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| Click to enlarge: Cadets conduct sword drill before display case (Daniel Library) |
A sword, cup and other items that belonged to The Citadel’s first honor graduate have been reunited for the first time in 153 years.
Col. Charles
Courtenay Tew died Sept. 17, 1862, at the Battle of Antietam while leading a North Carolina unit. The weapon, his
watch and a cup were taken as trophies of war. Just this week, a Canadian
military unit that had the sword for several decades transferred it to the military school in Charleston, S.C.
A ceremony
was held Thursday at The Citadel’s Daniel Library. The sword will
remain on display in the library. The cup is on loan from Tew descendants until
the end of the academic year.
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| (Photos courtesy of Daniel Library) |
Lt. Goble
David Goble (left) is director of the library and was involved in planning the
return of the sword to Charleston. Caroline Sloan (center), a Tew descendant,
told the Picket recently that the family has long searched for the sword,
knowing only that it was in Ohio. In 1963, a woman who moved from the United
States to Ottawa gave the sword to a relative in the 33 Signal Regiment of the
Canadian Army.
Michael
Martin (right) is the head of the regiment’s foundation. He and others spent
years proving the weapon’s provenance after the unit moved from one building to
another. Canadian officials decided the sword rightfully belonged at The
Citadel.
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