Robert Emory Dunn, student 1860-1861

Dunn enlisted as a private in the 13th VA Infantry, Co. D, on July 3, 1861, shortly after the college trustees announced in june that Randolph-Macon would close for the war, a decision later rescinded. He was wounded in the hand on June 27, 1862 at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, VA, part of the Seven Days Battles. He died after being shot through the shoulder on May 12, 1864 during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.