Charles Courtenay Tew (October 17, 1827 – September 17, 1862) was a colonel in the Confederate States Army and was killed in action at the Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War.

After returning from Europe he was made Commandant of Cadets, in 1857 was appointed superintendent of the Arsenal Academy in Columbia, SC, the SCMAs 'second campus'.

Tew was speaking with Col. John B. Gordon of the 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment on the Sunken Road (the famed Bloody Lane) along the Confederate line when both men were struck.

Matthew Manly of Company D, 2nd North Carolina wrote - "During the battle in this bloody lane Colonel Charles Courtenay Tew was killed, his body falling into the hands of the enemy .

A Federal soldier attempted to take the sword from him, but he drew it toward his body with his last remaining strength, and then his grasp relaxed and he fell forward, dead.

Tew's sword (presented by the cadets of The Arsenal, the Columbia, SC campus of the SCMA, and inscribed with his name) and his watch were never returned to his family.

The photograph, often called "Dead at Bloody Lane" shows a Confederate officer in the bottom right of the photo, lying on his back against the bank of the Sunken Road.

[11] Recently The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina announced that the Tew Sword had been identified by the Canadian Army unit 33 Signal Regiment of Ottawa, Ontario, and would be returned to the school on Friday, September 18, 2015 prior to a Dress Parade by the Corps of Cadets.