James W. Cooper letter

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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Preferred citation:

James W. Cooper letter, 1869 March 26. MS 0185. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Cooper, James W. (James Washington), 1842-1918 and Ford, James L. (James Leven), 1849-1932
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

James W. Cooper letter, 1869 March 26. MS 0185. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of one letter (dated March 26, 1869) from James W. Cooper to VMI Commandant Scott Shipp. The letter tenders Cooper's resignation as Sergeant of D Company. An endorsement by Cadet Captain James L. Ford (VMI Class of 1869) is on the verso.

Biographical / historical:

James Washington Cooper was born in 1842 in Bedford County, Tennessee. He graduated VMI in 1870. During the Civil War he was an officer with the Confederate States of America. Cooper died in 1918 in Arkansas.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks