Guide to the University of Alabama Corps of Cadets collection MSS.0029
University of Alabama Corps of Cadets
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
May 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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University of Alabama Corps of Cadets collection
- Unit ID:
MSS.0029
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (11 items)
- Dates:
1873-1905
- Language of Materials note
English
- Abstract:
A miscellany of material relating to the University of Alabama Corps of cadets, 1873-1905, including invitations to the 1873 junior exhibition and Corps of Cadets hops (dances) in 1874, 1876, and 1878, and the program for a 1905 reunion of the Corps of Cadets Company E, winner of a 1885 drill competition at the New Orleans Exposition.
- creator
University of Alabama Corps of Cadets.
Scope and Contents note
A miscellany of material relating to the University of Alabama Corps of cadets, 1873-1905, including invitations to the 1873 junior exhibition and Corps of Cadets hops (dances) in 1874, 1876, and 1878, and the program for a 1905 reunion of the Corps of Cadets Company E, winner of a 1885 drill competition at the New Orleans Exposition.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
University of Alabama Corps of Cadets collection, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, University of Alabama
Provenance
unknown
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Processing Information:
Processed by
unknown; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
Biographical/Historical note
In an effort to combat severe disciplinary problems (gunfights, riots, etc.), University of Alabama president, Landon Garland, lobbied and received permission from the state legislature in 1860 to transform the university into a military school. While many of the cadets who graduated from the University went on to serve in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, many felt that the school's status as a military academy led to its being virtually burned to the ground by Union troops under General John Croxton on 4 April 1865. Only four buildings survived the flames: the President's Mansion, the Gorgas House, the Old Observatory, and the Little Round Guardhouse.
After many attempts to reopen after the end of the war, the University finally reopened in 1871, but the military structure was discontinued about a decade after the school was officially opened to women in 1892.
Source(s)
University of Alabama. (Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_File)
Military cadets |z Alabama (lcsh)
Southern Life and Culture (localbroad)
Sports, Recreation and Leisure (localbroad)
Students (localbroad)
University of Alabama (localbroad)
War and Military (localbroad)
Alabama Corps of Cadets, Company E Box 2339