Claudius Lucian Fike papers, 1862-1894 bulk 1862-1864.

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Fike, Claudius Lucian, 1845-1894. Claudius Lucian Fike papers, 1862-1894 bulk 1862-1864.

Claudius Lucian Fike papers, 1862-1894 bulk 1862-1864.

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Letters and grade reports documenting the studies of Claudius Fike as a cadet at Columbia's Arsenal Academy and Charleston's Citadel Academy. Includes letters from Fike at Arsenal Academy, written to his parents, George Adam and Didamie Emaline Hicks Fike, in the Spartanburg vicinity, describing daily regimen, studies, and the strict military discipline facing cadets preparing to enter The Citadel; letter, 20 Apr. 1862, describing Fike's dress uniform made of cloth produced at the nearby Saluda Factory, but which sported U.S. eagle buttons; and letter, 1 May 1862, re good diet provided by the Academy. Contains letters written from The Citadel relating impressions of the impact of the war on civilians, including letter, 20 Dec. 1863, in which Fike enclosed fragments of a fatal shell from the bombardment of Charleston; letter, 5 Aug. 1864, reporting that large numbers of citizens attended the dress parades at The Citadel every Friday; and items from Fike's later life documenting his career as an educator and including a photocopy of his obituary.

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