Thomas B. Tredway 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:

Thomas B. Tredway letter, 1862 February 17. MS 0176. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Tredway, Thomas B. (Thomas Booker), 1844-1863
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Thomas B. Tredway letter, 1862 February 17. MS 0176. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of one letter (dated February 17, 1862) from Thomas B. Tredway to his father, William Marshall Tredway of Chatham, Virginia. Thomas discusses VMI's daily academic routine, the food served to cadets (beef, molasses, bread, and butter), regulations, and mentions that the cadets have offered their services to Governor John Letcher.

Written from VMI, Lexington, Virginia. Letter discusses VMI's daily academic routine, the food served to cadets (beef, molasses, bread, and butter), regulations, and mentions that the cadets have offered their services to Governor John Letcher.

Biographical / historical:

Thomas Booker Tredway was born in 1844 in Danville, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1865. During the Civil War he was a Sergeant with Company I, 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America. Tredway was killed in July 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks