Edward S. Hutter diary

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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:

Edward S. Hutter diary, 1858. MS 0013. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Hutter, Edward S. (Edward Sixtus), 1839-1904
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Edward S. Hutter diary, 1858. MS 0013. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the one volume diary of VMI cadet Edward S. Hutter and covers the period between January to December 1858. The earliest entries were written while Hutter was on sick leave and contain mostly family references. Later entries mention VMI faculty members, friends, the Society of Cadets (a student debating club), room occupants, infractions noted while on Guard Duty, and other aspects of cadet life.

Biographical / historical:

Edward Sixtus Hutter was born on September 18, 1839 at the family home, Sanduskey [Sandusky], near Lynchburg, Virginia. He was the son of George Christian Hutter, a United States Army officer, and Harriet Risque. Hutter enrolled at VMI in 1856 and graduated in 1859, standing 5th out of 29 graduates. He subsequently read law with Judge John Brockenbrough in Lexington, Virginia and then continued his legal education at the University of Virginia. While at the University (1860-1861) he was Captain of a local militia unit known as Captain E. S. Hutter's company (Southern Guards).

When the Civil War began in the Spring of 1861, Hutter's company served briefly at Harpers's Ferry until the unit was disbanded on May 8, 1861. Hutter was then appointed 1st Lieutenant in the Provisional Army of Virginia and went on to serve in various capacities throughout the war. Among other duties, he was an aide to General J. E. B. Stuart, served in Captain W. H. Otey's Company of Virginia Light Artillery, and commanded the Danville (Virginia) Arsenal. At war's end he held the rank of Major.

After the Civil War, Hutter was in the insurance business and worked as a civil engineer. He married Nannie Langhorne of Lynchburg on December 19, 1861 and the couple had thirteen children. Hutter died at the home of one of his sons at Pittsville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on June 23, 1904, and his body was returned to Lynchburg for burial.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks