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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 18: (search)
ing back the advance of the Federal army under Gen. Ben Butler. These South Carolina commands were Brig.-Gen. Johnson Hagood's brigade; Evans' brigade, under Col. Stephen Elliott; the Seventh cavalry, Col. W. P. Shingler, and Kelly's battery (Chesterfield). The Twenty-first and part of the Twenty-fifth arrived at Port Walthall junction on May 6th, and at once went out under Colonel Graham to meet the enemy. They were successful in checking the enemy. The whole brigade, arriving, was engaged in battle at the junction on the 7th, repulsing the enemy, and at Swift Creek on the 9th. The brigade loss was 177. The brave Lieutenant- Colonel Dargan fell at the head of his men; Colonel Graham was wounded in two places; Lieutenant-Colonel Pressley, and Captain Stoney, of the staff, were seriously, and Lieutenant-Colonel Blake, Twenty-seventh, and Captain Sellers, Twenty-fifth, slightly wounded. At the battle of Drewry's Bluff, May 16th, according to General Beauregard's report, Hagoo
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)
served at Battery Wagner and Fort Sumter. The command having been transferred to Virginia he fought in the battles of Swift Creek, Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, and the trenches around Petersburg. In December, 1864, the brigade was sent to North Ca, Port Walthall Junction, Drewry's Bluff, Battery Wagner (which Captain Lucas characterizes as a perfect butcher pen), Swift Creek, and Cold Harbor. At the last-named battle he was hit by a minie ball in the left arm, which necessitated its amputat He is a member of J. B. Kershaw camp, No. 413, U. C. V. In 1876 he was appointed by Governor Hampton as treasurer of Chesterfield county, and filled that position a four-year term, and also served as mayor of Cheraw for several years. Gabriel Eant of Company F, Eleventh South Carolina regiment; Hamblin Hay was a private in the same company, and was killed at Swift Creek, Va., in May, 1863; and Harry Hastings, a twin brother of the latter, was also a private in the same company. Benjamin F