The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-21
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49,. Charge Of tho Virginia Cadets Won
the Admiration of the Enemy--An Incl
dent Of the Late Unveiling.

o,o ~ tho most pleasant memories or
,0o recent unwilling OF the monument TO
,se nrlyat, Confederate soldier was the
,oiourn here for several days OF the VIZ
eln,a Military Institute cadets They not
only won the admiration OF all by theH
soldlcrly bearing. but socially made nue.
oppression.
Many were quartered at tie ZONES Oh
hospitahle citizens. and they en)oyeu INC
distinction and pleasure as only ooHs can
who have for months been cooped up AT
school on mess hall fare.
Four cadets were Quartered at an ele'
giant house on east Marshall street ana
,be, vyere charmed. both by their gener-
Mons treatment and the superb matronly
I,eout,- Of their gracious hostess. and talk
Cd 10 her unresclvedly OF schCol ne.
Among other things discussed was the
hattie OF Now Market. than which no
Y,ore Inspiring or famous conflict was
ever wsged during the four years war.
This battle in VI ich the Virginia Mil
iiarv cadets took such important part.
winning the admiration Of the two
armies was witness ed with deep inter
est bv n Federal soldier in the ranks OF
tho Pei r;ylvania troops lie as witness
10 tho destructive work on that day done
bv tho six guns Of the Federal battery
mat was firing on Bfeckinridge's troops
Tire cadets and the Sixty second Nir-
ginia Reeiment were ordered TO silence
that battery FIRE by the capture Of the
battery
CHARGRD UEDYR DIFFICULTIES.
4 6eop. rocky gulch divided them from
ihe guns II was grown up with cedars,
thorns. and briers. and filled with logs
Trey charged across this difficult OBJ
s'r1cfion with the Sxty-second Regi-
N.su.a hon hA a
veiS rms, they got ahead Of them. ana
VIII Ia rush at dOuhle-Quck they
chargfd the guns which were then turned
upon the white-belted. unwavering line Oh
yoglh who essayed so surprising teat.
Tough great gaps were made In their
Nrls, they we're quickly closed up, and
w the same confidence as II on dress
para q. they douhle-quicked with unhro-
ks1 anks up the n to the mouth Of the
Noyerpowered the cannoneers, and
cav. Yed tho battery.
Hhd yell went up when cadet
rnOuf&d caisson and waved the flag
o. N.(nia In triumph over IL.
ThHoattery was taken. but II was al
j full loss. Neither the cadets nor the
SiItX second had suffered much during
the IL until that terrible charge. Their
the saund was strewn with The dead
: The Poets lest eight killed and forty
six w6' nded out Of the 225 who formed
The Federal soldier saw the supeit
charge Of these boys, few of whom wer,
as much as sixteen years OF age h,
watched their brave young faces as they
determinedly looked upward at the belch
ing guns. and saw with wonder a battery
assaulted in perfect line of battle.
child HEIogs.
Full Of admiration for an institution
which made such heroes out OF mere
children. he then said If he ever had a
bow he should become a Virginia Mil
itary Institute cadet.
The fortunes of war over. the Federal
soldier returned home 10 domestic pur-
suits. and in time raised a family. A son
was horn to him. and grew TO youthful
yigOr. The soldier remembered the scene
at New Market. and wishing his son "a
be OF the same stuff exhibited on that
memorable day, he sent him TO the Viz
ginia Military Institute. and he marched
as steadily and as proudly in the unveil-
ing parade on May 3Oth last as any
southern boy.
He vas one Of the four above men
tened who were CHARTERED so happily on
Marshall street and the incident related
was told by the cadet in answer TO the
questions Of his hospitable hostess.
What greater tribute could be paid Ia
Nirginias military pride-the Virginia
Military Institute?