John L. Tunstall 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
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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 L. Tunstall papers, 1866-1867. MS 0181. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
5 items
Creator:
Tunstall, John L. (John Liggat), 1845-1877
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

John L. Tunstall papers, 1866-1867. MS 0181. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The John L. Tunstall papers consist of the personal papers (five items) Tunstall, including:

  • One letter from Tunstall to his mother, in which he describes the cermonies marking the second anniversary of the Battle of New Market (including the reinterment of five of the cadets killed at New Market), recalls the horror of the Civil War, and mentions visit of Robert E. Lee to Stonewall Jackson's gravesite
  • Two notebooks containing VMI engineering class notes
  • One photograph album containing approximately 33 images of classmates, family, and others
  • One book from Tunstall's personal library titled "The Sociable Story Teller"

Biographical / historical:

John Liggat Tunstall was born in 1845 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1867 and was a New Market cadet. He went on to become a farmer in Nelson County, Virginia, and died in 1877.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks