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.

He also protested the playing of “Dixie” and the raising of the Confederate flag during the annual ceremony honoring 10 VMI cadets killed in fighting at the Battle of New Market on May 15 ...

Its foundation holds the remains of several VMI cadets killed at the Battle of New Market, Va ... year roommate tried to hang a Confederate flag in her dorm room, she immediately stopped her ...

Ten cadets who died during or after fighting in the Battle of New Market are remembered at Virginia ... Crockett, Wythe County, age 17, buried at VMI. 3. Henry J. Jones, King William County ...

STAUNTON – Virginia Military Institute alumni Maj. Todd Pegg and Kirby Smith stood around talking about the weather Monday during a break in Mint Spring from their five-day, 84-mile march from ...

Sunday's ceremony in a rural family cemetery began with salutes to the flags, Howard said ... grave site of another local New Market Cadet, Henry Clay Bowen. VMI considers the Civil War ...

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.