Ellison Capers was a general of the Confederate Armies, graduated from the South Carolina Military Academy in 1857, and was a professor of Mathematics and Rhetoric at the South Carolina Military Academy.
Anderson, Paul Christopher. General Ellison Capers. Photograph. South Carolina Encyclopedia. https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/capers-ellison/.
William Stewart Simkins (August 25, 1842 – February 27, 1929) was a Confederate soldier and professor of law at the University of Texas at Austin.[1] While a Citadel cadet, he possibly fired the first shot of the American Civil War.
William Stewart Simkins. Photograph. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stewart_Simkins.
Richard W. Colcock was the superintendent of the South Carolina Military Academy from 1844-1852.
Major Richard W. Colcock. Painting. The Citadel: Teaching & Learning Resources. https://www.citadel.edu/root/admissions-treasurer/88-info/info-home/history/2398-major-richard-w-colcock,-usa-1844-1852
Johnson Hagood graduated from the South Carolina Military Academy in 1847 and was elected governor of South Carolina in 1880 and during his term he reopened the South Carolina Military Academy.
Begley, Paul R. General Johnson Hagood. Photograph. South Carolina Encyclopedia. https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/hagood-johnson/.
Colonel Coward was named Superintendent of The Citadel in 1890, where he remained until 1908. He died in 1925.
Colonel Asbury Coward. Painting. The Citadel: Tuition & Fees. https://www.citadel.edu/root/presidents/107-info/administration/office-of-the-president/20867-colonel-asbury-coward,-csa-1890-1908.
John Hugh Means was governor of South Carolina from 1850-1852, was part of the South Carolina Convention of 1852 which resolved to secede from the Union should the federal government interfere with slavery, signed the Ordinance of Secession in 1860, and was a member of the Board of Visitors in 1851.
Governor John Hugh Means. Photograph. South Carolina’s Information Highway. https://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/means.html.
Print shows Confederate soldiers firing cannons from an artillery battery, bombarding Fort Sumter in the distance.
Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states, April 13, 1861 https://www.loc.gov/item/2013646579/.
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893) was a U.S. military officer who later served as a Confederate general during the Civil War (1861-65). Beauregard was instrumental in the early Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run and in 1862 served at the Battle of Shiloh and Siege of Corinth.
General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. Photograph. US National Archives and Records Administration. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/525441.
John P. Thomas was the first honor graduate of the South Carolina Military Academy in 1851, he was a Professor of English and History at The Arsenal and Superintendent at The Arsenal in 1861, Superintendent of The Citadel when it reopened in 1882, and wrote The History of the South Carolina Military Academy.
Colonel John P. Thomas. Painting. The Citadel: Speaker Resources. https://www.citadel.edu/root/academicaffairs-exam-schedules/107-info/administration/office-of-the-president/20869-colonel-john-p-thomas,-csa-1882-1885.
In 1852, Stevens accepted a professorship at The Arsenal; transferred in 1853 to The Citadel; and became the Superintendent in 1859. In January 1861, Governor Pickens ordered Stevens and a detachment of cadets to man a battery on Morris Island. His orders were to fire on any vessel bearing the US flag entering Charleston harbor. The result was the historic driving back of the Star of the West.
Major Peter F. Stevens. Painting. The Citadel: Speaker Resources. https://www.citadel.edu/root/academicaffairs-exam-schedules/107-info/administration/office-of-the-president/20871-major-peter-f-stevens,-scm-1859-1861.
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