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Preferred Citation

Lawrence Royster Civil War parole document, 1865 May 16. MS 0069. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the estate of Lawrence Royster.

Biographical / Historical

Lawrence Royster was born in New Kent County, Virginia on January 14, 1841 to John W. Royster M. D. and Susan Wilkinson. In April 1861 he enlisted as a Private with Company A, 1st Virginia Infantry (became Company G, 12th Virginia), leaving in January 1862 to enter VMI. While at the VMI, Royster fought in the Battle of New Market as a Cadet Corporal, Company A. He was also with the Corps in the trenches in Richmond, Virginia. He resigned his cadetship on March 31, 1865 to enlist as a Private with Company G, Colonel John S. Mosby's Regiment (43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry). After the War, he was a Clerk of Courts in Nofolk, Virginia, where he died on December 1, 1907.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one Civil War parole document granted to Lawrence Royster after surrender of the Confederacy, dated May 16, 1865, Charlottesville, Virginia. The document gives him "permission to go to his home in Richmond, Virginia."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Confederate States of America
• Military records
• New Market Cadets
• Royster, Lawrence, 1841-1914
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1866