The Citadel had a cadet and 25 alumni at the Battle of Antietam in 1862. Two were killed and four wounded.
Charles Tew was shot in the head and among the hundreds of Confederates buried in mass graves. Their bodies were eventually relocated to cemeteries in Maryland and West Virginia. His final resting place is unknown and age at death was 34.
After the war, his father began searching for the sword, cup and pocket watch his son had with him at his death. All they knew was that he was shot along the Sunken Road.
Sometime in 1870, his father got a letter from Ohio saying the sword was hanging at the Odd fellows Hall in Norwalk. A family friend went there, but it was gone.
Then, there was nothing new for 145 years.
--Old Secesh
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