{"id":79,"date":"2022-04-25T14:22:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2022-07-21T14:33:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T18:33:01","slug":"major-francis-w-capers-scm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/major-francis-w-capers-scm\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Francis W. Capers, SCM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-major-francis-w-capers-scm-1852-1859\"> Major Francis W. Capers, SCM (1852-1859) <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Francis Capers was born in Savannah, Georgia on August 8, 1819.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He graduated from the College of Charleston in 1839. 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