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Scott Shipp (also spelled Ship, born Charles Robert Scott Ship〔Payne, p. 85.〕) (August 2, 1839 - December 4, 1917) was an American military figure, Confederate States Army officer, educator and educational administrator born in Warrenton, Virginia. He was the second superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, briefly the president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (Virginia Tech) and led the VMI Cadets at the Battle of New Market during the American Civil War. ==Personal life and education== Shipp was born in 1839 to Captain John Ship and Lucy Blackwell Scott, the third wife of John Ship. Scott attended Mrs. Franklin's School, the Warren Green Academy, and Warrenton High School.〔Couper 2005, p. 182〕 Shipp's father died in 1849, and his mother moved the family to Boone County, Missouri in 1852 where he entered Westminster College in Fulton.〔Couper 2005, p. 182.〕 From 1855 to 1856, Shipp was employed on the North Missouri Railroad as an assistant engineer and rodman.〔 In 1856, Shipp returned to Fauquier County, Virginia and entered VMI at the encouragement of Robert E. Rodes who he worked with on the North Missouri Railroad, and his stepfather, Dr. Henry M. Clarkson. Shipp entered VMI on August 14, 1856.〔 He graduated 4th in his class of 29 on July 4, 1859 with the rank of first lieutenant of Company B.〔 He accompanied the cadets to Charles Town, Virginia, for the execution of John Brown in December 1859.〔Couper 1939 vol.1, p. 14.〕 He married Anne "Nannie" Alexander Morson, a longtime friend, on August 19, 1869 and they had three children: Elizabeth Scott, Lucy Scott, and Arthur Morson Shipp.〔Couper 2005, p. 184.〕 He changed the spelling of his name to Shipp sometime around 1883.〔 Shipp's wife died in 1884.〔Couper, p. 184.〕 They are buried at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery in Lexington, Virginia. Shipp was a close friend and colleague of George Washington Custis Lee, son of Robert E. Lee. The two were both professors at VMI before Lee left to serve as President of Washington and Lee College after his father's death.〔Yates, pp. 50-51.〕 Shipp studied law at Washington College before the Civil War and earned his degree and was admitted to the bar in 1866, though he never practiced.〔Couper 2005, p. 183.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scott Shipp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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