http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/img/EV_Logo_sm.gif This is the url http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org The first and ultimate online reference work about the Commonwealth /Dyer_Carrie_Victoria_1839-1921 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:28:11 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Dyer_Carrie_Victoria_1839-1921 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:28:11 EST]]> /Dawson_Thomas_1715-1760 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:12:44 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Dawson_Thomas_1715-1760 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:12:44 EST]]> /Bryan_John_Stewart_1871-1944 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:30:41 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Bryan_John_Stewart_1871-1944 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:30:41 EST]]> /Blair_James_ca_1655-1743 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:34:17 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Blair_James_ca_1655-1743 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:34:17 EST]]> /Slavery_at_the_University_of_Virginia Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:02:07 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Slavery_at_the_University_of_Virginia Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:02:07 EST]]> /University_of_Virginia_Board_of_Visitors_Minutes_October_4-5_1824 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:08:19 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/University_of_Virginia_Board_of_Visitors_Minutes_October_4-5_1824 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:08:19 EST]]> /University_of_Virginia_Board_of_Visitors_Minutes_July_5-6_1865 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:38:22 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/University_of_Virginia_Board_of_Visitors_Minutes_July_5-6_1865 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:38:22 EST]]> /Central_College_Board_of_Visitors_Minutes_October_7_1817 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:22:17 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Central_College_Board_of_Visitors_Minutes_October_7_1817 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:22:17 EST]]> /Dorm_Life_an_excerpt_fromHistory_of_the_University_of_Virginia_1819-1919by_Philip_Alexander_Bruce_1920-1922 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:56:27 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Dorm_Life_an_excerpt_fromHistory_of_the_University_of_Virginia_1819-1919by_Philip_Alexander_Bruce_1920-1922 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:56:27 EST]]> /University_of_Virginia_Board_of_Visitors_Minutes_July_4-7_1840 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:09:10 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/University_of_Virginia_Board_of_Visitors_Minutes_July_4-7_1840 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:09:10 EST]]> /Conrad_Thomas_Nelson_1837-1905 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:10:19 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Conrad_Thomas_Nelson_1837-1905 Thomas Nelson Conrad was a Confederate spy during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University). Conrad was the head of the Georgetown Institute, a boys' school in the District of Columbia at the start of the Civil War. An open Confederate sympathizer, he worked as a spy throughout the war, even while serving as chaplain of the 3rd Virginia Cavalry. After the war, Conrad became principal of a boys' school in Blacksburg, and when it was absorbed into the new agricultural college, attempted to become president. He finally succeeded when the Readjusters took power in 1882, and under his leadership, the school introduced literary and scientific studies, increased spending on the library, and reorganized its military program to resemble the curriculum of the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. After the Readjusters lost power, Conrad was dismissed as president in 1886. He taught in Maryland, worked for the U.S. Census Bureau in Washington, D.C., and published two memoirs of his war experiences before retiring to a farm in Prince William County. He died in 1905 in Washington.
Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:10:19 EST]]> /Washington_College_During_the_Civil_War Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:30:16 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Washington_College_During_the_Civil_War Washington College in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia, was a small but lively liberal arts college in the Shenandoah Valley. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), its students largely supported Virginia's secession from the Union while its older faculty members, including the Presbyterian clergyman Dr. George Junkin, the father-in-law of future Confederate general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, were staunch Unionists. A company of infantry formed at the school became part of the Stonewall Brigade. In June 1864, during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, Union general David Hunter entered Lexington and ransacked the college. In an effort to rejuvenate the college following the war, the Board of Trustees hired former Confederate general Robert E. Lee to serve as college president, which he did until his death in 1870.
Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:30:16 EST]]> /Virginia_Military_Institute_During_the_Civil_War Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:55:45 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Virginia_Military_Institute_During_the_Civil_War The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is a state-funded military academy founded in 1839. Located in the Shenandoah Valley town of Lexington, it was only the second governmental military academy in the United States, after the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York (founded in 1802), and represented increased educational opportunity for non-elite southern men. Future Confederate generals Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and John McCausland were VMI instructors during John Brown's raid on the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859, and they led cadets to his execution in Charles Town, where they helped to provide security. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), approximately 1,800 VMI graduates served (including 19 in the U.S. Army), with about 250 of them killed in action. Cadets famously were called to fight in the Battle of New Market, contributing to the Confederate victory on May 15, 1864. In June, Union general David Hunter ordered the school burned, and the cadets relocated to Richmond, where they helped to defend the Confederate capital.
Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:55:45 EST]]> /Emory_and_Henry_College_During_the_Civil_War Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:43:01 EST http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Emory_and_Henry_College_During_the_Civil_War Emory and Henry College, located in the town of Emory in Washington County, is the oldest college in southwestern Virginia and was attended by the future Confederate cavalry general J. E. B. Stuart. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the school was closed while many of its students fought in the Confederate army, and the Confederate government used its buildings to establish the Emory Confederate States Hospital. After the nearby Battle of Saltville in October 1864, wounded Union soldiers, including members of the 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry, were treated there. On the morning of October 3, Confederate soldiers reportedly killed several black troopers and their white lieutenant in what has come to be known as the "Saltville Massacre."
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