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.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

John W. Fitzgerald, student 1858-1859

John W. Fitzgerald enlisted as a private in Company E of the 3rd Virginia Cavalry in May of 1861 in Nottoway County, Virginia. He was captured at Williamsburg during the Peninsula Campaign, exchanged on May 4, 1862. He was promoted to corporal on July 15, 1863. He was captured again on May 8, 1864 at Spotsylvania, VA and sent to Elmira Prison Camp in New York on July 23, 1864 where he spent the remainder of the War.He was paroled on July 16, 1865

The Men of Randolph-Macon College and the Civil War

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

John W. Fitzgerald, student 1858-1859

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