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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) 5 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 15: (search)
deral left center as the point of attack; ordered, as on the 2d, concert of action from both wings of his army, and organized his assaulting column of 15,000 men. Stuart's cavalry had come up on his left and confronted the main body of Meade's cavalry. The situation on his extreme right was more serious than the Confederate general realized. This is evident from the reports. The Round Tops were unassailable by the force at Longstreet's command, and a division of cavalry, Farnsworth's and Merritt's brigades, was in position on the right rear, confronted by a single regiment, the First South Carolina cavalry, Bachman's South Carolina battery, and three regiments of Anderson's Georgia brigade. Anderson's regiments were at right angles to Longstreet's line, and Colonel Black's cavalry was on Anderson's right flank. Black had only about 100 men in his regiment. In Longstreet's immediate front the situation was such that there was nothing to do but stand on the defensive. He was weak
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)
iven command of the Seventh regiment, South Carolina cavalry, with the rank of colonel, and he continued in this capacity until the surrender at Appomattox. Colonel Haskell was detailed by General Lee to surrender the Confederate cavalry to General Merritt of the Federal army. During his term of service Colonel Haskell was engaged in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, and many other important engagements incident to the campaign in which his command took phus engaged most of the time. Near the close he again entered the service, this time in the reserves, and served in Johnston's army until the end. After the war he practiced his profession until his death. He was married, May 15, 1851, to Miss Lucy Merritt, daughter of Rev. William Merritt, a Baptist clergyman, and they have six living children. Henry Edmund Ravenel Henry Edmund Ravenel was born in Charleston, S. C., March 25, 1824, and was a member of an ancient and aristocratic family