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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) 116 14 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 9 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 8 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 7 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 7 3 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 7 3 Browse Search
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 5 1 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 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 4 0 Browse Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 3 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 3 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Extracts from the diary of Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Pressley, of the Twenty-Fifth South Carolina Volunteers. (search)
we call Camp Stono. August 10th.—Such of our detail of sharpshooters as were in camp were sent off to-day. The rest of them are sick or on furlough. August 15th to October 17th.—I was, in very complimentary orders, detailed as a member of a Board of Examiners, for the examination of officers in reorganized regiments, and officers awaiting promotion. The other members of the board are Lieutenant-Colonel William Butler, First regiment South Carolina regular infantry, and Lieutenant-Colonel Ellison Capers, Twenty-fourth South Carolina volunteers. The board sat first at Fort Johnson, but soon adjourned to the Military Hall in Charleston. I served as a member of the board for two months. During that time about one hundred and fifty officers were examined, of rank from lieutenant-colonel down to junior second lieutenant. We found about one-third of the number deficient, and reported against their retention in service. The report was not approved, owing to the fact that some com