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William Brenton Shaw

Birth: unknownDeath: unknownFebruary [1863], May and October 1864 letters.VMI editorial note identifies Willie as William Brenton Shaw, Class of 1865; class year is not birth/death.

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Letters from Indian Ridge: A Currituck Father Writes to His Son

From Indian Ridge, Joseph B. Morgan sent his son news of raids, illness, harvests and home. Read five complete letters from 1863–1864, reproduced with permission of the VMI Archives.