom Moses J. Ezekiel was acquainted.","Drawing of Adolfo de Bosis and his wife. He was an Italian poet and lawyer who translated Shelley into Italian and edited the Review Il Convito.","Drawing of the wife of German publisher Daniel Collin.","Drawing of Nannie Whitmell Tunstall, the sister of John L. Tunstall, who attended VMI with Moses J. Ezekiel. In 1886, Ezekiel created a 16 by 21 inch marble intaglio bas-relief of Tunstall, made during her visit to Rome, Italy. The piece is owned by VMI.","Drawing of the Neptune statue Moses J. Ezekiel created for a fountain in Nettuno, Italy. The statue was destroyed during World War II.","Drawing of Otto von Bismarck, a Prussian statesman.","Drawing is likely of a slave in the Ezekiel household in Richmond, Virginia.  No further information is known at this time.","Drawing of Pan and Amor bas relief.","Drawing of Moses J. Ezekiel's proposed Robert E. Lee monument for a competition in 1886. Another sculptor's work was chosen and Ezekiel's concept was never executed.","Drawing of Robert Hausmann, a German cellist.","Drawing of Scott Shipp, VMI Class of 1859, who served as commandant and later as VMI's second superintendent. He was commandant during Moses J. Ezekiel's cadetship and was in command at the Battle of New Market.","Drawing of the Southern monument, which was one of the first monuments in the north dedicated to the Confederate soldier. It was commissioned by the Cincinnati, Ohio chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.","This drawing is based on the photo of Stonewall Jackson known as the Chancellorsville photograph.","A drawing of the entrance to Moses J. Ezekiel's studio, Baths of Diocletian, Rome.","Drawing of cadet Thomas G. Jefferson who was mortally wounded at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864.","Drawing of \"White Lucy,\" who was a slave in Richmond, Virginia during Moses J. Ezekiel's childhood. When her owner threatened sale, Jacob Ezekiel intervened and she was given the job of seamstress in the Ezekiel home. The family later rented a house for her, and she made a living as a washerwoman and seamstress. She died circa 1866. Her surname does not appear in Ezekiel's memoirs.","This memorial publication was sent from Moses J. Ezekiel to VMI Superintendent Scott Shipp. The publication is annotated by Shipp.","Photograph of Robert E. Lee and of Lee's Farewell Address. This photograph was given to Moses J. Ezekiel by Mrs. Robert E. Lee.","Ezekiel family scrapbook possibly compiled by H. C. Ezekiel. The scrapbook contains documents, most pertaining to various members of the Ezekiel family. Many documents are from the Civil War era, 1863-1865.","Typescript titled \"Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian.\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eManuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. 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Caldwell\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Henry Peck Fry (VMI Class of 1901), who was a newspaperman and writer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript list of speeches compiled by William Couper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVMI history\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStonewall Jackson\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClaudius Crozet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBattle of New Market\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRockbridge County, Virginia maps\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly Rockbridge County history\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocal history topics\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany of the items in this series were hand drawn by William Couper and are annotated, and/or are accompanied by related correspondence and notes. Some additional maps are filed separately in oversized (map case).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCity limits drawn in for 1778, 1847, 1850, and 1877.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawn by J. A. Champe, Jr. in 1912 and reprinted in 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy D. E. Brady with notations by William Couper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy D. E. Brady.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyed September 2, 1819.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSold to Sally C. P. Miller. Survey by Jas. C. C. Moore in 1853.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIsaac Campbell to George Brown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Moore to John Hoffman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Hoffman and Daniel Hoffman to James McDowell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE. S. Tutwiler lots.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Campbell Farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey made by James C. C. Moore in 1845.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwenty-seven lots on plat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivision of Campbell Land, east area between South Main-Taylor-Houston Streets. Map created by D. E. Brady.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. A. Rhoads Development on Taylor Street.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSketch done from insurance maps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCreated by the United States Geological Survey and reproduced in 1923.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLapsleys to Zachariah Johnson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Graham to Andrew Reid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBorden to Craighead to John Bowyer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTelford (Tedford)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Walker to William Graham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL. D. Hamric and Carolyn E. to T. B. Martin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuff Estate, will book 20-280\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC. W. Barger Estate. Attached EE-228.