Viriginia Military Institute, The West Point of the South

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Stock #:242510
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Lexington
State: Virginia (VA)
County: Lexington (city)
Publisher: Marken & Bielfeld. Inc.
Postmark: 1956 Jul-2
Postmark City: Strasburg
Postmark State: VA
Stamp: 2c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Founded in 1839, Virginia Military Institute has long been recognized as a splendid school. Stonewall Jackson, a professor there, became the military genius of the Confederacy. The services of the V.M.I. Cadets at the Battle of New Market has gone down in history as one of the outstanding military achievements of the Civil War

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