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Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions

Preferred Citation

Simeon B. Gibbons notebook, 1849-1852. MS 0046. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Simeon Beauford Gibbons was born on May 25, 1833 in Page County, Virginia to Samuel Gibbons (1806-1870) and Christina Miller. He entered the third (sophomore) class at VMI on July 21, 1849 and graduated on July 4, 1852. He went on to be a civil engineer, teacher, and merchant. Gibbons served on the VMI Board of Visitors from 1859 to 1860.

During the Civil War, Gibbons was Captain of the Virginia Volunteers and Colonel of the 10th Virginia Infantry. He was killed in battle on May 8, 1862 in McDowell, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

This collections consists of a one volume notebook book that belonged to VMI Cadet Simeon B. Gibbons. The book contains notes, poetry, lists, and other writings.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Notebooks
• Poetry
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1840-1849
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1850-1859
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—19th century
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1852