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyed for T. B. Martin in 1921.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDower of Elizabeth Moore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey by D. E. Brady in 1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCompiled by D. E. Brady.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey and drawn under the direction of John Wood in 1821.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the Campbell family and home, VMI and Lexington, Colonel and Mrs. Robert A. Marr, and Willoughby Beach.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes drawings and sports photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichmond Hill, New York (1910)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorfolk, Virginia (1910)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashington, D.C. (1910 and 1912)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilloughby Beach, Virginia (1910 and 1911)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorps at Jamestown Exposition (1907)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVMI (1910)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Aviation Meet, Belmont Park, Long Island, New York (October 1910)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVMI football team (November 1902)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamily pictures\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePA RR, NY Tunnel\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBear's Den, Virginia (1912)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrip through West (1911)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The William Couper papers document a portion of the life and career of Couper, a man notable for his research and publications about the history of VMI, Lexington, Rockbridge County, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia history and genealogy, Stonewall Jackson, and Claudius Crozet.","A significant portion of the papers consist of publication\nmanuscripts, notes, and other material related to Couper's major historical research projects (many of which were published). These include the following:\n \"One Hundred Years at VMI,\" a four volume comprehensive history of the Institute from it's founding in 1839 through 1939 \"The VMI New Market Cadets,\" which contains biographical information about the VMI cadets and staff who fought in the Civil War battle on May 15, 1864 \"Claudius Crozet,\" a biography of the notable 19th century Virginia Civil Engineer \"A History of the Shenandoah Valley,\" Virginia \"Stonewall Jackson Day by Day,\" which contains chronological account including events, anecdotes, clippings, transcribed correspondence, notes, and maps \nCouper's passion for the history of Lexington and Rockbridge County is evident in the substantial amount of local history research material found in his papers. Included are notes on a wide range of local history topics, as well as extensive research material (notes and maps) concerning the history of many local properties and the Lexington cemetery.","The papers also include material concerning the\nconstruction of Fort Jackson (South Carolina), Couper's\nspeeches and addresses, maps, scrapbooks, photograph albums, and correspondence.","Materials relating to the research and publication of William Couper's four volume history of VMI, published in 1939. Related items are located in oversized.","Notes, correspondence, and financial records related to the publication of William Couper's book about the VMI cadets who fought at the Battle of New Market, Virginia in May 1864. This book was published in 1933.","Notes by Joseph Reid Anderson, Jr., Torbett, and Echols, that regard General John C. Breckinridge and General Franz Sigel.","Paperback copy of the final publication \"The VMI New Market Cadets.\"","An account book, bank books, and balance sheets related to the publication of the \"The VMI New Market Cadets.\"","Typescript draft of the New Market anniversary address delivered by William Couper in Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hall.","Correspondence regarding publication of the pamphlet and \nprinted copies with corrections by William Couper.","Regards the reburial of New Market cadets and their grave markers.","Galley proofs, manuscript, and notes.","Materials related to the manuscript and\n                     publication, including notes, correspondence, and\n                     newspaper clippings.","Unpublished research material concerning the life of Thomas J. Jackson (General Stonewall Jackson).","Detailed notes regarding Stonwall Jackson's life, proceeding chronologically from birth to death.","Map by William Couper titled \"Movements of Gen. T. J. Stonewall Jackson, 1861-1863.\"","This series, including notes, clippings, and other material, covers a wide range of local history topics.