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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Agreement between the United States Government and South Carolina as to Forts at Charleston . (search)
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Agreement between the United States Government and South Carolina as to preserving the status of the Forts at Charleston.
Letter from General E. Capers and statement of ex-governor Orr, of South Carolina.
The following statement was made to me by Governor James L. Orr at the request of General T. W. Crawford, U. S. A.
G he time of the State's secession.
Governor Orr was at the time of making the statement Judge of the Circuit Court and holding court in Greenville, S. C.
Ellison Capers.
Statement of James L. Orr.
I retired from Congress on the 4th of March, 1859, hence was not present as a member when the arrangement was made between M dent.
Mansion House, Greenville, S. C., September 19, 1881
The above is an accurate copy of the original statement as I took it down when given to me by Governor Orr.
I sent a copy to General T. W. Crawford, and have his letter acknowledging its receipt. Ellison Capers. Christ Church Rectory, Greenville, November 20, 1883.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 39 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Captain Francis Huger Harleston . (search)
Captain Francis Huger Harleston. By Rev. (General) Ellison Capers.
[The following address was delivered at the Citadel, Charleston, S. C., on the occasion of the unveiling of the Mural Tablet erected to the memory of Captain Francis Huger Harleston, and both as a tribute from a gallant soldier to one of Sumter's heroic defenders, and as the delineation of the character of a fair specimen of the men who wore the gray, it is worthy of preservation.]
In April, 1860, seven young gentlemen graduated from this academy:
Francis Huger Harleston, A. J. Norris, A. S. Gaillard, William E. Stoney, S. S. Kirby and Frank deCaradeuc.
With high hopes and happy hearts they formed their class on commencement day for the last time, and taking their place in rear of the escort of their fellow-cadets, marched out of the archway, to the Hibernian Hall.
A brilliant audience, in fullest sympathy with the occasion, greeted the procession.
As I recall the scene to-day, though twenty-four ye