Cadet Stewart’s fascination with an 1855 Colt revolving rifle on display led to ... Institute's firearms collection. VMI's Virginia Museum of the Civil War is located on the site of the 1864 ...

As a member of the New Market Firing Party at the Virginia Military Institute, a group which performs ceremonial rifle salutes when ... Field of Lost Shoes, a Civil War drama concerned with ...

The sacrifice of the VMI cadets has often been recalled in books ... is a popular stopping point for Civil War buffs, tourists, and the curious. Wayside markers outline the events.

Movies about the Civil War are almost ... they're fighting. One cadet tells his fellow soldiers, "We should not be fighting to keep people in chains." The cadets defend VMI's African-American ...

An independent film titled “Field of Lost Shoes” will begin principal photography on the VMI campus early next week. The film will be based on the famous Civil War Battle of New Market in ...