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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) 2 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)
f the Greenville Riflemen, and later was lieutenant-colonel of the Third South Carolina regiment of militia. Upon the secession of the State he was elected first lieutenant of Company G, Fourth South Carolina volunteers, and as soon as Fort Sumter fell they went into camp at Columbia two months. Then being ordered to Virginia they took a conspicuous part in the great victory at First Manassas. On the day following Lieutenant Crittenden was appointed adjutant of the regiment, to succeed Samuel Wilkes, killed in battle. In this capacity he participated in the battles of Williamsburg and Seven Pines, and in the latter battle received a wound which disabled him for some time. Two months later, when returning from furlough, he was commissioned by Governor Pickens lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth regiment, State troops, for coast defense. After three months of this service he joined General Gary's independent command and served with him twelve months as a staff officer. The end of the