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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)
th, was killed, while directing the fire of the left of the regiment. It was now growing dark, and the lieutenant-general in person rode up and congratulated Colonel Capers on the success of his regiment. The commander of the Fourth corps, General Stanley, in his report explained his delayed attack as in part owing to the dense undergrowth in front of the enemy, and further, to the slow progress the skirmishers made in pushing back those of the enemy. Grose and Kirby both reported that they the position in their front owing to the perfect entanglement made by cutting down the thick undergrowth in front of the rail barricade the rebels had hastily thrown up. This was the entanglement made by Gist's men with their pocket-knives. General Stanley continues: Newton's division had a much longer circuit to make and when moved forward the right brigade (Wagner's) found no enemy in front [Wagner was far to the right and on the rear of Gist's right regiment], but received a fire from the r
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)
esent wife, to whom he was married in 1883, is Kate Fesler, of Atlanta. By this marriage, and three previous ones which were broken by death, he has six children living: Cora B., Adam N., Frances H., James A., R. Jennings and Jesse C. Thomas Edward Stanley Thomas Edward Stanley was employed as a mercantile clerk when war was first made on the South. He enlisted about January 1, 1861, in Company K, First South Carolina (Gregg's) infantry, and was a private soldier until May, 1861, when hThomas Edward Stanley was employed as a mercantile clerk when war was first made on the South. He enlisted about January 1, 1861, in Company K, First South Carolina (Gregg's) infantry, and was a private soldier until May, 1861, when he was elected corporal. The regiment was disbanded in July after the six months time of enlistment had expired, and in November following he again entered the army as adjutant of the Twenty-first South Carolina infantry, and on January 1, 1863, was appointed regimental commissary. He served in that capacity until July, 1863, when he was commissioned post commissary at Morris island. Upon the evacuation of that island in September, 1863, he was detailed to purchase commissary supplies, and wh