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Battle of New Market, Virginia, May 15, 1864

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    Henry Boen Hixenbaugh, (USA) (1835 - 1901)
    Hixenbaugh, H. B. Hixenbaugh Source: Spirit of Democracy January 24, 1901 Death of H. B. Hixenbaugh – H. B. Hixenbaugh was born December 14, 1835, and died January 22, 1901, being 65 years old. He wa...
  • Pvt. Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, Jr., CSA (1846 - 1868)
    VMI Class of 1867: New Market Cadet; Private, Co. D. Genealogy: Born- May 14, 1846, in Staunton, Va. Father- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart; Mother- Frances Cornelia Baldwin. Pat. Grandfather- Archibald ...
  • Sgt. Everett Benjamin Blanshan, (USA) (1845 - 1918)
    OBITUARY THE DEPOSIT COURIER DEPOSIT, DELAWARE CO, NY WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 1918EVERETT BLANSHAN, 73 CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIESEverett Blanshan, for many years a resident of Deposit, died at his home, corner o...
  • John Sergeant Wise (CSA), US Rep. (1846 - 1913)
    John Sergeant Wise (1846-1913) was a Virginian who fought in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He was an author, lawyer and politician who represented Virginia in the 48th United Stat...
  • Julian Edward Wood (1844 - 1911)
    Virginia Military Institute and was in the Battle of New Market. Edward Wood (May 3, 1844 – June 2, 1911) was a co-founder of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.BiographyWood was the son of William Edward Wood ...

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The Battle of New Market was fought on May 15, 1864, in Virginia during the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War. A makeshift Confederate army of 4,100 men defeated the larger Army of the Shenandoah under Major General Franz Sigel, delaying the capture of Staunton by several weeks.

The battle is primarily remembered today for being the only time in American history a school's student body was used as an organized combat unit.[3] During the battle Confederate general John C. Breckinridge ordered cadets from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), some of them child soldiers no older than 15, to join an attack on the Union lines. The event has gone on to become central to many of the Institute's myths and traditions.

Book: The Battle of New Market: A Story of V.M.I. by Paxton Davis
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