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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) 5 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 14: (search)
flag halyards were cut and the flag fell into the fort. Instantly Major Ramsay, Lieutenant Readick, Sixty-third Georgia (artillery), Sergeant Shelton and Private Flinn, Charleston battalion, sprang upon the parapet, raised and refastened the flag. Seeing the flag fall, Capt. R. H. Barnwell, of the engineers, seized a battleflag and planted it on the ramparts. Again the flag was shot away, and Private Gilliland, Charleston battalion, immediately raised and restored it to its place. Lieut. J. H. Powe, of the First South Carolina artillery, so distinguished himself at his gun as to be specially and conspicuously mentioned, with Lieutenant Waties and Captains Adams, Buckner, Dixon and De Pass, for unsurpassed conduct. Lieut.-Col. D. B. Harris, chief engineer of the department, came down to the fort in the midst of the terrific cannonade. His cool and gallant bearing and well-known ability and judgment inspired confidence and contributed to the morale of the garrison. The signal ma
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)
gineer service of the United States government. Lieutenant Porter is a son of the late Gov. William D. Porter. He was married in January, 1867, to Elizabeth T., daughter of David Jennings, and they have one son, David Jennings Porter. James Harrington Powe, born in Marlboro county, S. C., April 11, 1835, was the son of Dr. Thomas E. and Charlotte (Harrington) Powe. His ancestors on both sides migrated from England to Virginia in the early part of the eighteenth century, and removed from thPowe. His ancestors on both sides migrated from England to Virginia in the early part of the eighteenth century, and removed from there to South Carolina in 1735. Thomas E. Powe, the great-grandfather on the paternal side, was a Revolutionary soldier, holding the position of commissary-captain. On the maternal side his great-grandfather was Gen. Henry W. Harrington, one of the Southern generals in the Revolution. Captain Powe, whose Confederate career is here briefly sketched, was educated in the schools of Cheraw and at the South Carolina college, until he received the appointment of cadet at the West Point military acade