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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), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
irginia, Port Walthall Junction, Swift Creek, White Oak Swamp, Drewry's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Gaines' Mill, Cold Harbor, Harrison's Farm, fifty-five days and nights in front of Petersburg, Reams' Station and the Darbytown Road. He was with the forces near Fort Fisher when that stronghold was captured, took part in the defense of Fort Anderson and the fight at Town Creek, N. C., was in charge of the rear guard of the Eleventh regiment at Northeast river and took part in the final battles at Haw's river, Kinston, Goldsboro, Averasboro and Bentonville, in the last commanding the pickets of the Eleventh regiment. He was a gallant and faithful soldier, and in the muster rolls signed by Col. J. P. Thomas there is marked opposite his name: Noted for bravery. He has resided at Charleston since the war, engaged in business as a contractor. In 1889 he was appointed trial justice for Charleston county by Gov. J. P. Richardson and was continued in the same office by Governor Tillman. In 18