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, March 20, 2012
William Murray Chalmers, student 1860-1861
Chalmers attended the University of North Carolina for a year after leaving R-MC and then went to Virginia Military Institute, becoming one of the famous New Market Cadets as a private in Co. C of the cadets. He later graduated from the University of Virginia and became a teacher in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, and finally in Danville VA, where he died on June 21, 1895.
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