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Preferred Citation

Thomas M. Semmes manuscript, circa 1892. MS 0166. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Middleton Semmes was born in 1840 in Caroline County, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1860. During the Civil War he was a Lieutenant with the Arkansas regiment, Confederate States of America. From 1860 to 1904, Semmes was a VMI faculty member. He died in 1904 in Lexington, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one manuscript (holograph, 38 pages) of a speech given by VMI modern manguages professor Thomas M. Semmes. The speech concerns Stonewall Jackson and was presented in Richmond, Virginia, circa 1892. Semmes (VMI Class of 1860) was a cadet during the time that Jackson was on the VMI faculty.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
• Speeches, Addresses, etc.
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1860
• Virginia Military Institute—Faculty