The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-21
Charge of the Boy Battalion
BY KATE MASON ROWLAND.

their prowess. General Imboden relates that Colonel w. G. Lincoln, of the Thirty fourth Massachusetts, was very badly wounded and, his horse having been kill ed, he was caught under him. In this helpless plight he refused to surrender to a cadet until the cadet threatened to run him through with his bayonet. And In incident is related by Captain Wise of cadet who called to a federal officer to surrender, and the officer, who de- spised his pigmy adversary. refusing 10 do so, the boy discharged his musket, inflcting a fatal wound. "Oh, Misterp' cried the tender-hearted youth, as he ran forward to help his dying foe, T am so sorry I shot your And what a fool was l." replied the other, mot to surrender"
 A small cadet. eager to show his vafor, came excitedly forward to Captain Wise, with about eight or ten federal soldiers, exclaimlng in triumph: "See captain, l captured all these myself" But the cap tain shrewdly suspected that the soldiers were On their way to surrender them selves when this doughty young gentle man came up with them Cadet Charles Carter Randolph. cousin Of General Lee, was the youngest boy in the battalion. At the age of fourteen he had entered the confederate service in cavalry com 1 pany from his native county, Fauquier. he reported to General Jackson as cour fer before the battle of Slaughter's Noun tain, and carried orders for him to the fIcnt But he was so small General Jack son recommended that he be admitted as cadet in the Military Institute. At the l battle of New Market it Is said that federal officer refused to surrender to Tim until the brave youth showed his readiness to use the bayonet. He was <, soon afterward desperately wounded in the head, so that his life was despaired of, and 1t was fully year before he was able to return to the Institute He is now clergyman in the diocese of his near relative. Bishop Alfred Magill Randolph, l of Southern Virginia. Among the cadets who were in the battle was the young son of the confederate secretary of war, MT. Seddon. The story is told of Cadet Seddon that he was so small of stature end so delicate that one of his fathers servants was employed to carry his gun | for him on the march, General Imboden had boy brother among these little he- roes who was knocked down and disabled for the time by spent canister shot.
 Among the cadets who gave up their lives at New Market Cabell 5tanard, Jeffers on and Wheelwrfght were especial ly noticeable for their nobility of char acter and Christian Braces Cadet Cabell was the eldest of two brothers who were In the battalion, and his unselnsh care and sollcftude for this brother, their mothers darling was remarked upon by lis associates. On the night before the | battle he told a comrade of his fears for the boys safety; then went apart ana prayed for his brother, his comrades and himself. And on the morrow he was taken and his brother left Jacqueline Beverly Stanard lived for some time after receiving his mortal wound, and he sent 1 to his mother messages of love and fare well: Tell her" he said, 'I fell where 1 wished to fall, fighting for my country, and I did not fight in vain. Tell my mother die with full confidence in my God; my loved ones must meet me in heaven" And when from the battlefield. tho distant shout of victory fell upon his ear, radiant smile lit up his counten- ance and with a fervent Thank God" the young hero fell asleep.''
 Thomas Garland Jefferson, of the same family as the author of the Declaration of Independence who had received the sum mons to battle as to a banquet, display ed Spartan fortitude as he lay bleeding on the field. To two of his companions who fingered to give him some assistance he replied, pointing to the advancing line: You can do nothing for me; go to the front; there is the place for you"
 Cadet Wheelwright, who at the age of fourteen had displayed remarkable cour- age and daring in assisting in the capture of vessel from some traitors who had seized 1t, was the youngest of three brothers, two of whom were in the con federate army. Thinking to preserve their Benjamin from the fatalities of war, l Is parents sent him to the Institute and he alone fell a sacrifice. Surviving until the 2d of June, he bore his sufferings with the utmost patience and heroism, sending messages to his family of Christian hope and resignation
 An incident that has been classed as touching the high water mark of Amer lean heroism," Is related of one of the ca- dets at New Market. Lieutenant Carter Berkeley, of a confederate battery was passing over the battlefield when he was attracted by the cries of mere lad, who. grievously wounded himself, was appar- ently unconscious of his own condition in lis distress over his comrade. He sat with the latters head upon his breast and called to Lieutenant Berkeley: Sir. do get me doctor, for my friend is wounded" My poor boy" replied the officer, your friend Is dead. but I will get doctor for you.' They were, Indeed. al worthy of their race, many of them being of gentle lineage and bearing his- toric names, in the noblest meaning, the golden youth of the Old Dominion. And among the cadets were representatives esA"N southern states, Some years after the war northern man came to the insti- tute to enter his young son there, saving to the commandant Sir, was an ofri- cer in the Union army at the battle of New Market. and was a witness to the bravery of your cadets, and I resolved then that If ever had a son he should be educated in this school of heroesr'
 Among the cadets at New Market was young 1sraelite. born in, Richmond. Va. now the world-renowned sculptor, Sir Moses Ezekiel, of Rome. Italy. To him, most appropriately. was consigned the execution of the monument to his com rades, the cornerstone of which was laid the 10th of May last, and which will be unveiled June 2S. It occupies a beautiful position on the parade ground of the In- stitute In front of the entrance to the Jackson Memorial Hall. At the cemetery of the Institute are the graves of inc young heroes whose fame the monument commemoratesi s
 Sleeping but glorious g
 Dead in flames portal,
 Dead, but victorious;
 Dead but immorta1i H-T-,r,--i
 They gave us great glory
 hat more could they gfvef ''HV have left uss cfor~