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This former Confederate officer served as superintendent at two separate military schools following the Civil War. One in Missouri and one in Indiana, both of which still exist today. Who is he and at what schools did he serve as superintendent?

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He was: Colonel Alexander Frederick Fleet
His academies: Missouri Military Academy in Mexico Missouri; Culver Academy on the north short of Lake Maxinkuckee Culver Indiana.

“The destruction of the Missouri MilitaryAcademy in Mexico, Missouri, by an early morning fire prompted Henry Harrison Culver to invite its superintendent, Colonel Alexander Frederick Fleet, to bring his faculty and students to Indiana. The now-famous telegram: “You have the boys and I have the buildings. Let’s get together,” brought Fleet, 72 cadets, and a faculty of five to the north shore of Lake Maxinkuckee. Fleet’s skills as a scholar melded with the founder’s financial wherewithal and ensured the school success both educationally and fiscally”
https://alumni.culver.org/page.aspx?pid=436
 
1) Alexander Frederick "Fred" Fleet Sr.
2) Missouri Military Aacademy
3) Culver Miltary Academy, Culver, Indiana


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Who is he? Alexander Frederick Fleet.
What schools did he serve as superintendent? Missouri Military Academy and Culver Military Academy.
 
This former Confederate officer served as superintendent at two separate military schools following the Civil War. One in Missouri and one in Indiana, both of which still exist today. Who is he and at what schools did he serve as superintendent?

credit: @NFB22
Alexander Frederick Fleet (1843-1911), served as aide-de-camp to General Henry Wise during the rebellion. He was Superintendant of Missouri Military Academy, Mexico, Missouri, from 1889-1896 when that institution was destroyed by fire. He then served as Superintendent of Culver Academy, Culver, Indiana from 1896- 1910.
 
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