George M. Edgar letters, 1864/1885

Access and use

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:

George M. Edgar letters, 1864-1885. MS 0094. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2 items
Creator:
Edgar, George M. (George Mathews), 1837-1913
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

George M. Edgar letters, 1864-1885. MS 0094. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The George M. Edgar letters collection consists of two letters. The first letter (dated May 17, 1864) is from C. A. De Russy to Edgar. The letter commends Edgar for the assistance rendered by his battalion at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864.

The second letter (dated June 1, 1885) is from Edgar to James E. Blankenship's (VMI Class of 1852). In this letter, Edgar replies to Blankenship's application for a job.

Written from near Harrisonburg, Virginia. The letter commends Edgar for the assistance rendered by his battalion at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864.

Written from Fayetteville, Arkansas. The letter replies to James E. Blankenship's application for a job.

Biographical / historical:

George Mathews Edgar was born in 1837 in Monroe County, West Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1856 and went on to become a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate States of America. After the Civil War, Edgar was an educator. He died in 1913 in Paris, Kentucky.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks