Cadets at New Market Battle Recalls Immortal Feats
First Lieut. Lester A. Desspe U S M C presents a historical sketch detailing how 14 to 16 year old V V M I Cadets forged a steady advance under heavy shell fire to fill a gap in the Confederate front at New Market They charged Bushong's Hill then overwhelmed a Union battery silencing cannon and turning the battle. The sketch notes Grant's 1864 plan to overwhelm Confederate resistance and Lee's army under siege as part of the surrounding strategy for that spring campaign.
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Lester A. Desspe
Daily News-Record
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Bushong
Sigel
Winchester
Smother
Dessoe
Grant
Lee
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Fishing Institute
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34Th
Bushong's Hill
26Th Virginia
DuPont
Confederarom
Shenandoah River
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Lexington
Breckenridge
51St
62Nd Virginia
62Nd
Col. Ship
Henry Wise
Yar
New Market Battle Echoes of Cadet Valor in 1864
A historical account details the May 15 1864 clash at New Market Virginia where Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel's Union force faced Gen. Breckenridge and the Virginia Military Institute Cadets. The battle unfolds across Bushong's Hill and the town with intense artillery and infantry duels. Cadets of VMI distinguished themselves by filling gaps and dismantling an opposing battery earning lasting renown.
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Sigel
Winchester
J. D. Imboden
J. C. Breckenridge
Virginia
Lee
Breckenridge
Virginia Military Institute
New Market
Agincourt
Waterloo
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Bushong's Hill
Massanutten
Bushong’s Hill
Marine Corps Expeditionary Force
Firpo Open to 1930 Bout With Wills After Year
New York report states Luis Angel Firpo would not be ready to meet Harry Wills for a year but would be willing to fight then. Tex Rickard had earlier signed Firpo to meet Wills following his bout with Jack Dempsey at the Polo Grounds.
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New York
Luis Angel Firpo
Harry Wills
Tex Rickard
Polo Grounds
Firpo
Jack Dempsey
Wills
Bandits rob Wayside Inn for $15000 in Springfield
Ten masked bandits armed with automatic shotguns and revolvers held up the Wayside Inn three miles from Springfield Illinois early today. The raid yielded about $15000. No injuries were reported as the culprits escaped. Police investigate the high profile robbery.
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Springfield
Ill
Wayside Inn
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