\nRelated material is located separately in oversized (map cases).","Research material concerning local properties, including notes on plats, deeds, lots, and property owners.","Notes on large plats in Rockbridge, Augusta, and Botetourt Counties, Virginia.","Notes concerning lots, deeds, grants, early lots and annexations, and maps.","Notes concerning property owners.","The transcriptions of correspondence in this series are of letters found in the official correspondence of VMI Superintendent Francis H. Smith. The original letters are located in the VMI Archives, Records of the Superintendent.","The photograph includes the following individuals:\n Robert B. Allport Samuel K. Funkhouser Alfred P. Upshur Thomas C. Gordon William Couper Paul R. Camp James S. Easley Ellis C. Caldwell","Letters from Henry Peck Fry (VMI Class of 1901), who was a newspaperman and writer.","Typescript list of speeches compiled by William Couper.","Topics include the following:\n VMI history Stonewall Jackson Claudius Crozet Battle of New Market Rockbridge County, Virginia maps Early Rockbridge County history Local history topics","Many of the items in this series were hand drawn by William Couper and are annotated, and/or are accompanied by related correspondence and notes. Some additional maps are filed separately in oversized (map case).","City limits drawn in for 1778, 1847, 1850, and 1877.","Drawn by J. A. Champe, Jr. in 1912 and reprinted in 1952.","By D. E. Brady with notations by William Couper.","By D. E. Brady.","Surveyed September 2, 1819.","Sold to Sally C. P. Miller. Survey by Jas. C. C. Moore in 1853.","Isaac Campbell to George Brown.","William Moore to John Hoffman.","Elizabeth Hoffman and Daniel Hoffman to James McDowell.","E. S. Tutwiler lots.","The Campbell Farm.","Survey made by James C. C. Moore in 1845.","Twenty-seven lots on plat.","Division of Campbell Land, east area between South Main-Taylor-Houston Streets. Map created by D. E. Brady.","W. A. Rhoads Development on Taylor Street.","Sketch done from insurance maps.","Created by the United States Geological Survey and reproduced in 1923.","Lapsleys to Zachariah Johnson.","William Graham to Andrew Reid.","Borden to Craighead to John Bowyer.","Telford (Tedford)","Joseph Walker to William Graham.","L. D. Hamric and Carolyn E. to T. B. Martin.","Ruff Estate, will book 20-280","C. W. Barger Estate. Attached EE-228.","Surveyed for T. B. Martin in 1921.","Dower of Elizabeth Moore.","Survey by D. E. Brady in 1953.","Compiled by D. E. Brady.","Survey and drawn under the direction of John Wood in 1821.","Topics include the Campbell family and home, VMI and Lexington, Colonel and Mrs. Robert A. Marr, and Willoughby Beach.","Includes drawings and sports photographs.","Topics include the following:\n Richmond Hill, New York (1910) Norfolk, Virginia (1910) Washington, D.C. 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He played a major role in the construction of the railroad  tunnels and terminals for New York City.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1912\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePublished \"History of the Engineering, Construction and Equipment of the Pennsylvania Railroad New York Tunnels and Terminals.\"\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1917 June\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eCommissioned as a Major in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps and was assigned as a Construction Officer at Camp Jackson, South Carolina.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1918 March\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePromoted to Lieutenant Colonel and was in charge of building of the camp that became Fort Jackson, South Carolina.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1920\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eCompleted Army service in March, and then prepared a plan of development for the future of VMI, which was adopted by the VMI Board of Visitors in June.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1920-1921\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as the Assistant General Manager of the Associated General Contractors of America\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1921-1924\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eEmployed jointly by the Texas Company and the Southern Acid and Sulphur Company as an engineer to develop sulfur properties in Brazoria County, Texas.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1924\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed Business Executive in charge of the business activities at the Veterans' Bureau Station at Perry Point, Maryland.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1925\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed Business Executive at VMI.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1931-1933\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as Secretary and Treasurer of the VMI Alumni Association.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1933\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePublished the book \"The VMI New Market Cadets.\"\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1934\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eAppointed VMI Historiographer.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1934-1935\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as the President of the Association of Military Colleges and Universities in the United States.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1934-1945\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as Secretary and Treasurer of the Southern Conference (Athletics).\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1936\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePublished the book \"Claudius Crozet.\"\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1939\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePublished the book \"One Hundred Years at VMI\" and \"The Register of Former Cadets.\"\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1946-1948\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eServed as Vice President and President of the Southern Conference.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1952\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003ePublished the book \"A History of the Shenandoah Valley.\"\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1954\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eRetired from positions at VMI.