The Bomb, 1895, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Gignilliat, Leigh Robinson

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ISBN 10: 1334067236 ISBN 13: 9781334067235

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Bomb, 1895, Vol. 1

The Legislature increased the annuity from time to time, and appropriated large amounts to provide new barracks and to equip the institution. In 1861, the school was full to its capacity. An extension of the barracks was in process of construction to meet the demand of those seeking admission, the privileges of the school having been extended to citizens of other States. In April, 1861, at the call of the States, the corps of cadets, under the command of Major - afterwards Lieutenant General Stonewall Jackson marched from Lexington to Richmond. These cadets were employed in instructing and drilling the large number of volunteers assembled for organization and instruction in camp-lee, near Richmond, (but were soon disorganized and scattered by the advancement of cadets) to military rank in the different grades of service.

In 1862, upon the demand of military authorities of the Confederate States for the reorganization of the Institute as a training school to supply skilled and educated officers for the armies, the Institute was reopened. During the war cadets were repeatedly called into active service in the Valle of Virginia and on the lines around Richmond. On the lgth of May, 1864, at New Market, the corps of Cadets, organized as -jttalion of infantry of four companies, and as a platoon of artillery, serving two '3-inch rifle guns, lost over fifty killed and wounded out of an aggregate of two hundred and fifty. On the 11th of June, 1864, the barracks. Mess hall, officers' quarters, the library containing about volumes, and all the apparatus and instruments of the various departments of the school, were burned, by order of General David Hunter, commanding the United States Army, at that time operating in the Valley of Virginia. From providential causes, the quarters of the superintendent escaped destruction, and was the only building 'left standing upon the grounds. In October, 1865, after the close of the war, the Institute was reopened. The buildings and equipments of the school were rapidly restored, and the Institute entered upon an era of unprecedented prosperity. Since then the course instruction has been enlarged and extended. Appliances of instruction have been provided in the departments of Chemistry.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1334067236
• ISBN 13: 9781334067235
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160