Descripción
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.
Author: J. D. Haines
Publisher: Eakin Press
Published: 03/22/2023
Pages: 78
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.56h x 7.57w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9781571688163
ISBN10: 1571688161
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military | Civil Wars (see also United States | Civil War Pe
- History | Military | United States
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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