\u003c/event\u003e\n        \u003c/eventgrp\u003e\n      \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n      \u003cchronitem\u003e\n        \u003cdate\u003e1964\u003c/date\u003e\n        \u003ceventgrp\u003e\n          \u003cevent\u003eDied February 15 at his home in Lexington, Virginia. 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Please excuse this poor apology for a letter for my room is crowded, and you know I never could write where there was a noise. Tell cousin Sarah that I intended to write to her this evening but really I have not time and she will have to excuse me this time. Give my best love to her and tell her that if she knew how I am pressed with my studies she will excuse me. Give my love to all the family and all my relations; remember me also to all my inquiring friends.","You must not expect many letters from me now as I can't find time to write. I must now close; please write by every opportunity. Tell Mollie that I will write to her the first opportunity I have.\nYour devoted son,\nS.F. Atwill.","Va. Mil. Institute\nJuly 28, 1864","S. B. Atwill Esq.\nMontrose, Westmoreland Co., Virginia.\nMy dear Sir,\nIt is indeed with much pain I am called upon to announce to you the sudden death of your son. The intelligence has just reached me from my sister in Staunton. 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I must now close as it is time to go in to Bible recitation. Please excuse this poor apology for a letter for my room is crowded, and you know I never could write where there was a noise. Tell cousin Sarah that I intended to write to her this evening but really I have not time and she will have to excuse me this time. Give my best love to her and tell her that if she knew how I am pressed with my studies she will excuse me. Give my love to all the family and all my relations; remember me also to all my inquiring friends.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYou must not expect many letters from me now as I can't find time to write. I must now close; please write by every opportunity. Tell Mollie that I will write to her the first opportunity I have.\nYour devoted son,\nS.F. Atwill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVa. Mil. Institute\nJuly 28, 1864\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eS. B. Atwill Esq.\nMontrose, Westmoreland Co., Virginia.\nMy dear Sir,\nIt is indeed with much pain I am called upon to announce to you the sudden death of your son. The intelligence has just reached me from my sister in Staunton. I copy that part of her letter\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Atwill died on Wednesday night and was buried on Thursday evening (21st). He was doing very well--went down to Harrisonburg on a visit, where he was thoughtless enough to take a cold bath, and returned here the next day, feeling quite unwell. He was taken with lockjaw--and notwithstanding it was feared and everything [done] to prevent it, nothing availed--and after three days of agony and suffering he died. In all his moments of quiet and reason, he expressed a perfect knowledge of his situation, and seemed to feel at peace. Ella Stribling nursed him day and night. Her father was away.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIt is not surprising that he was at peace. The Sunday before the Battle of New Market, he united himself with the church here and had given evidence that he was indeed a child of God.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Board of Visitors having directed that the remains of all the gallant youth who fell at the sanguinary Battle of New Market should be removed to the Institute, by the consent of the parents, it will afford us a mournful satisfaction to bury the remains of your son here, that they may be cared for, with the others to be deposited in our public cemetery.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWith my heartfelt sympathy with you in your affliction. I remain very respectfully,\u003cbr\u003e\nFrancis H. Smith, Superintendent\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJuly 29. 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If they do not receive them you must let me know.","I suppose you get the papers now, and have seen an account of our great victories in Maryland, therefore I will not bother you with an account of them. Have you heard from Rennie since he left? Please let me know where I can direct my letters so as he may get them. How does Pa get on with the farm since he left?","Yesterday one of my roommates (as it was his time) went out in the country foraging and about 12 o'clock he came in with two very nice chickens with their heads looking like some one had hit them with a rock; well I was not with Morgan but I guess the chickens tried to hurt him and he had to hit them in self defense. Anyhow we had a very nice breakfast this morning in old 45 (no. of our room) of fried chicken, butter, and warm biscuits which I assure you was not at all objectionable, and I think from experience that the old saying is true that \"stolen things always eat the sweetest.\"","Austin has quite gotten over his homesickness now and is very well; he is writing home also. I am in excellent health and spirits and hope before this reaches you, you may be enjoying the same blessing. I must now close as it is time to go in to Bible recitation. Please excuse this poor apology for a letter for my room is crowded, and you know I never could write where there was a noise. Tell cousin Sarah that I intended to write to her this evening but really I have not time and she will have to excuse me this time. Give my best love to her and tell her that if she knew how I am pressed with my studies she will excuse me. Give my love to all the family and all my relations; remember me also to all my inquiring friends.","You must not expect many letters from me now as I can't find time to write. I must now close; please write by every opportunity. Tell Mollie that I will write to her the first opportunity I have.