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W A R si CJliargo ol' tin ft i- a record unexamined in his flory lilis story td' some two liundrcd and twenty-five boys, under IS, par ticipating in a sanguinary und hard Fought hattie, win rc thc pcrvicc tiiey rendered was so timely and cIVcctivc, that it materially contributed lo lite fortunes ol' thc day. In thc mouth uf May. IStil, three battles were fought on thc soil of Virginia. Two wi rc on the eastern side of tho liluc Midge Mountains, and one in tin- famous Valley of thc Shenandoah, where still walked tho wraith >>f Stonewall Jack son, dead at Chancellorsville thc May previous. The gigantic conllicts of the Wilderness and Spottsyl vania t'ourt House, May fi to 7 and May H to LS, which lill so large a space on the canvas of one of the world's great est wars, would inevitably throw into the shade thc small battle in the val ley, but for the romantic circumstance that on thc Confederate side. iL was partly fought by the cadets of thc j Virginia Military Academy. Vet the battle of New Market was io itself no insignificant factor in thc defence of Virginia and the protection of the Confederate Capital. Thc F?deral general, Sigel, who had I established, himself at Winchester, in April, had a force of about S,(l()() in fantry.,. J,SIX) cavalry and three or four Qnl'i batteries, and was making mad/* /or a forward movement. To raed him, General ?Iniboden, of tho Confederate Cavalry, who was in camp in Rockingham County, over seventy miles from Winchester, advanced with a force of 1,492 men and 100 scouts, who operated io Sigcl's front and rear. Thc "resetves" of Rockingham and Augusta Counties, about 1,000 men, were notified to bc ready at a moment's warning to join Imboden, and tho same order was sent to thc command ant of the Virginia Military Institute. Imbodcu's skillful tactics granted him a respite of several days, which enabled Ccu. Breckinridgo to reach him from Southwest Virginia with 2,T>U0 veteran troops. Breckenridge then took command, and thc battle of New Market was fought on thc 15th of May. The scene of thc conflict,a lit tle village with a population of one thousand souls, nestled between the mountains and the river, in Shenan doah County, its undulating ground smiling with orchards and gardens and fertile fields of grain. Thc oadcts left tho Institute on thc 11th of May. They wero up before daybreak making their preparations, and, after an carly brenkfast were on tho march. With tho ardor of youth they went joyfully to the fray. One of them, ten years lator, recalled the sensation of the hour "as the most joyous moment of his life." The boys in their gaycty and exuberant spirits shouted and sang and whistled as thoy swung along, all of them join ing, now and then, in the chorus of some favorite air. Arrived at Staun ton they had yet forty miles to uiako before reaching New Market. It proved a long and toilsome march al together, of four days' duration, through falling rain and in wet fields and muddy roads. But the battle day dawned bright and beautiful, though a terrific thunder storm came later, mingling its terrors and grandeur with the thunder of the guns. The boy battalion on their arrival were quickly rn line, having been assigned a cen tral position so as to be as little ex posed as possible. The gallant Ken tuckian in command, gentle and brave, and one of tho handsomest men to be found in either army, oq whom had fallen the mantle, and with it the spirit of Stonewall Jackson, looked tenderly upon the youths, called from their studies to face a field of battle, and would fain have spared them thc fiery ordeal. Riding up to the cadet corps, just before the engagement, his graceful and commanding figure a conspicuous object on the field, Gen. Brcokinridge said: "Young gentlemen, I hopo I will not have to call upon you today, hut I know if I should be obliged to do so that you will do your duty." And nobly did they- respond to this expectation. Thc battle was progress ing successfully for the Confederates, though stubbornly contested by the Union forocB, when a terrible fire met Breekinridge from one of Sigel's bat tories, which was on elevated ground, doing much damage to the Confeder ate infantry. It was then, at about 2 o'clock in the day, that the oadets '?'were called into notion, though they had already suffered several casualties from random shells. The boys, with the agility and . enthusiasm of their years, outran the veterans who were i alongside of them, erossing a deep / and rook gully about three. hundred yards from the battery, under the con centrated fire of its six guns, planging ? through thorns and briers and over Sallen logs and stumps of treer. Then TOI I i< >y I S?t tri-lion. lin y waited for ti.