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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 116 14 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 9 1 Browse Search
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James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 5 1 Browse Search
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A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 3 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 3 1 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Confederate forces: Lieut.-General John C. Pemberton. (search)
g.-Gen. John Gregg: 1st Tenn. Battalion, Maj. S. H. Colms; 3d Tenn., Col. C. H. Walker; 10th and 30th Tenn., Col. R. W. MacGavock (k), Lieut.-Col. James J. Turner; 41st Tenn., Col. R. Farquharson; 50th Tenn., Lieut.-Col. T. W. Beaumont (w); 7th Tex., Col. H. B. Granbury; Mo. Battery, Capt. H. M. Bledsoe. Brigade loss: Raymond, k, 73; w, 251; m, 190 =514. Gist's Brigade, Col. Peyton H. Colquitt: 46th Ga. (5 co's), Capt. T. B. Hancock; 14th Miss., Lieut.-Col. W. L. Doss; 24th S. C., Lieut.-Col. Ellison Capers; Miss. Bat'y, Capt. J. A. Hoskins. Brigade loss: Jackson, k, 17; w, 64; m, 118 ==198. Walker's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. W. H. T. Walker: 1st Bat'n Ga. Sharp-shooters, Maj. A Shaaff; Ga. Bat'y, Capt. R. Martin. Unattached, 3d Ky. (mounted), Col. A. P. Thompson; 8th Ky. (mounted), Col. H. B. Lyon. After Grant's withdrawal from Jackson to Vicksburg the reinforcements received by Johnston consisted of the brigades of Rust and Maxey from Port Hudson; Ector's and McNair's brigades and the
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The Confederate army. (search)
r. Brigade loss: k, 37; w, 232; m, 46==315. Artillery, Maj. R. E. Graves (k): Ky. Battery, Capt. Robert Cobb; Tenn. Battery, Capt. John W. Mebane; La. Battery, Capt. C. H. Slocomb. Reserve Corps, Maj.-Gen. W. H. T. Walker. Walker's division, Brig.-Gen. S. R. Gist. Gist's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. S. R. Gist, Col. P. H. Colquitt (k), Lieut.-Col. L. Napier: 46th Ga., Col. P. H. Colquitt, Maj. A. M. Speer; 8th Ga. Battalion, Lieut.-Col. L. Napier; 24th S. C., Col. C. H. Stevens (w), Lieut.-Col. Ellison Capers (w). Brigade loss: k, 49; w, 251; m, 36 == 336. Ector's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. M. D. Ector: Stone's Ala. Battalion,----; Pound's Miss. Battalion,----; 29th N. C.,----; 9th Texas,----; 10th, 14th, and 32d Tex. Cav. (dismounted),----. Brigade loss: k, 59; w, 239; m, 138 == 436. Wilson's Brigade, Col. C. C. Wilson: 25th Ga., Lieut.-Col. A. J. Williams (k); 29th Ga., Lieut. G. R. McRae; 30th Ga., Lieut.-Col. James S. Boynton; 1st Ga. Battalion Sharp-shooters,----; 4th La. Battalion,----.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces in the Atlanta campaign. May 3d-September 8th, 1864. (search)
gade, Brig.-Gen. States R. Gist, Col. James McCullough: 8th Ga. Battalion, Lieut.-Col. Z. L. Watters; 46th Ga., Maj. S. J. C. Dunlop, Capt. E. Taylor, Maj. S. J. C. Dunlop; 16th S. C., Col. James McCullough, Capt. J. W. Boling; 24th S. C., Col. Ellison Capers, Lieut.-Col. J. S. Jones, Col. Ellison Capers. Stevens's (or Jackson's) Brigade, Brig.-Gen. C. H. Stevens, Brig.-Gen. H. R. Jackson, Col. W. D. Mitchell: 1st Ga. (Confederate), Col. G. A. Smith; 25th Ga., Col. W. J. Winn, Maj. A. W. Smith,Col. Ellison Capers. Stevens's (or Jackson's) Brigade, Brig.-Gen. C. H. Stevens, Brig.-Gen. H. R. Jackson, Col. W. D. Mitchell: 1st Ga. (Confederate), Col. G. A. Smith; 25th Ga., Col. W. J. Winn, Maj. A. W. Smith, Capt. G. W. Holmes; 29th Ga., Lieut.-Col. W. D. Mitchell, Maj. J. J. Owen, Capt. J. W. Turner; 30th Ga., Lieut.-Col. J. S. Boynton, Maj. H. Hendrick; 66th Ga., Col. J. C. Nisbet, Capt. T. L. Langston; 1st Ga. Battalion Sharp-shooters, Maj. A. Shaaf, Capt. B. H. Hardee, Maj. A. Shaaf; 26th Ga. Battalion, Maj. J. W. Nisbet. Mercer's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. H. W. Mercer, Col. W. Barkuloo, Lieut.-Col. M. Rawls, Lieut.-Col. C. S. Guyton, Col. C. H. Olmstead: 1st Ga., Col. C. H. Olmstead, Maj. M. J. For
oles's Island — the enemy thinking, probably, to cut off our troops on Coles's Island. Lieut.-Col. Ellison Capers, Twenty-fourth regiment South-Carolina volunteers, commanding on Coles's Island, withd Men engaged in endeavoring to extricate them, driven off by the enemy near morning. Lieut.--Col. Ellison Capers, Twenty-fourth regiment South-Carolina volunteers, with several companies, sent just s, and to ascertain enemy's position. Sharp skirmish with the enemy at Legare's, in which Lieut.-Col. Capers drove back, for a half-mile and more, the enemy's troops in his front, though very much ouaid, Private Bresnan, Irish volunteers, was mortally wounded. Gallantry and discretion of Lieut.-Col. Capers marked. Capt. Ryan, Irish volunteers, Charleston battalion, distinguished himself by his ills's. Our battery at one time almost silenced by this latter fire. A gun, worked by Lieut.-Col. Ellison Capers,, in a little battery-across the creek, at Clarke's, somewhat flanking the enemy's adv
rn at Monroe, Southampton County, Virginia, December 1, 1826. Graduating from the Virginia Military Institute in 1847, he followed the profession Confederate generals--no. 17 South Carolina John Bratton led a brigade in Longstreet's Corps. Thomas M. Logan led a Cavalry brigade in Lee's Army. Nathan G. Evans, commander of a District on the Atlantic coast. Martin W. Gary, originally Colonel in Hampton's Legion. James Connor commanded a brigade in Lee's Army. Ellison Capers led a brigade in the Army of Tennessee. John D. Kennedy led a brigade in Longstreet's Corps. John S. Preston, chief of the Bureau of Conscription. of civil engineering until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he entered the Confederate Army. He participated in the capture of the Norfolk Navy Yard by the Virginia volunteers, raised and commanded the Sixth Virginia regiment and on November 16, 1861, he was appointed brigadier-general in the Confederate Army in March, 1864. In th
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), General officers of the Confederate Army: a full roster compiled from the official records (search)
, 1861. Bee, Hamilton P., Mar. 4, 1862. Bell, Tyree H., Feb. 28, 1865. Benning, H. L., Jan. 17, 1863. Boggs, William R., Nov. S, 1862. Bonham, M. L., April 23, 1861. Blanchard, A. G., Sept. 21, 1861. Buford, Abraham, Sept. 2, 1862. Branch, L. O. B., Nov. 16, 1861. Brandon, Wm. L., June 18, 1864. Bratton, John, May 6, 1864. Brevard, T. W., Mar. 22, 1865. Bryan, Goode, Aug. 29, 1863. Cabell, Wm. A., Jan. 20, 1863. Campbell, A. W., Mar. 1, 1865. Cantey, James, Jan. 8, 1863. Capers, Ellison, Mar. 1, 1865. Carroll, Wm. H., Oct. 26, 1861. Chalmers, J. R., Feb. 13, 1862. Chestnut, J., Jr. , April 23, 1864. Clark, Charles, May 22, 1861. Clark, John B., Mar. 8, 1864. Clanton, J. H., Nov. 16, 1863. Clingman, T. L., May 17, 1862. Cobb, T. R. R., Nov. 1, 1862. Cockrell, F. M., July 18, 1863. Cocke, P. St. G., Oct. 2l, 1861. Colston, R. E., Dec. 24, 1861. Cook, Philip, Aug. 5, 1864. Cooke, John R., Nov. 1, 1862. Cooper, D. H., May 2, 1863. Colquitt, A. H., Sept. 1, 1
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Operations before Charleston in May and July, 1862. (search)
