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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), Biographical (search)
atterson, his brigade was the first to reinforce Beauregard at Manassas Junction, arriving there on July 20th. He selected the position for the artillery on the morning of the 21st near the Henry house, almost simultaneously with the placing of Rickett's battery on the opposite hill, and ordered the opening of the artillery fire which checked the Federal advance and made the subsequent victory possible. He was the ranking officer on this part of the field during the early hours of battle, andsher's Hill, October, 1864, compelling the amputation of the limb. At First Manassas the command of the legion was given him as senior captain, by Colonel Hampton, when the latter was wounded, and Captain Conner gallantly led in the charge upon Rickett's battery. As commander of Kershaw's South Carolinians he was greatly beloved by his men. After his return to Charleston he resumed the practice of law, in which he gained distinction. For many years he was assistant counsel and then solicitor
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)
ntered the South Carolina college in 1859. On April 11, 1861, when a company of students was called out from the college, he accompanied it as second lieutenant, and served on Sullivan's island. After the fall of Sumter he returned to college. He then enlisted in Company A, Washington light infantry, Captain Conner commanding, and joined the Hampton legion at Richmond, a few days before the battle of Manassas, 1861. In that famous victory, during the charge at 3 p. m. of the legion upon Rickett's battery, he was wounded at the Henry house, near the spot where General Bee, Colonel Fisher and Colonel Bartow fell. His wound was a serious one, through the leg, and he was taken to Richmond by his uncle, Robin Jones, and being among the first wounded soldiers brought to that city from the field, was the cause of great curiosity and excitement, as well as lavish attention. After six months disability he returned to the college. In June, 1861, after the college company returned from Su