In the early dawn of January 9, 1861, the first shot of the War Between the States was fired from Morris Island by Citadel cadets under the command of Major Peter Fayssoux Stevens. The cadets opened fire with 24 pound siege guns on a Federal ship, The Star of the West. The ship was driven off and prevented from relieving Union forces on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, and the defense of the South became real.
This monument is erected by the Class of 1961 and by friends and loyal alumni of the Citadel to commemorate this great event in American history and to pay tribute to the courage and leadership of all men of this great institution who have fought and died with honor in defense of their ideals.
Best Drilled Cadets
Star of the West
Medal Winners
1886 ? J. T. Coleman · 1887 ? W. C. Davis · 1888 ? J. R. Rutledge · 1889 ? P. K. McCully · 1890 ? W. Z. McGhee · 1891 ? A. G. Ethridge · 1892 ? J. R. Verdier · 1893 ? R. I. Leghre · 1894 ? Abram Levy · 1895 ? J. D. Dial · 1896 ? A. Idsey · 1897 ? F. B. Dalley · 1898 ? D. C. Pate · 1899 ? L. B. Steele · 1900 &nbap; A. H. Cross · 1901 ? T. C. Marshall · 1902 ? A. E. Hutchinson · 1903 ? J. F. O'Mara · 1904 ? E. C. Register · 1905 ? W. W. Dick · 1906 ? W. W. Benson · 1907 ? A. T. Carcaraa · 1908 ? E. D. Smith · 1909 ? B. W. Gaston · 1910 ? F. Y. Legare · 1911 ? Thomas Richardson · 1912 ? J. M. Arthur · 1913 ? J. H. Holmes · 1914 ? James Anderson · 1915 ? J. G. M. Nichols · 1916 ? F. R. Rogers · 1917 ? H. L. Cunningham · 1918 ? T. W. Williamson · 1919 ? J. L. Whitten · 1920 ? E. A. Pollock · 1921 ? J. D. Frost · 1922 ? E. T. Moore · 1923 ? Walter Allan · 1924 ? J. J. Mackay · 1925 ? C. H. Rosson · 1926 ? F. G. Burnett · 1927 ? F. B. Fishburne · 1928 ? W. M. Roberts · 1929 ? R. K. Walker · 1930 ? J. W. Blevins · 1931 ? R. R. Zobel · 1932 ? R. H. Ammerman · 1933 ? A. B. Sundin · 1934 ? A. L. Leonard · 1935 ? S. P. Browne · 1936 ? S. P. Browne · 1937 ? J. R. Lyons · 1938 ? W. H. McIntyre · 1939 ? F. S. Conroy · 1940 ? D. T. Harris · 1941 ? W. T. Bether · 1942 ? C. J. West · 1943 ? L. C. Emerson · 1944 ? C. C. Williams · 1945 ? R. R. Willis · 1946 ? G. M. Moore · 1947 ? S. D. Falsodomy · 1948 ? L. P. Sullivan · 1949 ? H. O. Stoddard · 1950 ? C. J. Easler · 1951 ? L. O. Allen · 1952 ? S. C. Mills · 1953 ? J. R. Patterson · 1954 ? R. W. Lockridge · 1955 ? P. D. Warren · 1956 ? G. F. Marschalk · 1957 ? J. B. Taylor · 1958 ? B. L. Spivey · 1959 ? Iredell Jones · 1960 ? R. L. Lupton · 1961 ? W. B. Sansom · 1962 ? B. J. Bohn · 1963 ? G. R. Wilson · 1964 ? R. C. Johnson · 1965 ? R. W. Briistol · 1966 ? J. E. Morgan · 1967 ? V. P. Hambright, III · 1968 ? V. P. Hambright, III · 1969 ? W. D. Archer · 1970 ? J. E. Onuschak · 1971 ? D. J. O'Neal · 1972 ? A. D. Griffin · 1973 ? W. F. Clewe, III · 1974 ? W. F. Clewe, III · 1975 ? C. H. Boardman, III · 1976 ? C. H. Boardman, III · 1977 ? T. C. Slider · 1978 ? R. A, Risher · 1979 ? D. C. Seaman · 1980 ? V. B. Edmonds · 1981 ? B. L. Morgan · 1982 ? I. F. Henson, Jr. · 1983 ? Herman W. Stehmeiler · 1984 ? B. T. Smith, III · 1985 ? 1985 ? C. A. Bell · 1986 ? R. M. Williams, II · 1987 ? M. S. Crippen · 1988 ? T. C. Alaksa
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