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Citadel Ties Run Deep in Aiken History and Honor
The Citadel founder links to Aiken County trace back to Gov. Richardson and Gen. James Jones with Jones guiding the academy’s early board. Aiken hosted cadet encampments in 1893 and local figures like Dr. Teague aided cadets. Whitehall mansion given to The Citadel by Col. Robert McCormick later became a Citadel asset with sword gates now on campus.
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James B. Stockdale
Citadel
Aiken
Jones
Edgefield
William Gregg
Gregg
Graniteville Co
Richardson
J.P. Thomas
South Carolina Military Academy
James H. Hammond
Beech Island
Barnwell
Hammond
James Jones
The
Military Academy
State House
O’ Aiken
Camp Columbus
Charleston
Julian B. Salley
Star of the West
Military College
Robert McCormick
Chicago
Whitehall
Whiskey Road
Charles P. Summerall
McCormick
Distinguished Military Academy of
South Carolina