New Market Ceremony May 15, 2019
Virginia Mourning Her Dead, by sculptor Sir Moses Ezekiel, New Market Cadet and Class of 1866, given to honor the New Market Cadets.
New Market Ceremony The cadets called to the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864, have come to represent the bravery and sacrifice of all the Institute’s alumni who have served our nation. Standing with the 10 New Market cadets who died in that battle are scores of alumni who died in service to the nation across the generations. The sacrifice of those 10 was made in a battle that engulfed the entire Corps of Cadets – the only time in America’s history that the entire student body of a college fought as a unit in battle. The New Market cadets are named today for the soldierly qualities they exemplified and which all cadets seek to emulate, the qualities of duty, honor, devotion, and leadership.
The Ceremonial Formation The Corps of Cadets marches from Barracks to the Parade Ground, forming two battalions centered on the statue Virginia Mourning Her Dead, at the base of which are buried cadets who died in the Battle of New Market.
The Roll Call The ceremony begins with the historic roll call of the 10 cadets who died in the battle, each name called by the commander of the company in which that cadet served. In response to each name called, a cadet appointed for the ceremony gives the traditional reply: “Died on the field of honor.” The commanders of the companies of the Corps established since 1864 report for alumni who died in America’s wars since the Mexican-American War. The Regimental Commander then gives the full report to the Commandant.
The 10 Cadets Who Died at New Market Corporal Atwill, Samuel Francis – A Company, Virginia Private Haynes, Luther Cary – B Company, Virginia Private Jefferson, Thomas Garland – B Company, Virginia Private McDowell, William Hugh – B Company, North Carolina Private Stanard, J. Beverly – B Company, Virginia Private Wheelwright, Joseph Christopher – C Company, Virginia Sergeant Cabell, William Henry – D Company, Virginia Private Crockett, Charles G. – D Company, Virginia Private Hartsfield, A. Curtis – D Company, North Carolina Private Jones, Henry Jenner – D Company, Virginia
The Ceremony and Review Floral tributes are laid at the foot of Virginia Mourning Her Dead and at the three arches of Barracks that display plaques naming alumni who died in battle. The Chaplain recites the New Market Prayer, and a three-volley salute is fired. At the conclusion of the gun salute, an echo rendition of Taps is played followed by the playing of Amazing Grace. The Corps then marches to the end of the Parade Ground, onto Letcher Avenue toward Barracks, and renders an eyesright salute to the Superintendent and the Commandant as it marches in front of the monument.
VMI Alumni
Died on the Field of Honor Class year shown with name.
MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR Southall, Anthony W. 1847 Carter, Charles E., 1842
McCorkle, Alexander M. 1843 Munford, Carlton R. 1844
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR Abell, William M. 1864 Adie, Louis B. 1865 Alexander, Thomas 1862 Allen, James W. 1849 Allen, Robert C. 1855 Anthony, Robert I. 1863 Armistead, John S. 1858 Ashby, James L. 1852 Ashby, John W. 1855 Ashby, Richard 1851 Atwill, Samuel F. 1866 Banks, Thomas W. 1852 Barton, Charles M. 1856 Beasley, Peter R. 1864 Benbury, Richard B. 1865 Bethea, Theodore 1863 Bibb, Frank S. 1864 Bishop, Benjamin F. 1862 Blakey John W. 1867 Botts, Lawson 1844 Bowe, Nathaniel C. 1868 Bradley, Randolph 1864 Bray, William H. 1861 Breckinridge, James 1858 Breckinridge, Peachy G. 1857 Brent, Virginius K. 1856 Burgess, Alex A. 1862 Burgwyn, Henry K. 1861 Burke, John W. 1863 Burke, Thomas M. 1852 Buster, William D. 1866 Cabell, William H. 1865 Callcote, Alex D. 1851 Carpenter, Joseph H. 1856 Carrington, Abram C. 1852
Carter, James P. 1864 Chenowith, Joseph H. 1859 Cherry, Joseph B. 1860 Claiborne, Thomas D. 1857 Clopton, Alfred W. 1863 Colston, Raleigh T. 1855 Connor, Alex S. 1863 Cowherd, Charles S. 1864 Crawford, Robert A. 1863 Crittenden, Lewellyn 1862 Crockett, Charles G. 1867 Crump, Charles A. 1843 Crutchfield, Stapleton 1855 Curry, Eugene G. 1863 Dabney, Basil G. 1867 Dabney, Edward M. 1862 Daniel, William A. 1866 Davidson, Albert 1864 Davis, James L. 1866 Davis, Thomas B. 1866 Derby, Charles A. 1848 Dew, Daniel B. 1864 Deyerle, Madison P. 1860 Dove, Leslie C. 1865 Dudley, Thomas C. 1865 Easley, William H. 1856 Eastham, George L. 1864 Edmonds, Edward C. 1858 Edmondson, Howell C. 1861 Ellis, John T. 1848 Eppes, Peter F. 1858 Evins, James S. 1862 Fant, Edward L. 1856 Fletcher, John 1859 Forbes, James F. 1850
Forbes, William A. 1842 Ford, Charles E. 1863 Fowlkes, Eusebius M 1856 Frazer, Philip F. 1864 Gaines, Lewis C. 1865 Galt, William 1864 Garland, Samuel 1849 Garnett, Thomas S. 1844 Gay, Charles W. 1864 Gibbons, Simeon B. 1852 Gibbs, John T. 1863 Gisiner, John T. 1865 Goode, Edmund 1846 Grandy, Patrick H. 1864 Grayson, Richard O. 1858 Green, William J. 1846 Grigg, Francis G. 1867 Grigg, Wesley P. 1863 Haden, Anselm H. 1859 Haden, Joel W. 1856 Haigh, Charles T. 1866 Hairston, John A. 1862 Halcomb, Thomas H. 1856 Hall, James 1859* Hall, John 1863* Hambrick, Joseph A. 1857 Hamilton, James B. 1851* Hammet, William R. 1864 Hammond, George N. 1853 Hannah, Joel M 1868 Hardy, Julian B. 1862 Harman, Thomas L. 1852 Harrison, Carter H. 1850 Hart, T. G. 1861 Hartsfield, A. Curtis 1866
