Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina
Clement Anselm Evans, Ed.

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[898] Confederate army, William B. and Seaborn H. The former served as a private in the Seventh South Carolina cavalry, and died August 4, 1894, and the latter studied medicine before the war and served as surgeon of the Thirty-fourth Georgia regiment during the period of hostilities. He now resides in Waxahatchie, Tex. Daniel Sanford Watson was reared in Anderson county, on a farm, and upon reaching manhood kept up the occupation of a farmer until he reached the age of twenty-five. Ill health compelled him to give up farming and he turned his attention to the study of medicine, in 1859 graduating from the Reformed medical college of Macon, Ga. He at once began the practice of medicine at Homer, Ga., where he became thoroughly established, and when the war began was in possession of a lucrative practice. In August, 1862, disregarding the petitions of a large patronage, he joined Captain Chanler's company of Colonel McMillan's regiment, which was the Twenty-fourth Georgia, and went to Virginia with his regiment as a detailed assistant surgeon. After the course of a few months, however, his old enemy, poor health, again assailed him, and on the advice of the chief surgeon returned home for recuperation. In 1863, having partially regained his health, he again entered the service and from that time to the close of the war he was a detailed assistant surgeon in Trenholm's squadron of the Seventh South Carolina cavalry. He was transferred from the army of Northern Virginia on account of the severity of the climate to northeast Georgia, in December, 1864, and afterward was surgeon of Durraugh's regiment. He surrendered with General Reynolds' command at Athens, Ga., in April, 1865. During the time he was in the service he was frequently petitioned by his friends to return home and practice medicine, but his patriotism and sense of right were too great to yield to them and barring the interval during which his shattered health forbade it, he served his country faithfully to the close of the war. Upon the return of peace Dr. Watson turned his attention to farming again and this has been his pursuit ever since, though for a period of eight years he was engaged in mercantile pursuits in the city of Anderson. His place of residence since the war has been entirely in Anderson county, and he now resides three miles south of the city. He has been