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The Forgotten Battle of New Market: Virginia's Last Stand

The Forgotten Battle of New Market: Virginia's Last Stand

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In May 1864, as Union forces under General Franz Sigel pushed toward Lynchburg, they encountered an unexpected line of defense. It wasn't the seasoned veterans of the Army of Northern Virginia, but a group of cadets from the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. Led by General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson’s former chief of staff, Major General John C. Breckinridge, and physically led by VMI Superintendent Francis Henney Smith, these young men—mostly teenagers—were ordered to charge up Horse Shoe Ridge. The resulting battle was one of the bloodiest single-day engagements of the Civil War in Virginia, with over half of the cadets becoming casualties. This episode explores the tactical details of the ridge, the personal stories of the boys who fought, and how this event became a defining myth for the South, even as it signaled the unraveling of Confederate defenses in the Shenandoah Valley. #NewMarketBattle #VirginiaMilitaryInstitute #CivilWarCadets #JohnCBreckinridge #FrancisHenneySmith #ShenandoahValley #FranzSigel #HorseShoeRidge #ConfederateHistory #AmericanCivilWar #1864Battles #ThomasJacksonLegacy #LexingtonVirginia #CivilWarYouth #MilitaryEducation #UnionArmy #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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