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

by J.D. Haines

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571688161
• ISBN13: 9781571688163
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Eakin Press
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.6" x 7.6"