Letter from R. C. Ligon to Colonel Asbury Coward, April 15, 1898
Title
Letter from R. C. Ligon to Colonel Asbury Coward, April 15, 1898
Description
Letter from R. C. Ligon, father of Cadet G. H. Ligon, to Colonel Asbury Coward concerning the Cadet Rebellion of 1898, also known as the Cantey Rebellion.
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CP8, Box 5, Folder 2
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The Citadel Archives & Museum
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Asbury Coward Collection
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English
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https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/582
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[Page 1]
Iva S. C.
April 15th 1898
Col. A. Coward
Charleston S. C.
Dear Sir: My son reached home Tuesday eve of this week. I regret very much the circumstances which necessitated his coming home at this time. However I do not blame the authorities of the institution. They could hardly do otherwise. I see in the
[Page 2]
papers, where efforts are being made to induce the Board of Visitors to allow the boys to return. I wish very much that a way honorable both to the boys, & to its institutions could be devised. But whether or not I want to express to you specially my sympathy for you in this trouble. Do not think that this will alienate all those affected by its recent order, from the Citadel.
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That it will cease them or their friends to exert their influence against its future usefulness. No, no, we will still be interested in the future welfare of the Citadel and I sincerely hope that she may live to do as grand a work for the youth of our country in the future, as she has done in the years that are past.
The past years work seems to have been one of great benefit to my son. I am gratified
[Page 4]
to note the improvement. This improvement is in every department, and especially in that over which you presided. Heretofore he had mildly expressed some [illegible], but now he tells me, after studying “The Evidences of Christianity” under your tutelage, that everything is clear. He showed me the books he studied, and would have me to read certain portions thereof & might see how beautiful and conclusive the arguments were.
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Thanking you for the kind attention given my son, and for the great benefit which he has derived from the work there done, I am
Yours respectfully
R. C. Ligon
Iva S. C.
April 15th 1898
Col. A. Coward
Charleston S. C.
Dear Sir: My son reached home Tuesday eve of this week. I regret very much the circumstances which necessitated his coming home at this time. However I do not blame the authorities of the institution. They could hardly do otherwise. I see in the
[Page 2]
papers, where efforts are being made to induce the Board of Visitors to allow the boys to return. I wish very much that a way honorable both to the boys, & to its institutions could be devised. But whether or not I want to express to you specially my sympathy for you in this trouble. Do not think that this will alienate all those affected by its recent order, from the Citadel.
[Page 3]
That it will cease them or their friends to exert their influence against its future usefulness. No, no, we will still be interested in the future welfare of the Citadel and I sincerely hope that she may live to do as grand a work for the youth of our country in the future, as she has done in the years that are past.
The past years work seems to have been one of great benefit to my son. I am gratified
[Page 4]
to note the improvement. This improvement is in every department, and especially in that over which you presided. Heretofore he had mildly expressed some [illegible], but now he tells me, after studying “The Evidences of Christianity” under your tutelage, that everything is clear. He showed me the books he studied, and would have me to read certain portions thereof & might see how beautiful and conclusive the arguments were.
[Page 5]
Thanking you for the kind attention given my son, and for the great benefit which he has derived from the work there done, I am
Yours respectfully
R. C. Ligon
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Citation
Ligon, R. C., “Letter from R. C. Ligon to Colonel Asbury Coward, April 15, 1898,” The Citadel Archives Digital Collections, accessed May 3, 2024, https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/582.