He was born on the Quenby Plantation outside Charleston, South Carolina,[1] and graduated from South Carolina Military Academy (now The Citadel) in 1854. He and classmate Micah Jenkins established the King's Mountain Military School in Yorkville in 1855.[2] It closed at the start of the American Civil War. It reopened after the war but the boarding school struggled with the challenging times and closed.[2]
During the Civil War, Coward was commissioned as a colonel and served under General James Longstreet in Tennessee and Georgia.[2]
In 1890, Coward was named Superintendent of The Citadel. He remained in that office until 1908 and died in 1925.[2] He is buried at Rosehill Cemetery in York County.[3]
^Coward, Asbury (June 18, 1968). "The South Carolinians: Colonel Asbury Coward's memoirs". Vantage Press – via Google Books.
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asbury, coward, september, 1835, april, 1925, school, leader, confederate, army, officer, south, carolina, superintendent, education, served, superintendent, citadel, born, quenby, plantation, outside, charleston, south, carolina, graduated, from, south, carol. Asbury Coward September 19 1835 April 28 1925 was a school leader Confederate Army officer South Carolina Superintendent of Education He served as Superintendent of The Citadel He was born on the Quenby Plantation outside Charleston South Carolina 1 and graduated from South Carolina Military Academy now The Citadel in 1854 He and classmate Micah Jenkins established the King s Mountain Military School in Yorkville in 1855 2 It closed at the start of the American Civil War It reopened after the war but the boarding school struggled with the challenging times and closed 2 During the Civil War Coward was commissioned as a colonel and served under General James Longstreet in Tennessee and Georgia 2 He served as president of the Kings Mountain North Carolina centennial committee citation needed In 1890 Coward was named Superintendent of The Citadel He remained in that office until 1908 and died in 1925 2 He is buried at Rosehill Cemetery in York County 3 The Daughters of the American Revolution erected a monument honoring him at Kings Mountain National Military Park in Blacksburg 4 The Citadel has a collection of his letters 5 Winthrop University has a small collection of his letters 6 His memoir was published in 1968 7 References edit Asbury Coward a b c d Kara Klein Colonel Asbury Coward CSA 1890 1908 The Citadel Charleston SC www citadel edu A Coward was a soldier of God Columbia Star www thecolumbiastar com 5 April 2013 Kings Mountain Colonel Asbury Coward Marker NCpedia www ncpedia org Coward Asbury Collection The Citadel Archives Digital Collections citadeldigitalarchives omeka net Coward Asbury January 1 2015 Col Asbury Coward Papers Accession 600 M259 308 Manuscript Collection Coward Asbury June 18 1968 The South Carolinians Colonel Asbury Coward s memoirs Vantage Press via Google Books External links editFind a Grave entry Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Asbury Coward amp oldid 1207705297, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
