Letter from John G. James Requesting Rose Bush on Grave, June 8, 1929 (correspondence)
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James, John G.
Subject
James, John G.
Virginia Military Institute
Battle of New Market (New Market, Virginia : 1864)
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The accompanying typed note describes this letter as follows. "This letter was written by a former VMI Cadet, JOHN G. JAMES, on June 8, 1929 from a Dallas, Texas hospital. He was 84 1/2 years old at the time. He stated that he entered VMI in 1862 and was at the Battle of New Market along with a younger brother, also a Cadet at VMI, by the name of F W James. Both names are on the memorial at VMI in Roll of "C" Company (3rd Corporal). The letter was a request that a rose bush be put on the grave of a former friend and servent whom he knew in school." The envelope reads, "John G. James, Dallas, Texas."