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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)
erving in Virginia, in General Gary's brigade. He took part in innumerable minor engage. ments and skirmishes, and during the last year of the war was almost constantly in campaigns which brought him under fire. Among the larger battles in which he took part were: Cold Harbor, Riddle's Shop, Smyrna Church, Nine-mile Road, New Market Heights, Darby Town, and Fussell's Mill. The Seventh South Carolina was the last regiment to leave Richmond at the time of its evacuation, and as they crossed Mayo's bridge they destroyed it. He had the honor of being one of the guards under General Gary to escort President Davis in his retreat, remaining with him until they were dismissed at Yorkville, S. C., by General Gary. After the close of the war Mr. Ellison returned home and began farming, which occupation he has followed since. He has been prominent in public affairs and in 1892 was elected sheriff and re-elected at the expiration of his term. He was married, in 1872, to Miss Kate Gaillard,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Evacuation of Richmond. (search)
hich I was directed to carry out. This law required preparations to be made for destroying the cotton, tobacco, &c., which the owners could not remove, in places exposed to capture by the enemy. I immediately sent Major Brown, of my staff, to Mayor Mayo with the document, and requested him to call a meeting of the Common Council to give their opinion as to the measures proper to be taken. After a free discussion with some of the Council and by their advice, I issued a circular to the merchantat on fire and pushed it under the bridge. This was evidently done in hopes of embarrassing our retreat, and General Kershaw's division passed the bridge while on fire at a double quick. By 7 A. M. the last troops had reached the south side, and Mayo's and the railroad bridges were set on fire. From the hills above Manchester we watched for some time the progress of the flames, and all at once saw fire break out through the roof of one of the large mills on the side farthest from the burnin
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid against Richmond. (search)
ir place of encampment before day the next morning, and a little after sunrise halted in a large yard in front of a house that I then learned belonged to Mr. Arthur Morson. The Federal soldiers regaled themselves on Mr. Morson's fine wine, drinking it from his silver goblets, and, as mementoes of the feast, carried off the goblets with them. I understood it was the intention of Colonel Dahlgren to cross James river at that point, and enter Richmond from the south side of the river, crossing Mayo's bridge, but the river was then flush and too deep to be forded. So, after spending a short time in Mr. Morson's yard, they left there, went down to the canal and burned the Dover Mill. They then kept down on the north side of James river. A negro man named Martin, who was said to be a guide employed by the Yankees, was riding with the party. For some reason they supposed he was attempting to play them false and get them entrapped, and they hung him with a leather strap to a tree on the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), First burial of General Hill's remains. (search)
doned that purpose and determined if possible to carry out the second request of the family—namely, to take the body to Culpeper. Owing to the crowded condition of the road from Petersburg to Richmond and the long delay at the Manchester end of Mayo's brige caused by the flight of people from the doomed city, the ambulance bearing the General's body did not reach Richmond until after one o'clock Sunday night. The driver had been directed by Henry Hill, Jr., to take the body to his father's (Cd shot off the thumb of his left hand and passed directly through his heart, coming out at the back. We hastily placed the body in the coffin (which was rather small), and putting it in the ambulance, left the city by way of Fourteenth street and Mayo's bridge, slowly and sadly wending our way through Manchester and up the river to my father's refugee home. He had refugeed from Culpeper county. When our small but sad funeral cortege, consisting of myself, cousin (Henry Hill, Jr.) and the am
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Appendix. (search)
. Ritchey, Harvie F. Read, John A. Boyd, James M. Boyd, Edward D. Brown, William R. Burford, William C. Burch, Thomas P. Bradley, James M. Cary John. Clopton, William A. Coffee, William W. Derr, Charles H. Edwards, John T. Farmer, Calvin. Furgerson, Stephen B. Fariss, Richard. Gordon, Samuel A. Hamlett, Robert A. Johnson, William R. Jones, John D. Logan, Henry D. Morris, Charles W. Murphy, Walter B. Meredith, Samuel A. Mayo, Leonard. Miller, Robert R. Moore, Joseph. Meadow, T. P. McDonald, Alex. McGrath, John. Nunnalee, Lewis T. Pamplin, William J. Percival, Peter. Pettyjohn, Joseph. Preston, Samuel T. Perkins, Richard J. Rucker, James G. Reid, William S. Rose, Harry J. Rosser, Ed. B. Smithson, Leslie C. Stephens, James W. Stratton, Albert F. Smith, Vincent C. Turpin, W. R. Watts, Richard A. Webb, John W. Woodroof, J. W. Wills, Alexander F.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), History of Crenshaw Battery, (search)
