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.

Monday, October 24, 2011

William Olin Hite, student 1858-1861

William O. Hite was a student at Randolph-Macon when he and his older brother, Robert M. Hite, enlisted in Boydton, VA on May 14, 1861 as privates in Company A of the 3^rdVirginia Cavalry. William did not survive the war and died May 15, 1864, and is buried in the Edmund Mitchell Hite family cemetery in Mecklenburg County.