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Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions.

Online Access

A portion of the Thomas T. Munford papers are avaliable online .

Preferred Citation

Thomas T. Munford papers, 1845-1865. MS 0158. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Taylor Munford was born in 1831 in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1852 and went on to become a farmer and businessman. During the Civil War he was a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. Munford died in 1918 in Uniontown, Alabama.

Scope and Contents

The Thomas T. Munford papers consist of the personal papers of Munford, including: One letter (dated April 18, 1861) to Charles Ellis that discusses the outbreak of war One letter (dated May 9, 1864) to George P. Tayloe, Munford's father-in-law, that discusses the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia One letter (dated May 21, 1865) to Sallie Munford, Munford's niece, that expresses sadness caused by the South's defeat One photostat of Munford's Special Orders No. 6 (dated April 25, 1865) One architecture textbook used by Munford during his cadetship at VMI, including his original sketches and annotations Eleven receipts (dated 1845-1847) that show payments of George W. Munford to Claudius Crozet for schooling of his sons

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Crozet, Claudius, 1790-1864
• Orders (military records)
• Receipts (financial records)
• Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864
• Textbooks
• United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Personal narratives
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet drawings
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1850-1859
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1852
• Virginia Military Institute—Curricula
• Virginia—History—Civil War, 1861-1865