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On This Day: American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia... (1864)

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On May 15, 1864: American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley....

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