Thomas M. Semmes manuscript

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
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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:

Thomas M. Semmes manuscript, circa 1892. MS 0166. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Semmes, Thomas M. (Thomas Middleton), 1840-1904
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Thomas M. Semmes manuscript, circa 1892. MS 0166. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of one manuscript (holograph, 38 pages) of a speech given by VMI modern manguages professor Thomas M. Semmes. The speech concerns Stonewall Jackson and was presented in Richmond, Virginia, circa 1892. Semmes (VMI Class of 1860) was a cadet during the time that Jackson was on the VMI faculty.

Biographical / historical:

Thomas Middleton Semmes was born in 1840 in Caroline County, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1860. During the Civil War he was a Lieutenant with the Arkansas regiment, Confederate States of America. From 1860 to 1904, Semmes was a VMI faculty member. He died in 1904 in Lexington, Virginia.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks
Physical facet:
holograph, 38 pages