John B. Mosby 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
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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:

John B. Mosby papers, 1870-1873. MS 0128. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
7 items
Creator:
Mosby, John B. (John Burk), 1853-1876
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

John B. Mosby papers, 1870-1873. MS 0128. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The John B. Mosby papers consist of six letters from Mosby to family members. Those letters dated 1870 to 1871 concern family matters. The letters written in 1873 from VMI contain references to faculty, academics, and cadet life. These papers also include a grade report for April 1872.

Biographical / historical:

John Burk Mosby was born in 1853 in Washington County, Mississippi. He graduated VMI in 1875 and went on to become a planter. He died in 1876 at Loughborough Plantation, Washington County.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks