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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) 7 1 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), Chapter 17: (search)
, it was believed, was the flag lowered in 1861 by Maj. Robert Anderson, and hoped to be hoisted again by this storming party. On the night of August 20th, Capt. J. Carlin, commanding a torpedo ram, with a guard on board under Lieut. E. S. Fickling, made an attempt to explode a torpedo against the New Ironsides. As he ranged up alongside, Carlin was hailed, and to the demand for the name of his craft, he replied, The steamer Live Yankee. The ironclad was swinging to the ebb, so that it was impossible to do the work undertaken, and Carlin's only hope was of escape. In this he was successful, although the Ironsides was soon sweeping the horizon with heCarlin's only hope was of escape. In this he was successful, although the Ironsides was soon sweeping the horizon with her guns. On October 5th, another attempt was made to blow up the Ironsides, by Lieut. W. T. Glassell, C. S. N., First Assistant Engineer J. H. Tombs, Walker Cannon, pilot, and James Sullivan, fireman, on board the propeller David, a small submerged steamer. The boat approached the ironclad at 9 p. m. at full speed, and when haile
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)
months. Blockade-runners were then called for and he was detailed for that service by Captain Bonneau. He and two others bought a schooner, called the Alligator, shipped a crew, and made two trips, one to Nassau and one to San Domingo. Then he shipped with the blockade-runner Kate, as masthead-lookout, and made four or five trips. Until the close of hostilities he was engaged in the same capacity, in this hazardous duty, successively, with the steamers Ella and Anna, under the famous Captain Carlin; the General Beauregard, the Alice, and the Fanny. On his return to Charleston, after the close of hostilities, he embarked in the grocery trade, and after twelve years of successful business, retired. He has been an active and public-spirited citizen, deeply interested in politics and the honest administration of municipal affairs. He has served as alderman of the city twelve years, as State and county assessor of his ward for about twenty years, and is now a member of the board of c