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Need to develop: First Headmaster of Episcopal, Episcopal Minister, Confederate General, Organized the Rockbridge Artillery

a clipping from the Alexandria Gazette which recounts a story of Franklin Stringfellow, the famed Confederate spy. the author goes on to note his choice to become an Episcopalian minister after the war.

The illustrated newspaper described it, "The war in Virginia--Capture of three Rebel guns, near Culpeper, by General Custen's cavalry brigade, Sept. 14 / from a sketch by our special artist, Mr. Edwin Forbes."

An article published by the V.T.S. on the legacy of the late Philips Brooks, who was a graduate of the V.T.S. and famous abolitionist preacher during the Civil War. The article addressed the critiques and discontents of Brooks towards the Seminary…

Richmond Enquirer article about Pendeleton

A photograph of the tablet memorializing Episcopal students who died fighting for the Confederacy

A clipping from the Angola Record from November 5th, 1896, which details a story of Stringfellow causing panic among Union ranks towards the end of the war.

An article about the Rockbridge Artillery

Image of the USS Bache aground off the coast of Rhodes, Greece.

Randolph Fairfax was a 18?? graduate of Episcopal High School .who joined the Confederate Army. He died at the Battle of Fredericksburg.