\nYour devoted son,\nS.F. Atwill.","Va. Mil. Institute\nJuly 28, 1864","S. B. Atwill Esq.\nMontrose, Westmoreland Co., Virginia.\nMy dear Sir,\nIt is indeed with much pain I am called upon to announce to you the sudden death of your son. The intelligence has just reached me from my sister in Staunton. I copy that part of her letter","\"Mr. Atwill died on Wednesday night and was buried on Thursday evening (21st). He was doing very well--went down to Harrisonburg on a visit, where he was thoughtless enough to take a cold bath, and returned here the next day, feeling quite unwell. He was taken with lockjaw--and notwithstanding it was feared and everything [done] to prevent it, nothing availed--and after three days of agony and suffering he died. In all his moments of quiet and reason, he expressed a perfect knowledge of his situation, and seemed to feel at peace. Ella Stribling nursed him day and night. Her father was away.\"","It is not surprising that he was at peace. The Sunday before the Battle of New Market, he united himself with the church here and had given evidence that he was indeed a child of God.","The Board of Visitors having directed that the remains of all the gallant youth who fell at the sanguinary Battle of New Market should be removed to the Institute, by the consent of the parents, it will afford us a mournful satisfaction to bury the remains of your son here, that they may be cared for, with the others to be deposited in our public cemetery.","With my heartfelt sympathy with you in your affliction. I remain very respectfully, \nFrancis H. 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Letter regards exams, a request for money, and a story of students vying for the attention of a professor's \"prettie daughters.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from VMI, Lexington, Virginia. Letter regards family matters, cadet life, and an account of cadets stealing chickens from a local farmer in order to supplement the basic mess hall fare.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from VMI, Lexington, Virginia. Superintendent Francis H. Smith wrote this letter to notify the Atwill family of Samuel F. Atwill's death.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Samuel F. Atwill papers consist of two letters (dated 1862) written by Cadet Atwill to his parents that relate anecdotes about life at VMI. The papers also include one letter (dated July 1864) from Superintendent Francis H. 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Please excuse this poor apology for a letter for my room is crowded, and you know I never could write where there was a noise. Tell cousin Sarah that I intended to write to her this evening but really I have not time and she will have to excuse me this time. Give my best love to her and tell her that if she knew how I am pressed with my studies she will excuse me. Give my love to all the family and all my relations; remember me also to all my inquiring friends.","You must not expect many letters from me now as I can't find time to write. I must now close; please write by every opportunity. Tell Mollie that I will write to her the first opportunity I have.\nYour devoted son,\nS.F. Atwill.","Va. Mil. Institute\nJuly 28, 1864","S. B. Atwill Esq.\nMontrose, Westmoreland Co., Virginia.\nMy dear Sir,\nIt is indeed with much pain I am called upon to announce to you the sudden death of your son. The intelligence has just reached me from my sister in Staunton. 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I must now close as it is time to go in to Bible recitation. Please excuse this poor apology for a letter for my room is crowded, and you know I never could write where there was a noise. Tell cousin Sarah that I intended to write to her this evening but really I have not time and she will have to excuse me this time. Give my best love to her and tell her that if she knew how I am pressed with my studies she will excuse me. Give my love to all the family and all my relations; remember me also to all my inquiring friends.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYou must not expect many letters from me now as I can't find time to write. I must now close; please write by every opportunity. Tell Mollie that I will write to her the first opportunity I have.\nYour devoted son,\nS.F. Atwill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVa. Mil. Institute\nJuly 28, 1864\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eS. B. Atwill Esq.\nMontrose, Westmoreland Co., Virginia.\nMy dear Sir,\nIt is indeed with much pain I am called upon to announce to you the sudden death of your son. The intelligence has just reached me from my sister in Staunton. I copy that part of her letter\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Atwill died on Wednesday night and was buried on Thursday evening (21st). He was doing very well--went down to Harrisonburg on a visit, where he was thoughtless enough to take a cold bath, and returned here the next day, feeling quite unwell. He was taken with lockjaw--and notwithstanding it was feared and everything [done] to prevent it, nothing availed--and after three days of agony and suffering he died. In all his moments of quiet and reason, he expressed a perfect knowledge of his situation, and seemed to feel at peace. Ella Stribling nursed him day and night. Her father was away.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIt is not surprising that he was at peace. The Sunday before the Battle of New Market, he united himself with the church here and had given evidence that he was indeed a child of God.