A group of Virginia Military Institute alumni is at war with the school’s first black leader over his push to introduce “woke,” new diversity policies at the oldest public senior military ...

The Virginia Museum of the Civil War provides opportunities to reflect upon the Battle of New Market which happened on May 15, 1864. Students from Virginia Military Institute, who were as young as ...

Gore had been accepted to Virginia Military Institute and was set to follow in the footsteps of his father, who served in the Army. He didn’t know the school hadn’t integrated — the cadets ...

Gabriel Colvin Wharton, 1824-1906, was born in Culpeper County and was educated at Virginia Military Institute. During the Civil War he fought for the Confederacy and in 1863 rose to the rank of ...

Virginia Military Institute Will Not Renew First Black Superintendent's Contract. More. ... a Confederate general during the American Civil War and former instructor at the school.