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Preferred Citation

VMI Civil War claims documents, 1913-1915. MS 0241. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two documents that concern VMI's claim against the United States government for "damages and destruction of library, scientific appartatus and the quarters of professors in June 1864," while Union troops occupied Lexington, Virginia. VMI was awarded $100,000 in 1915.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• DuPont, Henry
• United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Claims
• Virginia Military Institute—History