Plaque memorializing Confederate troops

Item

Legacies Classification
Memorial Object
Memorial Type
Plaque/Marker
Memorial Context
Memorialized Subject
Ewell, Benjamin; Morrison, Robert J.; Taliaferro, Edwin; Joynes, Edward S.; Morris, Charles; Snead, Thomas T. L.; McCandlish, Thomas P.; Argyle, T.R.; Ayres, R.J., Jr.; Armistead, R.T.; Atkinson, R.C.; Barlow, T.J.; Bidgood, J.V.; Browne, W.O.; Bush, J.W.; Chandler, J.H.; Coke, J.A.; Day, W.H.; Deans, J.H.; Dix, J.G.; Dix, J.H.; Dix, H.S.; Fosque, G.B.; Galt, W.; Gee, S.H.; Gwynn, W.O.; Hardy, J.; Harrison, C.S.; Harrison, G.E.; Hough, G.; Hoxton, W.; Hubbard, B.H.B.; Jones, H.T., Jr.; Jones, R.H.; Jordan, H.E.; Kellam, F.C.A., Jr.; Lawson, J.S.; Lippitt, A.T.; Macmurdo, M.A.; Mason, G.; Meade, H.J.; Miller, G.S.; Mercer, T.H.; Morecock, W.H.E.; Myers, J.D.; Newton, N.C.; Page, P.N.; Peachy, W.D.; Poindexter, C.; Ponton, H.D.; Reese, W.A.; Robertson, G.W.; Sharp, H.T.; Sherwell, W.; Slater, L.P.; Spratley, E.W.; Stubbs, T.J.; Stubbs, W.C.; Trueheart, W.C.; Tucker, J.H.; Tucker, T.S.B; Tunstall, A, Jr.; Wash, A.A.; Williams, J.N.; Williams, J.G.; Williams, J.H.; Wise, R.A.; Wyman, F.M.
Title
Plaque memorializing Confederate troops
Background and Context
The Confederate plaque, which was erected in 1914 by the Board of Visitors and alumni, recognizes some of the William & Mary students and faculty who left the College in 1861 to join the Confederacy in the Civil War. It was one of many plaques in the entrance hallway of the historic Wren Building that honors W&M faculty and students who fought in wars, including the Revolutionary War, World Wars I and II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars and the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. The Confederate plaque does not contain a complete accounting of all the alumni who fought for the Confederacy, only those faculty and students who were currently enrolled or worked at W&M when the war began and who left to join the Confederacy. Many of them returned to W&M after the war. Students who left to fight for the Union and alumni who did so, including the original commanding general of the U.S. Army during the Civil War, Winfield Scott, are missing from the plaque. It is now preserved at Special Collections at Swem Library.
Memorial Inscription
C.S.A
To the memory of the professors and the students who left the College of William & Mary in May, 1861 and in patriotic devotion fought in defense of the Confederate States of America.
Benjamin Stoddert Ewell, President.
Prof. Robert J. Morrison.
Prof. Edwin Taliaferro.
Prof. Edward S. Joynes.
Prof. Charles Morris.
Prof. Thos. T.L. Snead.
Prof Thos. P. McCandlish.

Students
Argyle, T.R.
Ayres, R.J., Jr.
Armistead, R.T.
Atkinson, R.C.
Barlow, T.J.
Bidgood, J.V.
Browne, W.O.
Bush, J.W.
Chandler, J.H.
Coke, J.A.
Day, W.H.
Deans, J.H.
Dix, J.G.
Dix, J.H.
Dix, H.S.
Fosque, G.B.
Galt, W.
Gee, S.H.
Gwynn, W.O.
Hardy, J.
Harrison, C.S.
Harrison, G.E.
Hough, G.
Hoxton, W.
Hubbard, B.H.B.
Jones, H.T., Jr.
Jones, R.H.
Jordan, H.E.
Kellam, F.C.A., Jr.
Lawson, J.S.
Lippitt, A.T.
Macmurdo, M.A.
Mason, G.
Meade, H.J.
Miller, G.S.
Mercer, T.H.
Morecock, W.H.E.
Myers, J.D.
Newton, N.C.
Page, P.N.
Peachy, W.D.
Poindexter, C.
Ponton, H.D.
Reese, W.A.
Robertson, G.W.
Sharp, H.T.
Sherwell, W.
Slater, L.P.
Spratley, E.W.
Stubbs, T.J.
Stubbs, W.C.
Trueheart, W.C.
Tucker, J.H.
Tucker, T.S.B
Tunstall, A, Jr.
Wash, A.A.
Williams, J.N.
Williams, J.G.
Williams, J.H.
Wise, R.A.
Wyman, F.M.
Creator/Participating Person(s)
William & Mary Board of Visitors and Alumni
Date created, installed or dedicated
1914
Funded by
William & Mary Board of Visitors and Alumni
Location: Institution, City, State

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