Complex sentence: On 15 May 1864, the VMI Corps of Cadets fought as an independent unit at the Battle of New Market, the cadets suffered fifty-five casualties with ten cadets killed.
Split into simpler sentences: On 15 May 1864, the VMI Corps of Cadets fought as an independent unit at the Battle of New Market. At New Market, VMI suffered fifty-five casualties with ten cadets killed.