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Size | 18 items |
Abstract | C. D. Forrer (fl. 1889) entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. in August 1899. He resigned a few months later to avoid being dismissed for failure in his studies. The collection includes letters from Forrer while he was a cadet at the United States Military Academy to his father, Samuel Forrer, in Augusta County, Va., describing daily life as a new cadet and mentioning many classmates. The letters date from his arrival to his resignation. |
Creator | Forrer, C. D., fl. 1889. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, May 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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C. D. Forrer (fl. 1889) entered the United States Militlary Academy at West Point, N.Y. in August 1899. He resigned a few months later to avoid being dismissed for failure in his studies.
Back to TopThe collection includes letters from C. D. Forrer while he was a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., to his father, Samuel Forrer, in Augusta County, Va., describing daily life as a new cadet and mentioning many classmates. The letters date from Forrer's arrival for entrance examinations to his resignation several months later to avoid being dismissed for failure in his studies.
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