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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), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
nant Charles E. Watson, a gallant South Carolina soldier of the Confederacy now residing at Greenville, was born in Abbeville county, February 5, 1842, son of Lee Roy Watson, a planter of that county, of Virginian and English descent. His mother, Statira Waller, was also of Virginian ancestry. Both his parents died when he was tderson county, and then joining the regiment, was commissioned a lieutenant. Not being in robust health at this time, the surgeon was disposed to reject him, and Watson passed only by reason of his assurances that he had no parents, but had plenty of money, and would enter the service in some way in any event. Subsequently his h fought in the rear guard of the army from Petersburg to Appomattox Court House, and was surrendered with the heroic remnant under Robert E. Lee. Since 1879 Lieutenant Watson has been in the railway service, and since 1881 freight agent at Greenville, now the Southern railroad. By his marriage in 1872 to Rebecca J. Beard, of Fair