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Tignal Jones "T.J." Morton letters, 1860/1861 Box 1, Folder 27

Six letters written by Virginia Military Institute (V.M.I.) cadet Tignal Jones "T.J." Morton of Mecklenburg County, Virginia during the year preceeding Virginia's secession from the United States and the American Civil War. Cadet Morton's letters document his academic, military, and social experience as a cadet at the military school in Lexington, Virginia. Of note are letters pertaining to the fervor of local pro and anti-Secessionists and an important incident in which a Secession flag was raised at V.M.I. and challenged by the Lexington residents. Morton was a Secessionist and left V.M.I. to served in the Confederate Army in 1862. He served as an officer in both the 56th Virginia Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia and the 53rd Tennessee Infantry in the western theater of the war.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Civil War manuscript collection, 1852/1986

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