le's Island, the enemy thinking, probably, to cut off our troops on Cole's Island. Lieutenant-Colonel Ellison Capers, Twenty-fourth regiment South Carolina Volunteers, commanding on Cole's Island, wien engaged in endeavoring to extricate them driven off by the enemy near morning. Lieutenant-Colonel Ellison Capers, Twenty. fourth regiment South Carolina Volunteers, with several companies, sent jnd to ascertain enemy's position. Sharp skirmish with the enemy at Legare's, in which Lieutenant-Colonel Capers drove back for a half mile or more, the enemy's troops in his front, though very much private Bresnan, Irish volunteers, was mortally wounded. Gallantry and discretion of Lieutenant-Colonel Capers marked. Captain Ryan, Irish Volunteers, Charleston Battalion, distinguished himself b's. Our battery at one time almost silenced by this latter fire. A gun, worked by Lieutenant-Colonel Ellison Capers, in a little battery across the creek at Clarke's, somewhat flanking the enemy's a
and speeches were made, and toasts and sentiments sparkling with good humor, wit and patriotism, were abundant. Among the speakers were C. H. Stevens, Esq., immortalized as the founder of the iron battery, and bravely manned by the Guard; Major Ellison Capers, Captain Cuthbert, and Wm. B. Carlisle, Esq. The mothers, wives, sisters and sweethearts of the Palmetto Guard, have contributed the sum of two hundred dollars for the purpose of presenting the company with a gold medal in commemoration of the memorable battle of Fort Sumter. The medal has been manufactured by Messrs. Spencer & Teague, where it may be seen to-day. The presentation will take place to-morrow, Major Ellison Capers, having been commissioned by the ladies on their part to present it. Where every man has proved himself first among the fearless and the brave, it may seem invidious to mention any one in particular; but the subjects of the following have been such universal favorites with the company, that we feel
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), Brigadier-Generals of the Confederate States Army, alphabetically arranged. (search)
862 commanding 1st brigade, 2d division, Army of the West. 61Campbell, Alex'r W. Gen. L. Polk1864.1864. 1865. Commanding brigade in Jackson's division, Forrest's cavalry corps. 62Canty, JamesAlabamaMaj. Gen. BucknerJan. 8, 1863.Jan. 8, 1863. April 22, 1863. In command of Mobile and its vicinity, the garrison then consisting of the 17th, 21st and 29th Alabama regiments, the 4th and 19th Louisiana regiments, the 30th Louisiana battalion, and various artillery companies, heavy and light. 63Capers, E.S. CarolinaGen. HoodNov. 30, 1864.Nov. 30, 1864. Nov. 30, 1864. Succeeded Brigadier-General Gist in command of his brigade, composed of the 24th South Carolina, the 16th South Carolina, the 46th and 65th Georgia regiments, the 8th Georgia battalion of infantry, and the 1st battalion Georgia Sharpshooters. 64Carroll, Wm. H.Tennessee Oct. 26, 1861.Oct. 26, 1861. Dec. 20, 1861. Resigned February 1, 1863; commanding brigade in General Polk's Department, Mississippi river defences. 65Carter, J<
rolinaReg.---21st South Carolina VolunteersInfantryCol. R. F. Graham   23dSouth CarolinaReg.---22d South Carolina VolunteersInfantryCol. S. D. GoodlettMay 5, 1862.  Col. Joseph Abney   Col. O. M. Dantzler   Col. D. Fleming   Col. G. W. Bevet   24thSouth CarolinaReg.---23d South Carolina VolunteersInfantryCol. H. L. BenbowApril 1, 1863.  Col. L. M. Hatch   25thSouth CarolinaReg.---24th South Carolina VolunteersInfantryCol. C. H. StevensApril 1, 1863.Promoted Brigadier-General. Col. Ellison Capers Promoted Brigadier-General. Col. B. B. Smith   26thSouth CarolinaReg.---25th South Carolina VolunteersInfantryCol. C. H. SimontonAug. 14, 1862.  27thSouth CarolinaReg.---26th South Carolina VolunteersInfantryCol. A. D. SmithSept. 9, 1862.  28thSouth CarolinaReg.---27th South Carolina VolunteersInfantryCol. Peter C. Gaillard   29thSouth CarolinaReg. 1st RegularsInfantryCol. R. H. Anderson Promoted Lieutenant-General. Col. John Dunnovant Promoted Brigadier-Genera