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Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 107 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 88 0 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 74 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 44 2 Browse Search
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 40 0 Browse Search
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 31 3 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 27 1 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 26 2 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 23 1 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 20 0 Browse Search
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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), Chapter 2: (search)
ut off from the large island by Watts' cut and a creek running across its northern neck. Communication with the large island from Little Edisto is by a bridge and causeway, about the middle of the creek's course. This being the situation, General Evans, commanding the Third district, with headquarters at Adams' run, determined to capture the guard on Little Edisto and make an armed reconnoissance on the main island. The project was intrusted to Col. P. F. Stevens, commanding the Holcombe ln the line of railroad, as reported April 30, 1862, present for duty, numbered 2,275, rank and file, stationed as follows: In the First district, Col. R. F. Graham, 1,254; Second district, Brigadier-General Ripley, 8,672; Third district, Brigadier-General Evans, 5,400; Fourth district, Col. P. H. Colquitt, 1,582; Fifth district, Col. P. H. Colquitt, 2,222; Sixth district, Brigadier-General Drayton, 3,45; total, 22,275. The above statement includes infantry, artillery and cavalry. They were
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
nd and New York, and cavalry from New York. Evans' brigade was composed of the Holcombe legion, west creek, about 4 miles due west of Kinston, Evans was attacked by Foster on the morning of the 1erwhelming force, he turned both flanks of General Evans and compelled his retreat to a position abth his infantry and artillery. The conduct of Evans' little command was heroic, and their firmness next morning the battle was renewed, General Evans taking the offensive; but the superior force oederal army enveloped the small command of General Evans, and after three hours of gallant battle, on, Foster gave up the further pursuit of General Evans on the east bank of the Neuse, and crossednd of North Carolinians, strongly supported by Evans. On the 18th of December, General Foster beled, 107 wounded, and 18 missing; total, 145. Evans lost over 400 taken prisoners at the bridge atand 17th, was fully 10,500 of all arms. General Evans in his official report mentioned especiall
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: (search)
s affair occurred, in which the brigade of General Evans and Boyce's battery were engaged. The eneailroad bridge, which he fired and destroyed. Evans ordered Boyce to occupy the steep hill with hi in close supporting distance, behind Hood and Evans. R. H. Anderson with three brigades was on thm the direction of Warrenton. The brigades of Evans and Jenkins were composed of South Carolina trd down on that great field of strife, Hood and Evans and Kemper and D. R. Jones and R. H. Anderson le, Jenkins and Hunton kept abreast of it, and Evans, in supporting Hood, came into battle connecti beyond the Chinn house and south of it, while Evans, who supported Hood's two brigades, passed bey the Chinn house, when the Holcombe legion (of Evans' brigade) came up to his support and fought wif artillery. At this place the brigade of General Evans came up in gallant style and relieved us. ater of battle for the brigades of Jenkins and Evans and the Hampton legion infantry, under Colonel[3 more...]
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 8: (search)
Longstreet were the South Carolina brigades of Evans and Jenkins, the Fifteenth South Carolina withDrayton, and the Hampton legion with Wofford. Evans' brigade, under Col. P. F. Stevens, was marcherrived, to try to cover the right of Rodes and Evans, and fill the intervening space to the turnpik, in the following order: Walker, D. R. Jones, Evans (brigade), D. H. Hill, Hood, Lawton, J. R. Jon (Rodes' and G. B. Anderson's), his batteries, Evans' brigade under Col. P. F. Stevens, and Boyce'sbe Boyce's South Carolina battery, attached to Evans' brigade. It moved out most gallantly, in fulst the center was secure. The part borne by Evans' brigade of South Carolinians in this defense ernoon, when the attack in front pressing, General Evans ordered it deployed as skirmishers to meetl McMaster, of the Seventeenth South Carolina, Evans' brigade, reports that he carried into the batThere are no separate returns of the losses of Evans' brigade at Boonsboro gap and Sharpsburg, but
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
d by Colonel Gadbury, and upon the organization of the regiment he was made regimental commissary with the rank of captain. He served with the regiment in the brigade of Gen. N. G. Evans throughout the campaign of 1862 in Virginia and Maryland. Evans' brigade, after spending the winter of 1862-63 in the vicinity of Kinston and Greenville, N. C., went in the spring of 1863 to the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at Jackson, Miss. While in this campaign the position of regimental commissary was the stone bridge, and a little later in the fight he and his regiment were particularly distinguished in the stubborn and gallant stand made against the Federal flank movement. He was mentioned with particular commendation in the reports of General Evans and General Beauregard. His regiment suffered severely in the fight. At the close of a year's service Colonel Sloan resigned and was appointed major and chief quartermaster of the State of South Carolina, with the duty of collecting the tax