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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 580 items) |
Abstract | George Mathews Edgar of Monroe County, Va. (now West Virginia), was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Confederate lieutenant colonel, president of schools in Kentucky and Mississippi and of the University of Arkansas, and a professor at the universities of Alabama and Florida. The collection is chiefly postwar writings by Edgar and correspondence with other veterans, all concerning the Battle of New Market and other Civil War battles in Virginia, and a large group of testimonial letters and resolutions used by Edgar in seeking positions as teacher, professor, and president of various institutions all over the South. |
Creator | Edgar, George Mathews, 1837-1913. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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George Mathews Edgar of Monroe County, Va. (now West Virginia), was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Confederate lieutenant colonel, president of schools in Kentucky and Mississippi and of the University of Arkansas, and a professor at the universities of Alabama and Florida.
Back to TopThe collection is chiefly postwar writings by Edgar and correspondence with other veterans, all concerning the Battle of New Market and other Civil War battles in Virginia, and a large group of testimonial letters and resolutions used by Edgar in seeking positions as teacher, professor, and president of various institutions all over the South.
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Back to TopProcessed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, May 2011; Nancy Kaiser, May 2021
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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