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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) 3 1 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 19: (search)
n the battle, but lost several killed and wounded. After various changes of position they were formed on June 19th south and west of Kenesaw mountain. The right of the Twenty-fourth touched French's division, which occupied the mountain. The line, which was strongly intrenched, was soon under the fire of the enemy, who established his intrenched line within 300 yards, and maintained such a constant fire of small-arms and artillery that the men had to keep close behind the works. Maj. C. C. O'Neill, of the Sixteenth, was killed on the picket line, which gallantly faced the enemy. On the 24th Colonel Capers' regiment went forward to assist the pickets in covering the brigade front, facing a Federal line of battle. The famous assault occurred three days later, and was repulsed from the line of the North Carolinians by their steady fire, assisted by the raking artillery fire from General French's batteries. But the Federals drove in the picket line and planted themselves within 1
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)
eutenant of his company, the rank in which he served with gallantry and honorable distinction until the close of the struggle. He took part in every engagement of his regiment, and fortunately escaping injury returned at the end with the same faithful horse that he rode from home upon in 1861. He is now an honored resident of Greenville. By his marriage in 1854 to Martha J. Keeler, he had thirteen children. The oldest of these, Maj. William A. Hunt, the organizer and first commander of O'Neill camp, Sons of Veterans, was born in Greenville county, December 29, 1856, and at the age of fifteen years began his business career as a clerk. In that capacity and as a traveling salesman he has been quite successful. In the military service of the State since the war he has been quite prominent, joining the Butler Guards as a private in 1876, and ten years receiving the honor of election as major of the Third regiment. He resigned this rank in 1887 to become captain of the Butler Guard