The Military College of South Carolina was established in 1842. Cadets fired the literal first shots of the Civil War when they fired on the Star of the West, a Union resupply ship attempting to bring supplies to the Union Army stationed on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. You could not be more wrong….
You're correct. I got the time of its founding wrong. My point still stands. From Time Magazine: "The Citadel traces its origins to the tense 1820s, when South Carolina feared a slave rebellion".
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u/Donkey_kick1151 2d ago
The Military College of South Carolina was established in 1842. Cadets fired the literal first shots of the Civil War when they fired on the Star of the West, a Union resupply ship attempting to bring supplies to the Union Army stationed on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. You could not be more wrong….