Haynes, Luther C. 1867 Helm, R. H. 1865 Heth, John 1861 Hill, John W. 1859 Hopkins, Samuel C. 1865 Hunter, Henry W. 1861 Irvine, Alexander J. 1854 Jackson, Alfred E. 1864 Jameson, James H. 1842 Jarrell, Thomas G. 1863 Jefferson, Thomas G. 1867 Johnston, Peyton 1864 Jones, Edward P. 1855 Jones, Francis B. 1848 Jones, Henry J. 1867 Jones, William D. 1856 Jordon, Harry E. 1864 Keeling, Robert H. 1846 Keiter, William 1859 Kent, James R. 1860 Kincheloe, James M. 1858 Kinney, Thomas C. 1862 Kirby, Edmund 1862 Koontz, Hugh R. 1864 Lackland, Francis 1849 Langhorne, Jacob K. 1866 Latimer, Joseph W. 1863 Lauck, Charles E. 1854 Lawrence, Walter A. 1860 Lawson, John 1849 Lee, Nathaniel W. 1865 Lee, William F. 1853 Leftwich, James C. 1863 Lewis, Andrew D. 1847 Logan, Richard 1849 Lyle, Alexander 1865 Lynch, David C. 1862 Macon, Edgar 1849 Macon, Miles C. 1856 Madison, John Y. 1864 Magruder, John B. 1864 Mallory, Francis 1853 Marable, David A. 1860 Marr, John Q. 1846 Marshall, James K. 1860 Matthews, Walter T. 1865 May, Benjamin H. 1860 McCance, Robert G. 1866 McDonald, Craig W. 1859 McDowell, William H. 1867
McGehee, Nathaniel M. 1860 McKinney, Robert M. 1856 Meares, Levin W. 1859 Meem, James L. 1856 Miller, Randolph, R. 1863 Milton, George R. 1853 Moffett, John S. 1864 Moffett, Walter F. 1865 Montague, Andrew J. 1864 Moomau, John B. 1845 Moore, Charles W. 1864 Morgan, Edward F. 1864 Morgan, William H. 1860 Morton, Tignal J. 1864 Neff, John F. 1858 Niemeyer, John C. 1863 Norris, Charles R. 1864 Oliver, John M. 1860 Oliver, Yelverton N. 1861 Otey, George G. 1855 Pannill, John M. 1862 Park, William K. 1861 Parran, William S. 1856 Patteson, Reuben B. 1853 Patton, George S. 1852 Patton, Waller T. 1855 Pearce, Robert S. 1864 Pearson, John, R. 1865 Peebles, Hartwell H. 1865 Pegram, John C. 1858 Pemberton, John R. 1858 Pendleton, Edward 1864 Pendleton, William W. 1867 Pennybacker, Thomas J. 1857 Petway, Oliver C. 1863 Pitts, John H. 1844 Powell, Richard H. 1866 Preston, William C. 1864 Price, George S. 1862 Randolph, William H. 1856 Redwood, John T. 1864 Reveley, William W. 1862 Rhodes, Edward A. 1864 Rice, Thomas C. 1856 Richardson, John Q. 1857 Riddick, Charles H. 1854 Ridley, John D. 1858 Rodes, Robert E. 1848 Rogers, Arthur L. 1852 Rutherford, Robert H. 1865
Scales, James R. 1864 Seaborn, George A. 1866 Seabrook, James 1864 * Selden, William B. 1856 Silvester, Keeling 1863 Simpson, Robert H. 1845 Slaughter, Edward M. 1865 Smith, Francis W. 1856 Spears, John W. 1864 Speed, Henry G. 1866 Stanard, Jaqueline B. 1867 Starke, Edward B. 1863 Stewart, Benjamin F. 1857 Stone, Nolan 1867 Strange, John B. 1842 Stuart, William D. 1850 Suddoth, Francis M. 1856 Sydnor, Richard D. 1862 Tabb, William H. 1861 Taylor, Robert C. 1860 Taylor, Thomas S. 1858 Terrill, James B. 1858 Terry, Charles W. 1864 Thomas, Lewis M. 1864 Thomson, James W. 1864 Terrill, James B. 1858 Tomes, Francis I. 1867 Tredway, Thomas B. 1865 Trout, Erasmus S. 1865 Turner, John A. 1863 Tyler, Samuel 1864 Urquhart, Charles F. 1860 Van Epps, George C. 1867 Vaughan, Robert F. 1866 Waller, John T. 1865 Walthall, James A. 1862 Ward, John C. 1853 Ward, William N. 1864 Warwick, Barksdale 1865 Watkins, William E. 1864 Watson, William E. 1858 Wheatley, Mandy T. 1857 Wheelwright, Joseph C. 1867 Willcox, James W. 1861 Williams, Benjamin W. 1857 Williams, Lewis B. 1855 Williamson, Joseph L. 1865 Wilson, Nathaniel C. 1861 Worsham, Patrick H. 1857 Wright, Charles T. 1866
