Letter from Colonel Asbury Coward to Major C. S. Gadsden, April 8, 1898

Title

Letter from Colonel Asbury Coward to Major C. S. Gadsden, April 8, 1898

Description

Letter from Colonel Asbury Coward to Major C. S. Gadsden, Chairman of the Board of Visitors, concerning the Cadet Rebellion of 1898, also known as the Cantey Rebellion.

Source

CP8, Box 5, Folder 2

Publisher

The Citadel Archives & Museum

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Asbury Coward Collection

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application/pdf

Language

English

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Text

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https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/563

Date Valid

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Citadel, Charleston, S. C., April 8 1898
Col. C. S. Gadsden,
Chairman Bd. Of Visitors
Charleston, S. C.

Dear Sir:
I have to report that Cadet H. W. Crouch deserted barracks yesterday afternoon. I have issued order suspending him, as is usually done I recommend his expulsion.

Very respectfully
Asbury Coward
Sup’t

RR – This case may as well lie over till the BV meets in June. There can be no question of the propriety of his expulsion and as matters stand the sentence [illegible words] by the BV

Very Respectfully
C. S. Gadsden
Chairman

April 29th

Citation

Coward, Asbury, 1835-1925, “Letter from Colonel Asbury Coward to Major C. S. Gadsden, April 8, 1898,” The Citadel Archives Digital Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/563.