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Virginia Military Institute

By: Keith E. Gibson

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In 1839, the Virginia Military Institute became the nation's first state-sponsored military college when the state arsenal in Lexington, Virginia, adopted an additional duty providing a college education to a small group of cadets. This humble experiment became the nation's model for educating the citizen-soldier. Today cadets live a military lifestyle while pursuing an undergraduate degree and may choose to accept a commission in any branch of the armed forces upon graduation. Noted alumni include Pony Express organizer Ben Ficklin (1849), Nobel Peace Prize recipient Gen. George Marshall (1901), Polar explorer Adm. Richard Byrd (1908), U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark (1921), and actor Dabney Coleman (1957). Numbered among the alumni are over 260 general officers, 13 Rhodes Scholars, and a saint in the Episcopal Church. The Post, as the campus is called, is a National Historic District with its distinctive Gothic Revival architecture surrounding the central parade ground.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738586463

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9780738586465

Call out the Cadets

The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864

By: Sarah Kay Bierle,Keith E. Gibson

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Call out the Cadets

The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864

By: Sarah Kay Bierle,Keith E. Gibson

The Civil War historian recounts a significant yet smaller battle in the Shenandoah Valley—showing how it changed the war and the lives of those present. The battle of New Market came at a crucial moment in the Union’s offensive movements. It would also be the last major Confederate victory in the Shenandoah Valley. The outcome altered campaign plans across the North and South, while the bloody battle changed the lives of those who witnessed or fought it. In the spring of 1864, Union Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel prepared to lead a new invasion into the Valley. Confederate Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge scrambled to organize a defense. Young cadets from the Virginia Military Institute were called to the battle lines just days after leaving their studies. When the opposing divisions clashed on May 15th, 1864, local civilians watched as the combat unfold in their streets and churchyards and aided the fallen. In Call Out the Cadets, Sarah Kay Bierle traces the history of this battle, covering its military aspects and shedding light on the lives it forever changed. Youth and veterans, generals and privates, farmers and teachers—all were called into the conflict or its aftermath, an event that changed a community, a military institute, and the very fate of the Shenandoah Valley.

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193

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Casemate Publishers

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161121470X

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9781611214703

British Historical Facts, 1830-1900

By: Chris Cook,Brendan Keith

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British Historical Facts, 1830-1900

By: Chris Cook,Brendan Keith

British Historical Facts, 1830-1900 comes as an original and pioneering attempt to provide within a single volume a comprehensive yet readily accessible source-book of facts and figures on the Victorian period.

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289

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Springer

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134901348X

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9781349013487

The Informed Argument

By: Robert P. Yagelski,Robert Keith Miller

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The Informed Argument

By: Robert P. Yagelski,Robert Keith Miller

Praised for the way it introduces students to the elements of argument, the sixth edition offers more complete coverage of the Toulmin model, a new focus on problem solving, and a section on visual argument.

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Wadsworth Publishing Company

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0155069837

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9780155069831

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Virginia Military Institute

Virginia Military Institute

Call out the Cadets

Call out the Cadets

British Historical Facts, 1830-1900

British Historical Facts, 1830-1900

The Informed Argument

The Informed Argument

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