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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)
, of Anderson county, S. C., and they have six children. Major John Johnson, former major of engineers in the Confederate States service, and widely known as the author of the valuable historical work, The Defense of Charleston Harbor, is a native of Charleston, born in 1829. He was educated until he reached the age of sixteen years, at Charleston. He then desired to enter the United States navy; but not succeeding, engaged in civil engineering for ten years, and was associated with George E. Walker in preparing a map of the State. After this he devoted two years to study at the university of Virginia, won the first gold medal offered by the college magazine for an essay, and made the valedictory address before the Jefferson society. In 1859 he began at Camden a course of study for the ministry, but the crisis of 1860-61 diverted him from this occupation and brought into use his training as an engineer. As a volunteer engineer in the State service he was present at the firing up