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The Battle of New Market was fought on May 15, 1864, in Virginia during the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War. A makeshift Confederate army of 4,100 men, which included cadets from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), defeated Union Major General Franz Sigel and his Army of the Shenandoah. The cadets were integral to the Confederate victory at New Market and this event marks the only time in U.S. history wherein the student body of a functioning and operating college fought as an organized unit in pitched combat in battle. This event and battle was the 14th time VMI cadets were called into action during the Civil War. As a result of this defeat, Sigel was relieved of his command and replaced by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, who later burned VMI in retaliation for New Market.
Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is a public senior military college in Lexington, Virginia. It was founded in 1839 as America's first state military college and is the oldest public senior military college in the United States. In keeping with its founding principles and unlike any other senior military college in the United States, VMI enrolls cadets only and awards bachelor's degrees exclusively. VMI offers its students, all of whom are cadets, strict military discipline combined with a physically and academically demanding environment. The institute grants degrees in 14 disciplines in engineering, science, and the liberal arts, and all VMI students are required to participate in ROTC.
Francis Henney Smith was an American military officer, mathematician and educator. After graduating from West Point and a brief service in the United States Army, he became the first Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute on its establishment in 1839, and held that post until shortly before his death. His superintendency included the four years of the American Civil War, during which he served as a major general in the Virginia militia and a colonel in the Confederate States Army.
Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Lexington, Virginia, United States. It opened in 1962. It is home to the Virginia Military Institute Keydets football team.
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The Cadet is the weekly student newspaper of the Virginia Military Institute. Started in the fall of 1907. The Cadet has always been independently run by the VMI Corps of Cadets since its first issue. The paper is published almost every week while the corps is at VMI and had an original subscription price for the magazine of $1.50 per annum, postpaid. It was not produced for three years during World War II, but has been continuously published since then. There was a project underway to digitize every issue of The Cadet from the earliest known issue from 1907 scheduled to be completed in 2011. The VMI Archives, operating out of VMI's Preston Library, now have a digitized copy of each issue published since 1907. The VMI Archives Catalog now contains detailed descriptive information about manuscripts, historical institutional records, and other primary source research collections.
The 1898 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their eighth season of organized football. Under first-year head coach Sam Boyle.
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The 1901 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their 11th season of organized football. The Keydets went 4–3 under second-year head coach Sam Walker.
The 1910 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their 20th season of organized football. The Keydets finished at 3–3–1 with second-year coach William Gloth.
The 1913 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their 23rd season of organized football. The Keydets had a 7–1–2 record under head coach Henry Poaque.
The 1911–12 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute in their fourth ever season of basketball. The Keydets went 7–5 under head coach Alpha Brummage. They played their games out of the Lexington Skating Rink.
The 1916 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their 26th season of organized football. Led by third-year head coach Frank Gorton, the Keydets went 4–5. After a 3–0 start with three shutout victories, VMI lost five out of their final six games.
The 1920 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their 30th season of organized football, during the 1920 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Blandy Clarkson, the Keydets went 9–0 and outscored opponents 431 to 20. College Football Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Leech starred on the team, leading the nation in scoring with 210 points. Leech was selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp. The season included the first instance of the rivalry with The Citadel, which would later become known as the Military Classic of the South. The team was nicknamed "The Flying Squadron."
The 1941 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1941 college football season. In their first year under head coach Earl Blaik, the Cadets compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 105 to 87.
The 1947 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Arthur Morton, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record, finished in 11th place in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 152 to 120. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Lexington, Virginia.
The 1941 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Pooley Hubert, the team compiled a 4–6 record, tied for fifth place in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 173 to 134. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Lexington, Virginia, and Municipal Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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- ↑ "VMI Cadet. November 8, 1926 :: The Cadet, VMI Weekly Newspaper". digitalcollections.vmi.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ↑ "Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team". Banner-Herald. November 23, 1917.
- ↑ "Independent Grid Season Opens Sunday". The Pittsburgh Press. September 28, 1930.