<- l?lirid Virginia llcgiumnt some two or three minutes, keeping tin ir formation with wonder ful coolness while tim battery was do ini; its deadly work upjn their youth ful rank-. W heo the order was given t<> charge, the encounter w-as soon over, though th?: gunners stood gal lantly to their gu ns until overpowered A cadet mounted a caisson arid waved fmin it in triumph the \ irginia State Hag, the colors of thc Institute, rous ing a wild yell of triumph from the Con federates. There was then a general advance along the whole linc and tho hattie was won. The cadet-, out of two hundred and twenty-five, lost eicht killed and forty-six wounded, (?en, Shipp had been struck down at a crit ical point in the charge and to Capt. Henry A. Wise, one of the assistant professors, a young man not much over 'JU, a nephew and namesake of (?en. Wise, had fallen thc commandof the battalion. Capt. Wise tells how, amid thc noise and excitement, a tap on tho shoulder arrested his atten tion, and thc news came from a com rade that their colonel had fallen and he, as senior officer, must take his place. Thc little confusion that had arisen when Col. Shipp was carried to thc rear was soon checked and Capt. Wisc had his command well in hand, showing conspicuous gallantry, cool ness and decision. When the battle was over Capt. Wiso hail eight bullet hides in his clothes, though ho could not remember how any of them came there. And he relates that both thc tails nf his long military coat were cu^ away. In thc two largo pockets were his pipe aud tobacco pouch, and thc pipe was broken, but a piece of it re maining. One of his fingers was tem porarily injured, yet he could not re call how or when. And to his nu.': ory afterwards the action seemed to have occupied but a few minutes, though he knew that it had been much longer. Of ono thing at the end, however, he had a vivid realiza tion- thal was thc need of a new pair of pants, as his own were so cut and torn. For this purpose hu went over thc battlefield to find what he lacked on the fallen forms of his erstwhile foes, lie consoled himself for any impiety in "robbing the dead" with thc reflection that he was taking what was no longer of any use to the life less wearer. Hoing a very tall young fellow, it was BOIHO timo before he found a man of his owu height, and then he discovered, as he attempted the task, what a difficult thing it is to take anything otl the rigid forms of tho dead. He called a soldier to his assistance, who, in his turn, appro priated tho poor man's shorB, The pants were carried to an old negro washerwoman to bo well boiled and "plugged" where a ball had gone through them, and then Capt. Wiso bad the best pair of pants in the whole battalion. Capt. Wise has been for many years an honored citi zen of Baltimore, Md., where he is connected with the public school system, and has made a reputation as an accomplished educator. Many touching and somo amusing anecdotes arc told of thc boy soldiers and their prowess. Cen. Imboden re lates that Col. W. G. Lincoln, of tho Sith Massachusetts, was very badly wounded, and his horse having been killed, he was caught under him. In this helpless plight he refused to sur render to a cadet uutil tho cadet threatened Lo run him through with his bayonet. And tho incident is re lated by Capt. Wise, of a cadet who called to a Federal officer to surrender, and the officer, who despised his pig my adversary, refusing to do so, thc boy discharged his musket, inflicting a fatal wound. "Oh, mister!" cried the tender-hearted youth, as ho ran for ward to help his dying foe, "I am so sorry I shot!" "And what a fool was I," replied tho other, "not to surren der!" A small cadet, eager to show his valor, carno excitedly forward to Capt. Wiso with about eight or ten Federal soldiers, exclaiming in triumph: "See, Captain, I captured all thoso men my self!" But the Captain shrewdly suspected that tho soldiers were on their way to surrender themselves when this doughty young gentleman cime up with thom. Cadet Charles Carter Randolph, a cousin of General Lee, was the youngest boy in the bat talion. At the age of fourteen he had entered the Confederate service in a oavalry Company from his native County, Fauquier. He reported to Qen. Jackson as corner before the battle of Slaughter's Mountain, and carried orders for him to the front. But he was so small Gen. Jaokson re commended that he be admitted as a oadet in the Military Institute. At the battle nf New Market it is said that a Federal officer refused to sur ' - it ! lin until tli.