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Abingdon Male Academy

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Abingdon Male Academy was a military academy of the United States of America. One notable alumnus was Judge Jeremiah Watkins Clapp, who served in the 2nd Confederate States Congress from 1862 to 1864.[1] It is now defunct and its property is now the site of the Abingdon, Virginia William King Regional Arts Center.

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  1. ^ Speer, Wiliam A. (1888). Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans: Containing Biographies and Records of Many of the Families who Have Attained Prominence in Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee: A. B. Tavel. pp. 40-41.