| Title |
Tomb of Stonewall Jackson, Lexington, Virginia, circa 1941-1970
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| Description |
Tomb of Stonewall Jackson, Lexington, Virginia, circa 1941-1970. Captions reads: "The burial place in the Lexington, Va., cemetery of Confederate General Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson (1824-1863). He was born in Clarksburg, W.Va. At an early age left an orphan, educated in a country school, and at 18 was appointed to West Point. After five years in the Mexican War, he became a member of the faculty at Virginia Military Institute (1851-1861). The statue above his grave is reverently visited by V.M.I. Cadets and other admiring students of his distinguished and brilliant military career." Postcard number: C17914.
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| Extent |
2 images; Postcards; color |
| Date |
1941/1970 |
| Creator |
Zink, Bill
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| Location |
Staunton; United States; Berkeley; California; North America; Virginia; Lexington |
| Subject(s) |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863; Postcards; Tombs & sepulchral monuments |
| Citation |
Institute of American Deltiology postcard collection |
| Permanent Link |
https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/13711
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| Rights |
http://vocab.lib.umd.edu/rightsStatement#CNE
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| Terms of Use |
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the University of Maryland Libraries.
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