- I. ra vi; youth I." A . ?! hf i !<...."...-. t.? u>o ii." l>ayo: . ' liv was -.i ul'tiii yyards ?h -?.- r- 1 it ly \i ..!!;?:. .j i?. th?; head, ?y? I hat ! iii li!"'- -.vi- <i< -1 ?;i ; r? 1 fil'i and it yt-jua illy a year before he was able to re llim t.. i i" Institute. Il<; is now a :lcrgyman in thc diocese of his near relative, Bishop Alfred Magill Ban lolpli, ol' ?Southern Virginia. Among the cadets who were in the hattie was the young hon nf the Confederate Secretary "f War, Mr. Seddon. The story i- told ?d' Cadet Seddon that he was -o small of statue and so delicate that nm ni' hi- father's servants was employed to carry his nun for him on thc mareh. (icu. I Ul hod cn had ahoy brother among these little heroes who was knocked down and disabled for the time hy a spent canister shot. Among the cadets who gave up their !i\< s at New Market, (.'abell, Standard, .Jefferson and Wheelwright were es pecially noticeable for their nobility of character and Christian graces, Cad. i Cibcll was the eldest ol' two brothers who were in tin; battalion, and his unselfish care and solicitude for his brothel-, their mother's darl ing, was remarked upon by his assn ciatos. On the night before the hat ti?! he told a comrade of his fears f'.r the boy's safety, then went apart and prayed for his brother, his oom rades and himself. And on the mor row he was taken and his brother left! Jacqueline Beverly Stauard lived for some time after receiving his mortal wound, and he sent to his mother messages of love and farewell: "Tell her," he said, "I fell where I wished to fall, fighting for my country, and I did uot light in vain. Tell my moth er I die with full confidence in my God, my ioved ones must meet me in Heaven." And when from the bat tlefield thc distant shout of victory fell upon his ear, a radiant smile lit up his countenance and with a fervent "Thank <iod" the young hero "fell asleep." Thomas (iarland Jefferson, of the same family as the author of the De claration of Independence, who had received the summons to battle as to a bun.cn t, displayed a Spartan fortitude as bc lay bleeding on tho field. To two of his companions who lingered to give him some assistance, ho replied, ! pointing to the advancing line: "You can .do nothing for mc; go to the front; there is thc place for you." Cadet Wheelwright, who at the age of l-l had displayed remarkable cour age and daring in assisting in the.cap ture of a vessel from some traitors who had seized it, was the youngest of three brothers, two of whom were in the Confederate army. Thinking to preserve their Benjamin from the fatalities of war, his parents sent him to thc Institute, and he alone fell a sacrifice. Surviving until the 2d of Juuu, he bore his sufferings with tho utmost patience ant heroism, sending messages to his family of Christian hope and resignation. An incident that has been classed as touching*tho "high water of Ameri can heroism" is related of ono of the cadets at New Market. Lieut. Carter Berkeley, of a Confederate battery, was passing over tho battlefield when ho was attracted by the cries of a mere lad, who, grievously wounded himself, waa apparently unoonsoious of his own condition in his distress over his comrade. Ho sat with the latter's head upon his breast and call ed to Lieut, Bcrkely: "Sir do get mo a doctor, tor my friend is wound ed." "My poor boy," rejlt :d tho officer, "your friend is dead, but I will get a doctor for you." They wcro, indeed, all worthy of their race, many of them, being of gent?o lineage and bearing historic names in the nob lest meaning, tho "golden youth" of the Old Dominion. 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Send 31 cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser. Address WORLD'S DISPENSARY, Buffalo, N. Y. Weak and sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, /rte. All correspondence is held aa strictly private. