Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-08-30
TIE VIRGINIA MlLlIAkT iMS

THE VIRGINIA MlLlIhkI iM5,iitiE.
At he las ntl::s., e. the HrAri i siF;rrTs
| of thu 5ob:r iESl:tr;i6D, Ike Superintendent
submitted G lIli Tcrii;, IeaiIirR csFot
cially the Iacehs misfortune wick iai
befallen It at ihu Esu>:e u tic i.:iny oaei:ly.
After giving rsii.iriy Interesting account
Of the proceedings Of the enemy upon their
visit IL :Ao Institute, Ct Ihe.7 destruction oi
the building, its contents the haI7es e lie pro-
feesnrs ind Ito & eairusnt u ;:.t! families. The
rsr0r. say.:
Tho Virginia Military lne:ll"tu !:.s sought
no exemption. from th"tu cVIl- which in
scpurghia irufn /. stAtn Of .Mhr. IL .surY way,
directly md Indirectly, in "h!"G, :! cub! tc
:.n.:o ui!t;ssP l.. iIr rur.'"-'. g! ~. ;'a -:Tuy
Hie IN l,i"lI our country In engaged. In" can
trit,itru la. been made ktnfi,i7 aid ia ~,
.Iiutea u.,.s,:.r. Tic Gprja" # rniz.s prepared
for the field nt Canp Lee l. ,uuu mep, OF tho
srnIy Of first Msnn,sl.s and .sc:y hs.tle isd hGP
been hall09el by toe blood II liz s"ns. Esefy
uroiassor and every officer hal Eis LTpontCd
| work, ami each, from The w3T!d.Ten1wned
Juckson, has diHchar1rd his whole duty With
| sarnostussa aid f!sIiiy. WHOM JGLiia tx
school, On ~. IT. u Jhunniy, 1867, II, c;:!En
| Of iEu!rIc,!ut Mas -pcrrliy nuo,,uiu',iatei. 10
make it uttsilHIy - "ur Struggle: munitions
Of War 1eis Pielnrd,; IA, the lGi.!y liz ~. Held
the battalion II ta;:s:r L";t Ma
footing, H. reslst lha iait- u IT.. -rrr;,y. sLi
has effectively nilo,i lit thiu ihroslaat dat,
Upon tho Gail Of The caliAnt HE'D n,tiize hey
wela sdin!hcuei {" M. battlefield Al Ne"
Market, and fought w:lt..n eaiiAntT7 sLiol
| hes marked IhIm a. tts Ubituis "l rasnilar
| hatred to the ni,rlly tIcY wero EuGstqiehI~
| y called, urG,. The i.qu,siipm 81 the Secretary
If War, 10 sasi.t in ,l.s dsienos OF TIC caILlo Of
our Stane and Confeteraoy, and remained Rear
| Richmond until the advance Vi tue en6my up
| the VALLEY Of Virginia, Under DaLt3r, lSbi1
threatened the Virginia Military Institute.
They wore promptly moved l" Tho snpToll
| Of MrCausland, bar waIo uRaHin. lTvm tle
| overp0WerinS weight OF Euihlierai IL Tier
efftotual Resistance -!'are fti2Y m1St ds=irei
to do &, uiidel the, walls nt lie i,=tiluish it
self 1t ~es "a Eainiul taci:trc which required
them u Surrender ite one Of the,v cad,t-l!o
with out struggle. lint ihry werS G"nh TT
united TO their victorious ic:.iiur 81 rrCi:Iu7c
and there had tho sRHsIhI;ian tt "I,"csfIr 2
the discontinue Of tic efmy Il Hnhtc7. R;.d
uu0o more the tlsilIaiu "a - .-iiu h'"'s iiou'
the Institute Hill.
So that in every possible "a7 II "titi, aT.';l-
itraysohool could be- mad q eTailntls to o"f patti
otto cause, it has icon fully and freely ctnc. 10
oae, therefore, belonging % tho institution
can complain that the rale7 of Tar riculd be
applied to On establishment EiaTsci ~ each
evidenced Of Identification With cur raTGln
tionary struggle. twas to La7o basn c1-
peoted that the csGoas should lie prreusi that
they might DO either killed o. captured. They
asked no immuni:ies from The sieors If war
melted to others. 1ha arms aud munitions > Il
war were proper subjects iSr Capture or de-
struoion. lta public buildings nigh, have
been held by tho enemy as Ia BARRACKS or hos>
pital, and the school ttss!f Dispersed But
modern history ia appealed 20 in vain for
like instance Of devastation, So marked the
track Of the invader here. The ctitios Of Eu.
rope have been held by hcstils aTc'iea. and
have often BEEN given up 10 saak snd piilage,
but institutions Of learning, Thethsr military
or not, have been usually protected from the
devastation attendant uIol tie entrance OF
armies into fortified towns. ESei il civil VA,
Oxford and Cambridge were alternately held
by the oontending armies: but thsiI halls sud !