Tag Archives: VMI cadets

Photographic Portraits: Cadets Identified, Girl Unknown

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

“Those are cadet uniforms,” I thought while sorting through thumbnail files of digitized Civil War images on Library of Congress’s website. It was not at all what I was looking for at the moment, but I bookmarked the page to … Continue reading →

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Oliver P. Evans: A Colorbearer at New Market

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

May 15 marked a defining day and the ending day of Oliver Perry Evans’s life, but not in the same year. However, his story began on June 2, 1842, when he was born near Jackson Court House, Virginia (now West … Continue reading →

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New Market’s Memory Wars

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Remember what you ate for breakfast on Wednesday two weeks ago? And if you remember the meal, what time did you pour the cereal, turn on the stove, or place your order? Memory and remembering can be challenging. However, it … Continue reading →

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The Determined Delinquents On A Summer’s Day

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Recently, I sat in the solemn, silent archives, reading The End of an Era by John S. Wise. Among his treasury of memories and musings about antebellum Virginia, slavery, and the Civil War, there are several sections focused on cadet … Continue reading →

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New Market in Mississippi

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Steve Davis

I just returned from a weekend trip to St. Simons Island, Georgia. It’s a marvelous little beach town, with an attendant gentility. I saw this sign in a yard near the Lighthouse: “Where tramps must not, surely ladies and gentlemen … Continue reading →

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“Put the boys in, and may God forgive me for the order.”

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Phill Greenwalt

They were merely boys, some just old enough to shave for the first time. The youngest was 15, the oldest 24. General John Cabell Breckenridge was adamant: the “boys” from the Virginia Military Institute would only be used as reinforcements … Continue reading →

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