The Definitive Historical Atlas of the Battle of New Market

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The Battle of New Market took place on May 15, 1864. It was in this conflict that hundreds of cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, many of them children, saved the Confederate battle line. Their role in the battle has achieved legendary status in both film, literary and American history. The result of that struggle was a total Confederate victory. This is the definitive historical atlas of that battle.

New Market Battlefield (Library of Congress)
(Gindelsperger, 1997).
(Gindelsperger, 1997).
(Gindelsperger, 1997).
(Gindelsperger, 1997).
(Gindelsperger, 1997).
(Library of Congress, nd).
(Gindelsperger, 1997).
(Knight, 2011).
(Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
The disposition of forces at 2:45 P.M. (Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
Battlefield marker (Virginia Civil War Commission, 1964).
(Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
Another view of the battlefield (Knight, 2011).
(Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
(Davis, 1975).
Veterans revisit the battlefield at a reenactment (Library of Congress)
1923 reenactment (Library of Congress)
Gindlesperger (1997)
Gindlesperger (1997).
Gindlesperger (1997).
Gindlesperger (1997).
Gindlesperger (1997).
Gindlesperger (1997).
Gindlesperger (1997).
Gindlesperger (1997).
Gindlesperger (1997).
A close-up shot of Clinedinst’s mural (Virginia Military Institute archives).
Gindlesperger (1997).
Ezekial’s sculpture “Virginia Mourning Her Dead” (Virginia Military Institute archive).
Captain Henry Wise (Knight, 2011).
(Knight, 2011).
Confederate Colonel George Patton (Knight, 2011).
Officers of the 22nd Virginia (Knight, 2011).
Franz Sigel (Library of Congress).
Franz Sigel (Library of Congress).
Franz Sigel (Library of Congress).
Franz Sigel (Library of Congress).
General John Breckenridge (Library of Congress).
Breckenridge (Davis, 1975).
New Market battlefield (Library of Congress).

References:

Seed corn of the Confederacy : the story of the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute at the Battle of New Market by James Gindlesperger (1997)

The Battle of New Market by William Davis (1975).

Long gray lines: The Southern military school tradition by Rod Andrew.

Cadets at war: the true story of teenage heroism at the Battle of New Market by Susan Beller

The Battle of New Market. A story of V.M.I. by Paxton Davis

Valley thunder: The Battle of New Market by Charles Knight (2011).

Harrison, L.H. (1951). John Breckinridge: Western statesman. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. New York University.

Engle, S.D. (1989). Yankee Dutchman: A biography of Franz Sigel. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Florida State University.

Van Kirk, J.A. (1937). The public career of John Breckinridge. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Northwestern University.

Tucker, M.T. (1968). Political leadership in the Illinois-Missouri German Community, 1836- 1872. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Illinois.

Work, D. (2004). Lincoln’s political generals. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University.

Shapira, Ian. December 7, 2020. “VMI removes statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson after long resistance.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/vmi-stonewall-jackson-statue-removed/2020/12/07/a4721c98-3891-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html

Moody, Josh. January 30, 2022. “VMI Leader Issues Rare Public Rebuke of Alumnus.”
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/01/31/vmi-leader-issues-rare-public-rebuke-alumnus

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