Born in rural Florida during the Reconstruction, Charles Pelot Summerall (1867-1955) enrolled in West Point in 1888. After graduating, Summerall's Army career helped to pull his family out of extreme poverty and set him on a path to eventually become a decorated war hero, four-star General, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, and President of the Citadel. Straddling the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Summerall's service began when the U.S. government...