{"id":77,"date":"2022-04-25T14:16:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2022-09-15T14:47:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T18:47:04","slug":"major-richard-w-colcock-usa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/major-richard-w-colcock-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Richard W. Colcock, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-major-richard-w-colcock-usa-1844-1852\">Major Richard W. 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