A Guide to the Thomas Nelson Conrad Book Manuscript, 1891-1893
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number
Ms1989-095
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Scope and Content
Born in Fairfax Court House, Virginia; graduated from Dickinson College in 1857. During the Civil War he served as a captain in the Third Virginia Cavalry. President of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) from 1882 to 1886. Papers consist of the original manuscript of The Rebel Scout: A Thrilling History of Scouting Life in the Southern Army, written by Conrad from 1891 to 1893, and published in 1904.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Civil War
- Faculty
- Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- University Archives
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College