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Preferred Citation

Harris W. Garrow letters, 1904-1916. MS 0151. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Harris Walker Garrow was born in 1846 in Mobile, Alabama. He graduated VMI in 1865 and was a New Market cadet. After the Civil War he was a cotton merchant. Garrow died in 1916 in Houston, Texas.

Scope and Contents

The Harris W. Garrow letters consist of correspondence (2 items) related to Garrow. The first letter (dated June 9, 1904) is from Rose Pendleton to Garrow, in which Pendleton thanks Garrow for his contribution to the hospital fund. The second letter (dated December 2, 1916) is from Garrow to A. B. Thorburn of Liverpool, England, in which Garrow mentions the New Market Medal.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• New Market Cadets
• New Market, Battle of, New Market, Va., 1864
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1865