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Rn f?alo. N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Pellets dore bUiouihen. . . !' i h o hi -t blood ..!' soute of thc South' < rn S tut? $ uno years, uftcr thc ' ivar ti N url horn man ea inc to tho lu? H titulo t'> euler hi> young KOU there saying t?? the commandant : "^ir, I was au officer in thc Union anny at thc battle ol' New Market and waa a witness to the bravery of your cadets, and I resolved then that if I ever had a soil lie should he educated in this Echool of heroes!" Among tl!?- cadets at New Market was a young Israelite, boru in Rich mond, Va., now thc world-renowned sculptor, .Sir Moses Kzekicl, of Kome, Italy. To him, most appropriately, was consigned the execution of the monument to his comrades, the cor ner-stone of which was laid the loth of May last, aod which will be unveil ed . I une "??i. It occupies a beautiful position on the parado ground of the Institute, in front -of tho outrace to the Jackson Memorial Hall. At the cemetery ?d' the institute arc the graves of thc young heroes whoso fame tho monument commemorates: "Sleeping, but glorious, Dead in fame's portal, Dead, but victorious; Dead, but immortal! They gave us great glory, What more could they give? They have left us a story, A story to live." Kate Mason Rowland. Ills Friend-The Enemy. ! Thc death of General Longstreet, the last but one of tho great Confed erate Generals during the "late un pleasantness," recalls the remarkable manner in which his life was linked to that of Gen. Grant-CDUB?OS by mar riage, friends by fellowship at West Feint asd service on battlefields and in camp together, yet enemies in the last great struggle. The Loogstreet Grant entente finds few parallells in history. One of the miuor paral?is is tho association of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in the Black Hawk campaign which so involved Iowa and Iowa's interests. Grant and Longstreet were together at West Point, where each formed a high opinion ofthe other. Longstreet reports that in the bitter hour of de feat and despair at Appomattox, Grant s ont thc clouds scudding across the horizon by linking his arm with that of Longstreet and saying in the old tone of camaraderie: "Como on Pete, let's go back to thc good old times and play a game of 'bragg* as we used to.' That word "bragg" will bring back memories to tho veterans of '61, for in those dayB "bragg" meant all that poker, whist, cinch or euchre can mean nowadays. It was Longstreet who welcomed Grant at Jefferson bar racks, where he had preceded Grant by a year, and who took him out to visit his uoJo, Frederick Grant, where Ulysses tuet Julia Dent, whom IK- subsequently married, thus making Grant ami Longstreet cousius. The parallelism continues through the Mexican war, in which both t-erved, and io which both H:OD captaincies. Afterwards, however, thc men drifted apart: Grant to be thc great hero of the North and Longstreet to be "the grand old mau of the Confederacy." When the struggle was over and Grant hecame President he appointed Long street surveyor of customs at New Or leans. When Grant died there was no more stricken heart than that of his comrade and friend, Longstreet. It was General Longstreet who sent the (lower of the Southern soldiery tu death with a simple nod of his head. Pickett's gallant brigade was sent to its annihilation at Gettysburg by or ders given through General Longstreet by Lee. Longstreet knew it meant death. When Pickett asked for the word "Old Pete" nodded; he could not voice Ins cmot'cns, and Pickett swept into the awful charge which an nihilated his corps.* The friendship and relationship of Graut and Longstreet was unique, dc i spite thc divisions that thc civil wai made. It was romantic as well. Stu dents of romantic history find manj possibilities in it. The story of th? association of Abraham Lincoln anc Jefferson Davis in early days is fullj as interesting. Lincoln volunteered in the Black Hawk war and re-enlistec when thc demand for Illinois troops was made. Ile served in the earn paign^whioh terminated with Black Hawk's treacherous capture at Ba< Axe. Davis was in the same oam paign. It was Davis who conveye? Black Hawk from Fort Atkinson t< St. Louis. Thirty years later the twi men, Lincoln and Davis, were the op posing heads of a divided nation. History is filled with such curiou and interesting studies. 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