Cary C. Cocke lettersMS.0189Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-09 17:47:27 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives Cary C. Cocke letters Cocke, Cary C. (Cary Charles), 1814-1888 MS.0189 /repositories/3/resources/269 3 items 1863-1864 Manuscripts stacks English . Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three letters (dated 1863-1864) written by Cary C. Cocke to Fayette Jones and Harrison B. Tomlin. Topics include mutual friends (Josh Jones' family) who were forced to leave their home in Norfolk, Virginia, and other news of wartime civilian life. The letter dated December 22, 1864 contains references to Cocke's sonm John H. Cocke, a VMI cadet.

Biographical / Historical

Cary Charles Cocke (1814-1888) was a physician. His son, John Hartwell Cocke was born in 1847 in Bremo Bluff, Virginia. John H. Cocke graduated VMI in 1868 and went on to become a farmer. John died in 1920.

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Cary C. Cocke letters, 1863-1864. MS 0189. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1868 United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Home life Correspondence Cocke, John H. (John Hartwell), 1847-1920