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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…

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

A story describing a Southern man who served in the U.S. Navy falling in love with a Southern woman before the Civil War and deciding to fight for the South.

A satire critiquing the lack of work and progress in the U.S. Congress; interestingly, one of the talking points of the fictitious Congressmen in the story was building Confederate monument to “sisters who nursed in the Civil War.”

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 Alexandria Gazette publishes the story of Lawrence Williams [Orton] who was hanged for spying. 16 June 1863

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

Franklin Stringfellow scouted for General Robert E. Lee. Stringfellow became Lee's most famous scout, and was the personal scout for Jeb Stuart. More information can be found on Stringfellow's historical profile page.

Describes the discovery and subsequent hanging of Lawrence Williams Orton (nee William Orton Williams) and Walter Gibson Peter at Fort Granger in Franklin, Tennessee. (Evening Star, June 10, 1863)

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.