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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The battle of New Market, Va., May 15th, 1864. (search)
he time, almost fatal to the colleges and the institutes. Colonel Smith, however, resolved to keep open his school. He reduced the regulation age for admission from eighteen to sixteen years. This was below the conscript age, and soon the institute was filled to repletion with three hundred boys, all it would hold. But under State laws even they were a part of the reserves, a militia force liable to be called out in emergencies.--J. D. I. My veteran troops, effective present, numbered but 1492 men when we left Mount Crawford on the 2d of May, to which should be added about 100 men scouting either in front of or behind Sigel. Harman's reserves did not amount to one thousand men, and these were undisciplined and armed mostly with hunting-rifles and shot-guns. This was the total scattered and incongruous force in front of Sigel in the valley the first week in May. The 1500 or 1600 veterans, with their horses, were in splendid condition for hard service. On May 5th we reached Woo