Thanks Emmanuel, I thought that VMI figured prominently in producing engineers before The WAR, althnough they had been in business only a few years. Randy Cabell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emmanuel Dabney" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 7:26 PM Subject: [VA-HIST] 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 > [log in to unmask] > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html