after the war, he becomes president of wasngton colle in the upper shenandoah around lexington, virginiatheir heads, wondering why he became president of this little college, which was on the verge of extinction. most of its students had gone off to the war. most of its endowment had gone off to the war, too, and wasn't coming back. i think in large measure he took the job when it was offered to him because it gotim as far away from washington, d.c. as he could get without violating the terms of his parole. remember, by that point, he was under indictment foron. so he becomes president. he turns out to be a remarkably successful college president. man knew how to shake the apples out of the tree. he brings in more than a quarter million dollars of endowment. money raises the student body from a dozen when he becomes president to over 400. i mean, that was thawa which thr student population than yale or the universityf virginia. and yet his health continues to decline. and by 1870, his heart trouble has become so serious that he can hardly walk from the president's house, which is an engi