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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) 2 2 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), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
November 4, 1869, he was married to his cousin, Susan Ophelia Pinson, daughter of John H. and Florentine (Simmons) Pinson, and they have one son, James Lewis. Mrs. Pinson's maternal grandmother was related to Gen. George Washington. Captain Wesley S. Pitts Captain Wesley S. Pitts, of Laurens county, S. C., was born in Newberry county, S. C., June 20, 1840, the son of Moses Pitts, of Newberry county, and Lucinda (Brooks) Pitts. His father died in 1848 and his mother in 1854. He was reaCaptain Wesley S. Pitts, of Laurens county, S. C., was born in Newberry county, S. C., June 20, 1840, the son of Moses Pitts, of Newberry county, and Lucinda (Brooks) Pitts. His father died in 1848 and his mother in 1854. He was reared on a farm in Newberry county, where he received his early education, and in January, 1861, he became a teacher, but soon resigned to enter the Confederate army, joining Company B, Third South Carolina battalion, as a private in December, 1861. He served with this command to the close of the war, being promoted, successively, sergeant, second lieutenant, and finally, on October 19, 1864, to captain, succeeding Capt. William A. Wells, who was killed in the battle of Cedar Creek. His battal