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Put the Boys In: The Story of the Virginia Military Institute Cadets at the Battle of New Market

Put the Boys In: The Story of the Virginia Military Institute Cadets at the Battle of New Market - Paperback

by J. D. Haines
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Availability:In StockContributor:J. D. HainesPublish date:2023-03-22Pages:78
Language:EnglishPublisher:Eakin PressISBN-13:9781571688163ISBN-10:1571688161UPC:9781571688163Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United StatesBook Topic:Civil Wars, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:7.56 x 7.57 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.2006Product ID:SC9NYXYMW8

Every May 15, the Virginia Military Institute conducts a moving ceremony. The names of ten former cadets are called out during the dress parade. After each name is read, a cadet steps forward and reports, "Dies on the field of honor, Sir."


The ceremony is held to honor the ten cadets killed at the Battle of New Market in 1864 during the Civil War. 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. This is the courageous story of 264 teenage boys who faced the ultimate challenge of mortal combat.


Language:EnglishPublisher:Eakin PressISBN-13:9781571688163ISBN-10:1571688161UPC:9781571688163Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United StatesBook Topic:Civil Wars, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:7.56 x 7.57 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.2006Product ID:SC9NYXYMW8
Publisher: Eakin Press

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