VMI cadets wear an all-white uniform as they attend normal duties and classes. Some are seen here on the campus next to a war memorial erected in honor of those cadets who fought and died in a particular battle during the Civil War.

General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a member of the faculty of VMI at the beginning of the Civil War and was the leader of a corps of these very young cadets in the early days of the war. Most were in their teens. It puts you in mind of the "Stripling Warriors" spoken of in the Book of Mormon. They were very young, but very brave, executing all commands with exactness.