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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 21: (search)
several demonstrations, in one of which the Twenty-fifth Ohio marched six miles into the interior toward Pocotaligo and captured two pieces of artillery at Church bridge. On the night of December 5th, I embarked a force under command of Brigadier-General Potter . . . which landed at Gregory's plantation, on the right bank of Tulifinny creek. . . pushed forward immediately, and about a mile and a half out met the enemy, whom he forced rapidly back to the spot where the road up the peninsula betwhe Savannah river and up that river to Sister's ferry, the forces at and near Grahamville under the command of Brigadier-General Chestnut, and those at and near Coosawhatchie under Brigadier-General Gartrell. The latter met the advance under General Potter, on the 6th, sending forward a small battalion of the Fifth Georgia, which was soon pressed back. It was reinforced by a section of artillery and the Georgia reserves, but the entire line soon gave way and fell back across the Coosawhatchie
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)
ed in quartermaster duties. In the latter days of the war he joined a scouting party to assist in the operations against Potter, who was raiding through South Carolina, and while thus engaged narrowly escaped being killed, having his horse captured.ed his corps from Savannah, Ga. He then became attached to Gen. James F. Pressley's staff and served with him in opposing Potter's raids through the State. He served with Pressley until the close of the war. He was in the following engagements: Perr Sherman made his march through the State, whereupon he joined a body of men organized to operate against the Federal General Potter who was devastating the country, and while thus engaged Lee surrendered. On the cessation of hostilities he began tharoled, Mr. Welch came to Timmonsville, S. C., and before the close of hostilities was engaged in several skirmishes with Potter's raiders. Returning to Charleston later in the year he soon embarked in the grocery trade, in which he has been ever si