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR Alston, Joseph K. 1882 Donn, Henry M. 1898
Geiger, William C. 1895 Jacob, Charles D. 1897
Mabry, Woodford H. 1875 Williams, William H. 1894
WORLD WAR I Alexander, Gail H. 1899 Amory, Thomas D. 1916 Baldwin, Joseph F. 1912 Benners, Archibald W. 1919 Blackford, Charles M. 1897 Caffee, Mahlon W. 1906 Carroll, Irwin A. 1913 Chambers, Middleton 1908 Conrad, Robert Y. 1905 Corey, James L. 1917 Cushman, Joseph R. 1916 Cutchins, Frank 1914 Dance, Powhatan R. 1920 Dashiell, George F. 1919 Dillard, Alexander W. 1913 Drake, James H., Jr. 1901 Ewell, James H., Jr. 1909 Fraser, Alexander H. 1908 Fugate, Jesse H., Jr. 1916
Gill, Howard F. 1914 Goddard, Walter S. 1910 Haskell, Tracey S. 1907 Hathaway, Edward T. 1915 Homes, Peter P. 1912 Howard, Richard J. 1915 Humphreys, William H. 1915 James, Bartlett 1915 Johnson, Edward H. 1904 Karow, Gustav 1916 Kelly, Russell A. 1914 LaRue, Benn V. M. 1896 Lincoln, Atwell T. 1897 Massie, Hope W. 1918 Mayer, Eugene N. 1912 McClellan, John M. 1916 McClintock, Alexander 1913 Michie, Robert E. L. 1883 Milam, Carter 1914
Minton, Charles A. 1909 Murphy, Richard W. 1916 Pigue, James A. 1905 Polack, Rodney W. 1908 Rapkin, Edmund L. 1919 Richards, James N.C. 1914 Rockwell, Kiffin Y. 1912 Smith, Edward M. 1914 Somers, Vernon L. 1915 Stockdell, Hugh 1897 Sullivan, Melville E. 1917 Tinsley, Benjamin T. 1901 Tomlinson, John B. 1918 Van Sant, James A. 1918 Waggoner, William H., Jr. 1910 Wells, Edward L. 1907 Wheatley, William 1871 Wright, Crispin 1904
WORLD WAR II Aaron, Reid S. 1940 Adams, Hawes N. 1943 Adams, James R. 1931 Akers, George D. 1947 Allen, James G., Jr. 1944 Allen, James P., Jr. 1933 Anderson, Marvin J., Jr. 1943 Arms, Charles C. 1939 Augustine, Charles H. 1945 Banks, John R. 1942 Bell, Joseph X. 1938 Bennett, Belton A., Jr. 1934 Blackburn, Beverly S. 1943 Blakemore, Neville D. 1934 Blanchard, Lawrence C., Jr. 1930 Boggess, Robert W., Jr. 1940 Booth, Richard, Jr. 1938 Borden, Paul L., Jr. 1938
Bowman, Jay K., Jr. 1945 Buckner, Simon B., Jr. 1906 Burdeau, George T., Jr. 1911 Bush, John R. 1946 Butler, Charles A., Jr. 1941 Byrd, Cornelius Z. 1926 Campbell, William C., Jr. 1946 Carmichael, John R.T. 1931 Carpenter, Whitman S. 1943 Carter, Bernard P., Jr. 1939 Chadwick, Louis G. 1930 Chapman, Philip G. 1940 Christian, John H., Jr. 1944 Clarke, Douglas M. 1930 Coburn, Cecil P. 1944 Coffman, Franklin W. 1945 Coleman, William W. 1939 Colt, Freeling T. 1938
Coopwood, Joseph B. 1927 Cothron, Hester C. 1937 Dance, Willis J., Jr. 1941 Darden, Alfred C., Jr. 1937 Darden, William H.,U. 1940 Dickerson, Edgar M. 1930 Dillon, Richard P. 1945 Dopkin, Gerald R. 1947-D** Eastham, Kenna G. 1910 Emory, William W. 1935 Ewell, Arnold H. 1946 Fallwell, Andre P. 1945 Faulkner, Charles J., IV 1940 Fleming, Joseph H., III 1939 Fodale, Charles B. 1940 Ford, Walter A., Jr. 1931 Frye, Benjamin A. Jr. 1945 Fullilove, Thomas P. 1928
