Samuel G. Wingfield notebookMS.0137Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-09 17:46:57 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives Samuel G. Wingfield notebook Wingfield, Samuel G. (Samuel Griffin), 1846-1901 MS.0137 /repositories/3/resources/217 1 items approximately 20 pages 6.5 inches x 8 inches 1864-1865 Manuscripts stacks English . Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one notebook. The cover bears the notation "S. G. Wingfield-VMI-1864 & 65." The notebook contains brief farewell inscriptions written by Wingfield's classmates in 1865. At the end there is a short play or skit, likely an original.

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Griffin Wingfield was born in 1846 in Bedford County, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1867 and was a New Market cadet. He also was the Mayor of Lynchburg, Virginia, and a lawyer. Wingfield died in 1901 in Lynchburg.

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Samuel G. Wingfield notebook, 1864-1865. MS 0137. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

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