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Wise, John S. (John Sergeant), 1846-1913 & University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) Boston, New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1st, 1899
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John was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1846, while his father was U.S. Minister to the Empire of Brazil. He lived as a youth with his father and others at Rolleston, their plantation on the Elizabeth River outside Norfolk, Virginia. His father served as a US Congressman before being elected as Governor of Virginia in 1856. After being privately tutored as a youth, Wise attended Virginia Military Institute.Still a student when the American Civil War began, Wise served with the VMI Corps of Cadets at the Battle of New Market. He was posted in charge guard of the Cadets' baggage train. Defying orders to stay there, he took part in the Cadets' famous charge. After the battle, he was commissioned in the Confederate States Army.
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John Sergeant Wise, 1846-1913
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2021-01-25
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