Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Jacob Kent Langhorne Papers, mss 00361, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, Virginia.

Alternative Form

The Langhorne Papers are available in full-text format on the VMI Archives website at: http://www.vmi.edu/archives/manuscripts/ms361.html

Biographical/Historical Information

Jacob Kent Langhorne ("Kent") was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, on March 1, 1845. He matriculated at the Virginia Military Institute in August 1862 and left VMI in February 1863 to join the Confederate Army. Langhorne enlisted in Company C, 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment and was killed in battle at Brandy Station on June 9, 1863. He is buried in the Crockett-Kent graveyard near Shawsville, Virginia.

Scope and Content Information

The papers consist of 17 Civil War letters (Sept 1862-May 1863) from Jacob Kent Langhorne to various members of his family, written during his Virginia Military Institute cadetship and his service in the Confederate Army with the 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment. Topics include cadet life, family matters, camp life.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically.