Many Citadel alumni became authors. Some of the more famous are listed below, along with their class:
--Bond, Oliver, 1886
--Chapman, Alvah, 1942
--Conroy, Donald Pat, 1967
--Dubose, William P., 1855
--Hitt, Robert M., 1935
--Lumiansky, Robert M., 1935
--Rigney, James, 1974 (Robert Jordan)
--Salley, Alexander S., 1892
--Thomas, John P., 1851
--Westmoreland, William, 1931-1932 - did not graduate
--Willingham, Calder, 1940-1941 - did not graduate
--Woodward, William E., 1893
--Workman, William D., 1935