Garrett, Robert O., Jr. 1931 Gilliland, James C. 1932 Gittens, Sidney R., Jr. 1945 Goddin, Alfred P., Jr. 1942 Gompf, Charles H. 1941 Goolsby, Fleming C. 1941 Guy, Robert L. 1942 Hamilton, Frank G. 1945 Handy, George B. J. 1940 Harris, Joseph D. 1940 Harris, Seale, Jr. 1923 Harrison, Charles F. 1931 Haupt, Charles F. 1947-A** Heath, Jesse H., Jr. 1938 Heindl, Louis A., Jr. 1942 Hill, Fred B. 1941 Hippey, Frederick A. 1939 Holland, Shirley T., Jr. 1942 Hoover, Woonard 1943 Horne, Gilder S., Jr. 1941 Hudgins, Henry C. 1932 Humlong, William H., Jr. 1945 Idol, Victor H., Jr. 1941 Jones, John K., Jr. 1946 Jones, James N. 1927 Jones, Meriwether 1942 Jones, Robert E. 1945 Jones, Robert F. 1941 Jones, Thaddeus W., Jr. 1939 Kearfott, Benjamin R. 1943 Keerans, Charles L., Jr. 1920 Kevan, William P., Jr. 1939 Killey, Philip H. W. 1941 King, Everett G. 1942 King, Rufus D., Jr. 1936 King, Stuart W. 1919 Lang, William J., Jr. 1940 Lawless, Valentine B. 1932 Lemmon, Robert T., Jr. 1943 Lewis, Robert A. 1942 Lillard, Lewis A. 1941 Littrell, Jackson S. 1939 MacKinnon, Malcolm B. 1940 Maclean, James S., Jr. 1945
Magoffin, Beriah III 1936 Mahl, William, Jr. 1945 Markin, William D. 1943 Marklis, Arthur W. 1932 Marshall, Richard J., Jr. 1944 Martin, Walter C., Jr. 1945 Mason, Walter N., Jr. 1932 Massenburg, George A., Jr. 1942 Matthews, James T. 1947-G** McCaa, Nelson E. 1940 McCauley, William S. 1941 McCullough, John K. 1942 McEveety, John J. 1937 McMillin, Douglas G. 1940 Miller, George F. 1929 Moore, Noel M., Jr. 1930 Morton, Dan J. 1941 Mullen, Marcus A. 1936 Nash, Charles F., II 1941 Newton, Alexander C. 1931 Nix, Robert W., III 1939 Oakey, David R. 1942 Ofenstein, Leo E. 1937 Opie, Thomas R. 1940 Palmer, Addison W., Jr. 1934 Patton, George S., III 1907 Pendleton, Alexander B. 1937 Peters, George B. 1941 Puller, Samuel D. 1922 Renneman, George W. 1945 Ribble, John M. 1921 Roberts, William T. S. 1920 Rogers, Layne, Jr. 1945 Romm, Edward D. 1931 Sanford, William V. 1914 Savitz, Leonard 1947-A** Sawyer, Bailey M. 1927 Sclater, Ivanhoe H., Jr. 1937 Searcy, James F. 1941 Shanklin, John A., Jr. 1938 Sheffey, Harold C. 1937 Shultz, William G. 1941 Sibley, Robert L., Jr. 1938 Simpson, Manley O., Jr. 1942
Smith, Franklin F. 1927 Smith, Harry L., Jr. 1943 Smith, James A., III 1940 Smith, William A. 1944 Smith, Walter S., Jr. 1946 Sosbee, Joseph A., Jr. 1941 Spencer, Augustus R. 1941 Steed, George H., Jr. 1941 Stell, Virginius R., Jr. 1944 Stirni, Joseph W. 1931 Summerlin, John V. 1929 Summers, Joseph A., Jr. 1944 Swetting, Joseph R., Jr. 1941 Syme, Samuel A. 1921 Taylor, James P. 1945 Thompson, Peyton, Jr. 1943 Thomson, Edward W. 1919 Thomson, Paul J., Jr. 1941 Thrasher, Thomas L., Jr. 1941 Topham, William F. 1939 Treakle, Harold W. 1945 Turpin, Norman R. 1942 