Atwill, Samuel Francis – Corporal, Company A
Age 18. He received a calf wound in the Orchard. Although a bad wound, it
was not considered life threatening, and he was promoted to Cadet Sergeant about six weeks after the battle. He contracted lockjaw,
however, as a result of his wound, and he died what was described as an excruciating death on July 20, 1864 in Staunton. His
body was returned to VMI two years after the battle, where it was reinterred beneath the New Market Battle Monument.
Cabell,
William Henry – First Sergeant, Company D
Age 18. He was killed instantly by the explosion of a shell before he reached the Bushong
Farm. His body was found by his younger brother, Robert, a member of Company B, who had gone back over the battlefield to search
for him. He was temporarily buried at New Market, then reburied at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, next to his mother’s ashes. While a cadet, he had ranked first in his class of 24. He also had an older brother serving in the volunteer army. Ironically,
William became a VMI cadet at the urging of his father, who thought that, at William’s young age, it presented a better alternative
than going off to war.
Crockett, Charles Gay – Private,Company D
Age 17. Killed instantly by the explosion of a shell,
believed to be the same one killing Cabell and Jones. He had only been a cadet about four months when he was killed at New Market. He was buried under the New Market Battle Monument at VMI.
Hartsfield, Alva Curtis – Private, Company B
Age 19. Wounded
at an unknown location on the battlefield. He went with the rest of the Corps to Richmond after the battle. There he was
placed in a hospital for treatment of measles, which he had contracted while in camp, either at New Market or enroute to New Market. Successful in getting a furlough while recuperating, he attempted to walk to his home in North Carolina. He collapsed in Petersburg,Virginia and was taken to a hospital, where he died on June 26, 1864. Because of his wound, and because he contracted measles
whjle at New Market, his death was attributed to the effects of the battle and he was counted as one of those killed or mortally wounded
in the battle. He had attended the University of North Carolina before transferring to VMI. He is buried in Petersburg.
Haynes,
Luther Cary – Private, Company B
Age 19. He had just returned from a furlough because of a “family affliction” when the Corps
was called to New Market. He was wounded in the Orchard and died around June 15, 1864 in Richmond. He was believed to
have only been wounded and was carried on the rolls as such until his sister informed authorities in 1904 that he had died from his
wounds. In 1910 it was agreed that his name should be included with those who died as a result of the battle. He is buried
at his home, “Sunny Side,” in Essex County, Virginia.
Jefferson, Thomas Garland – Private, Company B
Age 17. He was wounded
in the Orchard and died three days later in the home of a Mrs. Clinedinst. He was attended by Cadets Moses Ezekiel and Oliver
Evans, the Corps Color Bearer. Jefferson is credited with saving the life of Cadet James Darden earlier in the battle when he
improvised a bandage from his canteen strap and stemmed the flow of blood from the severed arteries in Darden’s badly wounded arm. Jefferson is buried under the New Market Battle Monument at VMI.
Jones, Henry Jenner – Private, Company D
Age 17. Killed
by the same exploding shell that killed Crockett and Cabell, Jones had only been a cadet for about 10 months at the time of his death. He was buried by his fellow cadets in New Market. About three years later his body was returned to Lexington and buried under
the New Market Battle Monument.
McDowell, William Hugh – Private, Company BAge 17. Killed in the field before Bushong’s
Farm. Slightly built, he was shot through the chest. He was from North Carolina, and he was considering accepting a position
on General James Conner’s staff when the Corps was ordered to New Market. McDowell was temporarily interred at New Market, then
removed and reburied under the New Market Battle Monument at VMI.
Stanard, Jacqueline Beverly – Private, Company B
Age 19. He was mortally wounded in the Orchard and died a few hours later. He had been in a relatively safe area of the battlefield,
assigned to attend the baggage wagon, but he elected to join his friends in the battle despite his premonition that he would be killed. He had been confirmed in the church just a week before the battle. Stanard had resigned as a cadet in January, 1864 but was
restored by the Board of Visitors eight days later. Buried temporarily at New Market, his body was reburied at Orange, Virginia.
Wheelwright,
Joseph Christopher – Private, Company C
Age 17. Believed to have been mortally wounded in the Orchard. He was taken off
the battlefield by several of his comrades after the battle. He was moved to the home of a Dr. Newman in Harrisonburg, where
he died on June 2 despite the efforts of Dr. Newman and his family. Temporarily interred, he was ultimately moved back to Lexington for
burial under the New Market Monument on the campus of VMI.
