at new market, in a matter of minutes, vmi suffered fifty-five casualties with ten cadets killed; the cadets were led into battle by the commandant of cadets and future vmi superintendent colonel scott shipp. shipp was also wounded during the battle. six of the ten fallen cadets are buried on vmi grounds behind the statue "virginia mourning her dead" by sculptor moses ezekiel, a vmi graduate who was also wounded in the battle of new market.