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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), Chapter 17: (search)
hot away; a large portion of the wall is down, the ramparts gone, and nearly every casemate breached, and the remaining wall very thin. .... I consider it impracticable to either mount or use guns on any part of the parapet, and I deem the fort in its present condition unserviceable for offensive purposes. The work of repair went on, however, and on September 4th the Charleston battalion arrived at the fort, under command of Major Elliott, and relieved Colonel Rhett, commanding, and Captain Fleming, Company B, detachment of First South Carolina artillery and Twentysev-enth and Twenty-eighth Georgia volunteers, who had endured the first tremendous bombardment. Colonel Rhett was put in command of the interior batteries in and about the city, with Castle Pinckney and Fort Ripley. As soon as the Federals occupied Battery Wagner, it was opened upon by Batteries Simkins and Fort Moultrie and the works adjacent. Soon afterward a flag of truce was sent to Fort Sumter, with a demand f
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)
resides on his farm near Laurens. He is a member of Camp Garlington, U. C. V., which was named in honor of his brother, Lieut.-Col. Benjamin Conway Garlington, killed in the battle of Savage Station. He was married, December 17, 1857, to Elizabeth J. Fleming, daughter of Samuel Fleming, a merchant, and they have two sons and one daughter. Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Conway Garlington, third son of John and Susan W. Garlington, of Laurens Court House, S. C., was born November 4, 1836. He re detailed as drillmaster at Raleigh. He then accompanied his regiment to Virginia, took part in the battle of Bethel, and had the rank of corporal when the regiment was disbanded after six months service. He then became orderly-sergeant of Captain Fleming's company of the Forty-sixth North Carolina, and within a year was promoted to second lieutenant. Subsequently he served two years as adjutant of the Thirty-fourth North Carolina, and from the winter of 1864-65 to the end was captain of Com