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, August 28, 2012
Thomas Amis, Jr., student 1857-1858
Amis (variantly spelled Amiss), from Ouachita, AR enlisted as a private in Co. G of the 3rd AR Cavalry. No further information on him or his family, who had lived in Kentucky in 1850 and Arkansas in 1860, has yet been found.
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