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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) 6 0 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 11: (search)
by the same train. The situation was most critical in Mississippi. General Grant's army was thrown between Jackson and Vicksburg, holding the railroad at Clinton, where McPherson's corps was encamped. Sherman's corps was between Jackson and Raymond, McClernand's in supporting distance. General Pemberton, with 17,000 men, was at Edwards depot and marching to give battle. General Johnston did not have exceeding 6,000 men in and about Jackson. The three corps of General Grant numbered abouemonstrating in his front to keep up a show of attack. To check McPherson and Sherman while valuable stores were being removed from Jackson toward Canton, General Johnston sent the troops he could command out on the roads leading to Clinton and Raymond. The Twenty-fourth South Carolina, Lieutenant-Colonel Capers, five companies of the Forty-sixth Georgia, Capt. T. B. Hancock, of Gist's brigade, with the Fourteenth Mississippi and Capt. J. A. Hoskins' battery of four pieces, were ordered out
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)
cas characterizes as a perfect butcher pen), Swift Creek, and Cold Harbor. At the last-named battle he was hit by a minie ball in the left arm, which necessitated its amputation and kept him from active service thereafter, though he still maintained a nominal connection with the army. After the war he resumed the practice of medicine at Hartsville, S. C. He was married in December, 1860, to Miss Ellen S. King, of Hartsville, and their children are: William Earnest, Rosa Lee (deceased), Edwin Raymond, Thomas Chesley, Anna Bertha, now Mrs. T. J. Drew, of Darlington, and Laura Rowena. The oldest son, William E., is president and treasurer of the Laurens cotton mill at Laurens, S. C., Edwin R. is cashier of the Blue Ridge national bank at Asheville, N. C., and Thomas C. is a commercial traveler. Dr. Lucas is a member of Camp Darlington, at Darlington, S. C. Major James Jonathan Lucas Major James Jonathan Lucas, of Society Hill, was born at Tiller's Ferry, Kershaw county, Novembe