Charles C. Tew
| Charles C. Tew | |
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Charles Courtenay Tew
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| Born |
October 17, 1827 Charleston, South Carolina |
| Died | September 17, 1862 (aged 34) Sharpsburg, Maryland |
| Place of burial | Unknown |
| Allegiance |
 Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1861–62 |
| Rank |
 Colonel
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| Commands held |
 2nd North Carolina State Troops, infantry regiment |
| Battles/wars | |
Charles Courtenay Tew (October 17, 1827 – September 17, 1862) was a colonel in the Confederate States Army and was killed in action at the Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War.
Tew was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Henry Shade Tew and Caroline Courtenay. Tew's paternal ancestry was French Huguenot and his maternal grandfather was a native of Ireland.
Tew was one of twenty cadets initially admitted to the new South Carolina Military Academy in 1843, now known as The Citadel. Tew graduated first in his class in 1846, becoming both the first graduate of the school and the first honor graduate. Upon graduation, he took a position as a professor at the Citadel Academy until 1852, when he spent a year in Europe studying military tactics. When he returned from Europe he was made Commandant of Cadets, in 1857 Tew was appointed superintendent of the Arsenal Academy in Columbia, SC, the SCMAs 'second campus'. He founded his own successful military academy, at Hillsborough, North Carolina in 1859 called the Hillsborough Military Academy.
When North Carolina seceded, the first two colonels appointed by Governor John Willis Ellis were Tew and D.H. Hill. Tew was commissioned to the 2nd North Carolina State Troops, which, during the Peninsula Campaign was attached to the brigade of Brig. Gen. George B. Anderson in the Army of Northern Virginia. Tew took part in the Peninsula Campaign, the Northern Virginia Campaign, and the Maryland Campaign. Tew was killed-in-action at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, while leading his regiment, the 2nd North Carolina State Troops.
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