2020-09 Putnal
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2020
Thomas C. Hearn who mustered into "F" Co. FL 2nd Infantry, was listed as POW 12/16/1864 Nashville, TN; and took the Oath Allegiance 6/16/1865 Johnson's Island, OH. A Western Military Institute Album from the last graduating class, 5-1/2' x 7-1/2", 80 pages with 30 pages filled out as follows: Title page "T.C. Hearn WMI" with albumen photo; another 8 pages have the cadet photo and written comments; then 11 pages have the cadet photo only; and 11 pages have comments only. From the text, it is clear the album was created May 1861 by Thomas C. Hearn and contributed by his classmates, many of whom would soon serve in the Confederacy. Hearn himself enlisted 2 months after his graduation. The cadets with photo and comments are identified as follows; M. Fortien, Louisiana; W.C. Wansbrough, Mississippi; J.C. Wheeler, Louisiana; J.B. Hendrick, Mississippi; D. L. Cameron, Mississippi; T. M. Mitchell, home not stated.; P. Henry, Mississippi; G.P. Bleusul, Alabama. Those with photo but no comments are, Major Pittman, Professor; J. Green, Kentucky; I. R. Edington, Mississippi; W. Capshaw, Texas; A.E. Newton, Louisiana; A. Pettit, Mississippi; A. Little, Georgia; and Nine unidentified photos. Those with comments but no photo are N.D. Collins, Tennessee; J.A. Tompkins, no home state; W.T Davis, Tennessee; J.L. Thomas, no home state; Six pages signed only "OMV"; WM. A Harper, Mississippi; Huck McCallum, Arkansas. The Western Military Institute was founded by Thornton Fitzhugh Johnson in 1847, and initially located in Georgetown, Kentucky. In 1855, the Western Military Institute merged with the University of Nashville, and the campus was moved to that city. The campus was located from 1855 to 1861 at 724 Second Avenue South, Nashville. It closed in 1862, during the American Civil War.
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