Augusta Military Academy
Overview
Secondary education
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military academy
Military academy
A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps of the army, the navy, air force or coast guard, which normally provides education in a service environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned.Three...
in Fort Defiance
Fort Defiance, Virginia
Fort Defiance is an unincorporated community in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Staunton–Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:Augusta Stone Church was established in the area now known as Fort Defiance in 1740...
, Augusta County, Virginia
Augusta County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 65,615 people, 24,818 households, and 18,911 families residing in the county. The population density was 68 people per square mile . There were 26,738 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile...
, USA. The school was established in 1865 by Confederate
Confederate States of America
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Veteran
Veteran
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Charles Roller
C. S. Roller
M. Charles S. Roller, Jr. was the eighth head football coach for the Virginia Military Institute Keydets located in Lexington, Virginia and he held that position for two seasons, from 1907 until 1908. Roller had previously been head football at Furman University in 1901 and 1902. Highlights of the...
as the Augusta Male Academy and formally became a military academy in 1880. It combined classical studies with a military curriculum and was officially named Augusta Military Academy in 1890. At the time, it was one of the first military preparatory schools
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...
in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
