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Preferred Citation

Samuel G. Wingfield notebook, 1864-1865. MS 0137. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Griffin Wingfield was born in 1846 in Bedford County, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1867 and was a New Market cadet. He also was the Mayor of Lynchburg, Virginia, and a lawyer. Wingfield died in 1901 in Lynchburg.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one notebook. The cover bears the notation "S. G. Wingfield-VMI-1864 & 65." The notebook contains brief farewell inscriptions written by Wingfield's classmates in 1865. At the end there is a short play or skit, likely an original.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• New Market Cadets
• Notebooks
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet compositions—Prose
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1860-1869
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1867