[billhilly]

An interesting fact with regard to the Citadel. General William C. Westmoreland, former Army Chief of Staff, and famous commander in Vietnam attended his plebe year at the Citadel because his grandfather did not want him going to a "yankee" academy. One year later, the generals father, and he, convinced his grandfather that other famous southern generals had attended West Point, so his grandad relented. The result was a second plebe year at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

[AnAmericanMother]

Oooweee! sounds like my great-aunt Quenelle. There was only one "War" for her, and it wasn't in this century - or the last. She was very suspicious when I went "north" to school - but seemed satisfied with my explanation that it wasn't that far north and that lots of Southerners (particularly Virginians) had attended the College of New Jersey. :-D