March 14, 1862. Lancaster, D. M., private, March 14, 1862; died July 3, 1862. Loving, Taliaferro P., private, March 14, 1862; discharged May 18, 1864. Langford, Thomas S., private, March 14, 1862. Lynham, Edward N., private, March 14, 1862; wounded at Sharpsburg, Md., September 17, 1862. Langley, James, private, April 1, 1863. Mallory, R. H., corporal and sergeant, March 14, 1862; captured, June 28, 1863, and never exchanged. Meyer, Frederick, private, March 14, 1862. Mayo, John A., private, March 14, 1862. Mallory, Thomas J., private, March 14, 1862. Morgan, William P., private, July 22, 1864. McLeod, Alex. O., private, December 1, 1864. Murray, Dan'l F., private, March 14, 1862. Moyers, A. J., private, March 14, 1862; lost his leg at Rixeyville, November 9, 1863. Mann, M. B., private, March 14, 1862; discharged by civil authority September 4, 1863. Moss, J. F., private, May 22, 1862; died August 14, 1862. McIntosh, William, private, A
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Gettysburg-Pickett's charge. (search)
ends; and with it comes the mournful lamentations of Virginia herself, the mother of us all, over the loss of so many of her bravest and best sons. Of her generals Garnett is dead, Armistead is dying; and Kemper desperately wounded. Of her colonels of regiments six are killed on the field, Hodges, Edmonds, Magruder, Williams, Patton, Allen, and Owen is dying and Stuart mortally wounded. Three lieutenant-colonels are killed, Calcutt, Wade and Ellis. Five colonels, Hunton, Terry, Garnett, Mayo and Aylett, are wounded. Four lieutenant-colonels commanding regiments, Martin, Carrington, Otey and Richardson are wounded. Of the whole compliment of field officers in fifteen regiments only one escaped unhurt, Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph C. Cabell. The loss of company officers are in equal proportion. It is a sad, mournful summing up. Let the curtain fall on the tragic scene. But there are some of those who fell on that field whom I cannot pass by with a mere enumeration. Gen. Lewi
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Black Eagle Company. (search)
ward, came as a substitute in the winter of 1861; deserted near Williamsburg, Va., May 1862; evidently a spy. Johnson, Lyttleton T., wounded at Frayser's Farm, Va., 1st July, 1862. Martin, Austin, killed at Manassas, Va., 21st July, 1861. Mayo, Joseph H., transferred to Cavalry, 1862. Mayo, William H., transferred to Cavalry, 1862; dead. Morton, James, killed at Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Page, William Nelson, killed at Manassas, Va., 1861, July 21st. Pendleton, E. H., on detailMayo, William H., transferred to Cavalry, 1862; dead. Morton, James, killed at Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Page, William Nelson, killed at Manassas, Va., 1861, July 21st. Pendleton, E. H., on detail service during the war; dead. Pettit, Lucius H., killed near Petersburg, Va., 1864. Ryals, James D., served as courier to General Pickett. Sclater, Richard O., wounded at Gaines' Mill, Va., 1862. Spencer, John M., (volunteer), wounded at Gaines' Mill, Va., 1862. Steger, A. C., wounded at Gaines' Mill, Va., 1862. Steger, Robert H., killed at Sharpsburg, Md., 1862. Toler, Samuel A., killed at Gaines' Mill, Va., 1862. Toler, William, exempted from service, 1861; dead. Walton,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Colonel James Gregory Hodges. (search)
sible to be done to win victory at any sacrifice of life. All know the awful fatality among the officers and men of the division. Of its generals, Garnett was killed, Armistead fatally wounded, and Kemper desperately wounded. Of its colonels of regiments six were killed outright on the field: Hodges, Edmonds, Magruder, Williams, Patton, Allen, and Owens and Stuart were mortally wounded. Three lieutenant-colonels were killed: Calcott, Wade and Ellis. Five colonels, Hunton, Terry, Garnett, Mayo and Aylett were wounded, and four lieutenant-colonels, commanding regiments, Carrington, Otey, Richardson and Martin, were wounded. Of the whole complement of field officers in fifteen regiments one only, Lieut. Col. Joseph C. Cabell, escaped unhurt. Of the field officers of the Fourteenth Virginia, Col. Hodges, Maj. Poore and Adjutant John S. Jenkins were killed, and Lieut. Col. William White was wounded. Col. Hodges led his regiment in this memorial charge with conspicious courage and
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., chapter 1 (search)
d high, they cannot run away; With band of yarn she keeps offenders in, And to her gown the sturdiest rogues can pin. The sanded floor served as blackboard, and the same rod that struck terror to evil-doers made a very good substitute for a crayon, a bit of birch bark or a broad chip made an excellent slate, and charcoal was as good as chalk. The home, which with their descendants seems to be so fast dying out, was the centre and source of their whole life. It was the conviction, says Mayo in his Public Schools in the Colonial Period, that every child born into this world is the child of God, capable of becoming a vital and useful member of society; and the corresponding obligation of the community to give to it the opportunity of that training at home, in the church, and in the school, which should send it forth at early manhood or womanhood a self-directing competent person and a reputable citizen of a self-governed state, that was at work silently and persistently below the
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