The Men of Randolph-Macon College and the Civil War

In 1861, talk of secession transformed into armed conflict. Many of the men educated at Randolph-Macon College in the preceding 29 years immediately responded to the calls of their state militias to serve, while others later enlisted or were conscripted into the Confederate or Union armies. Others served in public office, or were ultimately drawn into the conflict in the last days in reserve units in local defense. These are their stories.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Otis Allan Glazebrook, student 1860-1861

Otis Allan Glazebrook left Randolph-Macon in 1861 after the college trustees had announced the school would close for the duration of the war. Although that decision was reversed and R-MC reopened in the fall of 1861, Glazebrook had joined the student cadet corps at the Virginia Military Institute. He was part of the VMI cadet corps that distinguished itself at the Battle of New Market. He graduated from VMI in 1866, co-founded the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, and served a number of years as an Episcopalian minister before entering the U.S. Consular Service in 1914.