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Preferred Citation

John B. Mosby papers, 1870-1873. MS 0128. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

John Burk Mosby was born in 1853 in Washington County, Mississippi. He graduated VMI in 1875 and went on to become a planter. He died in 1876 at Loughborough Plantation, Washington County.

Scope and Contents

The John B. Mosby papers consist of six letters from Mosby to family members. Those letters dated 1870 to 1871 concern family matters. The letters written in 1873 from VMI contain references to faculty, academics, and cadet life. These papers also include a grade report for April 1872.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Academic records
• Correspondence
• Mosby Family
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1870-1879
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1875
• Virginia Military Institute—Curricula
• Virginia Military Institute—Faculty—Anecdotes