Happy Founders Day, and Veterans Day to all. Speaking of Founders Day, here’s something I put together on the first twenty-five cadets who matriculated on 11 Nov 1839, drawn from the Wise book, noted below. The First Twenty-Five Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute (The Class of 1842, Matriculated 11 Nov 1839) There were seventy-five applicants for the first class of cadets; twenty-five matriculated and of those, sixteen graduated. Those twenty-five are listed below. Names in bold type denote graduates; underlined names denote CSA veterans. Joseph Wayt Bell, Augusta County Charles Everett Carter, Albemarle County (one of two members […]![]()
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