...o the regiment of Col. Ellison Capers, with which he was on duty until physical disability compelled his resignation in 1862. Daniel H. Tompkins was educated at Edgefield and in the famous schools of James L. Leslie at Clear Springs and of John L. Kennedy at Williamston until he abandoned his studies in December, 1863, to enlist in the Confederate service. Becoming a private in the Hampton legion he was identi...