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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the George Mathews Edgar Papers, #3633, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Material on the Battle of New Market available on microfilm.

Acquisitions Information

Gift 1963

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• College administrators--Selection and appointment--Southern States.
• College teachers--Selection and appointment--Southern States.
• Edgar, George Mathews, 1837-1913.
• New Market, Battle of, New Market, Va., 1864.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.
• University of Alabama--Faculty--History.
• University of Arkansas (Fayetteville campus)--Presidents.
• University of Florida--Faculty--History.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Edgar, of Monroe County, Va. (now West Virginia), was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Confederate lieutenant colonel, president of schools in Kentucky and Mississippi and of the University of Arkansas, and a professor at the universities of Alabama and Florida.

Chiefly postwar writings by Edgar and correspondence with other veterans, all concerning the Battle of New Market and other Civil War battles in Virginia, and a large group of testimonial letters and resolutions used by Edgar in seeking positions as teacher, professor, and president of various institutions all over the South.