Conditions Governing Use

Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

George P. C. Rumbough commencement speech manuscript, 1856 July 4. MS 0249. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

George Philip Cowles Rumbough was born in 1834 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1856. During the Civil War he was a staff officer with the Confederate States of America. After the War, he was a civil engineer and State Engineer of Arkansas. Rumbough died in 1916 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one manuscript (10 pages) of the commencement speech delivered by VMI Cadet George P. C. Rumbough on July 4, 1856.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Manuscripts
• Speeches, Addresses, etc.
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1850-1859
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1856
• Virginia Military Institute—Speeches, addresses, etc.