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(October 2007)
Hall of Valor Civil War museum with the original tombstones of the 6 VMI
cadets killed in action during the battle in the wheat field later named
"The Field of Lost Shoes." One of the six, Cadet Thomas G. Jefferson, a
descendant of President Thomas Jefferson, was mortally wounded and died
three days later on the 18th of May, 1864. Four more cadets died later
from their wounds. These ten cadets are buried at Virginia Military
Institute in Lexington, VA |
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(October 2007)
Original tombstone of 17 year old Cadet Thomas G. Jefferson |
