Winchester Law School was a privately run institution for legal education in Winchester, Virginia. Operated by Chancellor Henry St. George Tucker Sr., it operated from 1824 to 1831. Tucker closed it a
Henry St. George Tucker Sr., founder and operator of the Winchester Law School.
Title page of Volume 1 of Henry St. George Tucker's "Commentaries on the Laws of Virginia". This work includes lectures he delivered while operating the Winchester Law School.
Henry Alexander Wise was an American attorney, diplomat, politician and slave owner from Virginia. As the 33rd governor of Virginia, Wise served as a significant figure on the path to the American Civ
Winchester Law School
…Isaac S. Pennybacker, United States Senator from Virginia Henry A. Wise, 33rd Governor of Virginia Winchester Medical College…
Henry Alexander Wise, c 1857
Gen. Wise during the American Civil War.
Wise (top row, second from right) with Robert E. Lee and Confederate officers, c. 1869.