Where may we find biographical info on Rev. Dabney, also of Stonewall's
staff?
thanks

John Philip Adams

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Subject: Engineers in the antebellum south

I looked up today in the 1860 census and found that Thomas H. Williamson
was the professor of engineering at VMI. He was born in Virginia in 1813
and died in 1888. He served during the war on the staff of Stonewall
Jackson and he penned his memoirs a few years before his death.

More can be found on Williamson at:
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/Manuscripts/00105/ms105bio.asp

His memoirs:
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/Manuscripts/00105/ms105.asp

He published in 1849 "An Elementary Course in Architecture and Civil
Engineering." Student drawings from VMI can be found at:
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/Manuscripts/00203/ms00203.asp

Sincerely,
Emmanuel Dabney
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