Asbury Coward

Asbury Coward (September 19, 1835 – April 28, 1925) was a school leader, Confederate Army officer, and South Carolina Superintendent of Education. Highly-regarded by General Robert E. Lee during his Confederate Army service in the American Civil War, Coward later served as 8th Superintendent of The Citadel (then called the South Carolina Military Academy) from 1890 to 1908.

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