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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) 6 0 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), Biographical (search)
His coolness and excellent judgment as a commanding officer would have doubtless brought still higher honors, but at this time an affection of the heart to which he had long been subject was greatly aggravated, and after a lingering illness he died at Richmond, January 19, 1863. Brigadier-General John D. Kennedy Brigadier-General John D. Kennedy was born at Camden, January 5, 1840, son of a native of Scotland, who settled in Kershaw county about 1830, and married a granddaughter of Abraham Belton, a pioneer of Camden and a soldier of the revolution. He was a student at the South Carolina college, read law, and was admitted to practice in January, 1861, but at once gave himself to the military service of his State. In April, 1861, he became captain of Company E, Second South Carolina infantry, under Col. J. B. Kershaw. With this command he was in the first battle of Manassas, and was struck by a Federal ball. Upon the promotion of Kershaw to brigadier-general he became colonel
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)
s attention to merchandising, farming and railroading. For four years he was superintendent of the Carolina, Knoxville & Western railroad. Mr. Byrd located in Anderson county, near Belton, in 1893, and is a member of Camp Anderson, U. C. V., of Belton. He has been twice married, first on November 17, 1864, to Miss Amanda J. Boyce, sister of Captain Boyce, who died December 21, 1888, and in 1893 he was married to Mrs. Anna L. Brown, sister-in-law of ex-Gov. Joseph E. Brown of Georgia. After tounded, the first lieutenant received a wound from which he died a few days later and the acting orderly-sergeant was killed. Since the war Captain Cox has given his attention to merchandising and farming. In 1885 he organized Camp Anderson, of Belton, of which he has been commander ever since. On October 12, 1854, he was married to Miss Martha M. Mattison, a native of Anderson county, S. C., who was born May 4, 1836, the daughter of William Mattison, of Anderson county. They have nine child