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Board of Visitors having directed that the remains of all the gallant youth who fell at the sanguinary Battle of New Market should be removed to the Institute, by the consent of the parents, it will afford us a mournful satisfaction to bury the remains of your son here, that they may be cared for, with the others to be deposited in our public cemetery.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWith my heartfelt sympathy with you in your affliction. I remain very respectfully,\u003cbr\u003e\nFrancis H. Smith, Superintendent\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJuly 29. Cadet Brockenbrough the roommate of your lamented son has just handed me the enclosed letter from Miss Ella Stribling which I am sure will read by you with deep interest as it gies more fully the particulars.\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Transcription","Transcription","Transcription"],"odd_tesim":["V.M. Institute\nSept 28th, 1862","My dear Mother-\nIn vain have I been looking for a letter from you now for a long time, but have not received one since Austin arrived, and I am getting quite uneasy about you all; but I hope that nothing is the matter with you all. I wrote to you (or Pa I should have said) Sunday before last, and I would have written to you last Sunday but but \"circumstances alter cases\" and I could not get an opportunity. How is your health getting? Oh! I hope you are perfectly well by this time. Is Cousins Magie and Betie staying with you now? If they are give my love to them and tell them that I answered their letters when I wrote to Pa. If they do not receive them you must let me know.","I suppose you get the papers now, and have seen an account of our great victories in Maryland, therefore I will not bother you with an account of them. Have you heard from Rennie since he left? Please let me know where I can direct my letters so as he may get them. How does Pa get on with the farm since he left?","Yesterday one of my roommates (as it was his time) went out in the country foraging and about 12 o'clock he came in with two very nice chickens with their heads looking like some one had hit them with a rock; well I was not with Morgan but I guess the chickens tried to hurt him and he had to hit them in self defense. Anyhow we had a very nice breakfast this morning in old 45 (no. of our room) of fried chicken, butter, and warm biscuits which I assure you was not at all objectionable, and I think from experience that the old saying is true that \"stolen things always eat the sweetest.\"","Austin has quite gotten over his homesickness now and is very well; he is writing home also. I am in excellent health and spirits and hope before this reaches you, you may be enjoying the same blessing. I must now close as it is time to go in to Bible recitation. Please excuse this poor apology for a letter for my room is crowded, and you know I never could write where there was a noise. Tell cousin Sarah that I intended to write to her this evening but really I have not time and she will have to excuse me this time. Give my best love to her and tell her that if she knew how I am pressed with my studies she will excuse me. Give my love to all the family and all my relations; remember me also to all my inquiring friends.","You must not expect many letters from me now as I can't find time to write. I must now close; please write by every opportunity. Tell Mollie that I will write to her the first opportunity I have.\nYour devoted son,\nS.F. Atwill.","Va. Mil. Institute\nJuly 28, 1864","S. B. Atwill Esq.\nMontrose, Westmoreland Co., Virginia.\nMy dear Sir,\nIt is indeed with much pain I am called upon to announce to you the sudden death of your son. The intelligence has just reached me from my sister in Staunton. I copy that part of her letter","\"Mr. Atwill died on Wednesday night and was buried on Thursday evening (21st). He was doing very well--went down to Harrisonburg on a visit, where he was thoughtless enough to take a cold bath, and returned here the next day, feeling quite unwell. He was taken with lockjaw--and notwithstanding it was feared and everything [done] to prevent it, nothing availed--and after three days of agony and suffering he died. In all his moments of quiet and reason, he expressed a perfect knowledge of his situation, and seemed to feel at peace. Ella Stribling nursed him day and night. Her father was away.\"","It is not surprising that he was at peace. The Sunday before the Battle of New Market, he united himself with the church here and had given evidence that he was indeed a child of God.","The Board of Visitors having directed that the remains of all the gallant youth who fell at the sanguinary Battle of New Market should be removed to the Institute, by the consent of the parents, it will afford us a mournful satisfaction to bury the remains of your son here, that they may be cared for, with the others to be deposited in our public cemetery.","With my heartfelt sympathy with you in your affliction. I remain very respectfully, \nFrancis H. 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Letter regards exams, a request for money, and a story of students vying for the attention of a professor's \"prettie daughters.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from VMI, Lexington, Virginia. Letter regards family matters, cadet life, and an account of cadets stealing chickens from a local farmer in order to supplement the basic mess hall fare.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from VMI, Lexington, Virginia. Superintendent Francis H. Smith wrote this letter to notify the Atwill family of Samuel F. Atwill's death.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Samuel F. Atwill papers consist of two letters (dated 1862) written by Cadet Atwill to his parents that relate anecdotes about life at VMI. The papers also include one letter (dated July 1864) from Superintendent Francis H. 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