Twombly, Richard W. 1944 Tyler, Maurice L., Jr. 1944 Upshur, William P. 1902 Vaden, Carter S. 1935 Venable, Eugene R. 1934 Vincent, Sydney A., Jr. 1940 Vinson, Linwood, Jr. 1940 Wall, Robert D. 1942 Waller, David G. 1945 Walthall, Harvey M. 1945 Ward, Joseph G. 1917 Ward, John J., Jr. 1934 Warren, John B., Jr. 1933 White, George M. 1939 White, Walter P. 1945 Willcox, George C. 1924 Williams, William R. 1925 Wilson, John D. 1939 Woodall, John A. 1929 Woodhouse, Horatio C., Jr. 1936 Young, Edgar M., Jr. 1933
KOREAN CONFLICT Bates, John O., Jr. 1947 Carey, James D. 1951 Dille, John A., Jr. 1948-B Dressler, William E. 1938 Gilliam, Patteson 1947 Hatfield, Douglas H. 1940 Hickman, William H. 1940 Martin, Clarence A., Jr. 1944 Nachman, Irvin E. 1949-A
Parker, Frank M., Jr. 1939 Ramsey, Robert D., Jr. 1945 Smith, Robert N. 1947 Stephenson, F. A., Jr. 1948-B Stewart, Eugene W. 1951 Taft, Kenneth E., Jr. 1950-B Tate, John A. 1944 Tauss, Robert S. 1950-A Thomas, Howell G., Jr. 1947
Tigertt, Thomas W. 1949-C Timmins, John W., Jr. 1949-B Townsend, R. T. 1949-A Valentine, Earl L., Jr. 1949-A Volk, Alan M. 1950-B Walker, Walton H. 1909 Walthour, Charles P. 1949-B Wright, Stanley, Jr. 1951
VIETNAM WAR Bayliss, Paul M. 1960 Bell, William B. 1967 Blair, Thomas G., Jr. 1969 Booth, Herbert W., Jr. 1952 Butt, Herbert H., Jr. 1958 Butt, Richard L. 1964 Diedricksen, Alan L. 1966 Dillard, John A.,B., Jr. 1942 Dotson, Jefferson S. 1966 Draeger, Walter F., Jr. 1955 Frosch, Jesse F. 1964 Galloway, Arthur L., Jr. 1969 Green, Douglas B., III 1966 Hambleton, Harry B., III 1966 Heathcote, Clifford S. Jr. 1957
Huyler, William D. Jr. 1966 Johnson, James R. 1965 Kennedy, John W. 1969 Kleinberg, Peter S. 1961 Lattin, John H., Jr. 1966 LeMay, Richard D., Jr. 1962 Lingle, Joseph M., Jr. 1965 Mack, Joseph B., Jr. 1956 Martin, William R. 1955 Masotti, James J. 1959 Mattaro, Donald J., Jr. 1966 McCarthy, Walter R., Jr. 1953 Mixson, Joseph G. 1957 Mullins, Daniel L. 1966 Nicholas, Denis 1961
Oliver, Thomas T. 1963 Osborne, Edwin N., Jr. 1955 Pardee, Scott K. 1971 Rogan, James P. 1962 Runion, Marion G. 1961 Scanlan, Lawrence W. 1967 Scarborough, Edmund B. 1964 Scott, Vincent C. 1966 Seymoe, Joseph P. 1947 Spearman David G. 1961 Stone, Rodney H. 1966 Wauchope, Douglas J. 1959 Webb, Franklin W. 1969 Whittier, Mark C. 1966
PERSIAN GULF WAR Plunk, Terry L. 1988 Zeugner, Thomas C. M. 1976
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM Doltz, Ryan E. 2000 Edge, James C. 1996 Griffin, Dale R. 2003 Hurley, Joshua C. 2001 Mathers, Charles W., III 1962
McMillan, William L. III 2008 Miller, Lowell T., III 1993 Ransom, Charles A. 2001 Syverson, Paul R., III 1993 Teal, John R. 1994
Williams, David L. 1991 Wright, Gregory R., Jr. 1995 Wullenwaber, Luke C. 2002
* Died while serving in the United States Army, American Civil War. **Army Specialized Training Program student at VMI.
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