The New Market Cross of Honor was a military decoration issued to cadets of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) for their service to the Confederacy during the American Civil War. The decoration was issued by the Alumni Association of VMI about 40 years after the war, in 1904.[1]
The award was presented to the 294 members of the Cadet Battalion from VMI who marched into combat at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864, turning the tide of the battle for the Confederacy.[1] All the cadets had been previously listed on the Confederate Roll of Honor.[2] A notable participant in the battle, and recipient, was Moses Jacob Ezekiel.[3] In addition to the cadets, the cross was also presented to Eliza Catherine Clinedinst Crim, a New Market resident who had nursed injured cadets after the battle; upon her death in 1931 cadets served as her pallbearers and her grave marker said "Mother of the New Market Corps".[4]
Separately, VMI has awarded a "New Market Medal" to distinguished alumni since 1962.[5]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Archived copy". http://www.civilwarsoldiersearch.com/medals-and-honors.html#.
- ↑ Tucker, Spencer C. (30 September 2013). American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [6 volumes]: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. ABC-CLIO. p. 2202. ISBN 978-1-85109-682-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=9dvYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2202.
- ↑ Moehlman, Lara (September 21, 2018). "The Not-So Lost Cause of Moses Ezekiel". https://www.momentmag.com/the-not-so-lost-cause-of-moses-ezekiel/.
- ↑ "VMI and the Battle". https://www.vmi.edu/museums-and-archives/virginia-museum-of-the-civil-war/researchers/vmi-and-the-battle/. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ↑ "2018 New Market Day Program". http://www.vmialumni.org/s/1752/alumni/index-wide.aspx?sid=1752&gid=2&pgid=2909&cid=6280&ecid=6280&ciid=9997&crid=0. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
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