William T. Hardy papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
Phone: (540) 464-7516
Phone: (540) 464-7566
Fax: (540) 464-7089
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

William T. Hardy papers, 1855-1865. MS 0084. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.25 cubic feet
Creator:
Hardy, William T. (William Thomas), 1834-1911
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

William T. Hardy papers, 1855-1865. MS 0084. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The William T. Hardy papers consist of drawing exercises (bound notebook and unbound drawings) completed while Hardy was a VMI cadet, and one Civil War letter (dated May 12, 1864) to his wife, in which he briefly discusses battle at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia.

Biographical / historical:

William Thomas Hardy was born in 1834 in Norfolk, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1855. During the Civil War he was Captain, Quartermaster, Confederate States Army. After the War he was a farmer and died in 1911.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks