just as the VMI cadets met the rest of Gen. John Breckinridge’s army there in 1864. Benjamin Clarke led the march, carrying the Institute’s New Market flag on a 9-foot pole. The flag ...

So far, he’s found more than 1,000 living descendants whom VMI has invited to attend the 150th re-enactment of the battle at New Market Battlefield State Historical Park the weekend of May 16-18.

A centerpiece traditionally has been a parade in honor of ten cadets who died at the battle of New Market in 1864, fighting for the Confederacy. This year, the focus has been widened to all VMI ...

Keith Gibson, the Executive Director of the VMI Museums System says of the parade. A parade to mark the 1864 Battle of New Market, and the keydets who died there, who are called out in the roll call.