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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 17: (search)
antry of the men on his advanced line under unremitting fire for eight days and nights from the enemy's monitors, gunboats, mortar boats and land batteries. These troops were detachments from the First and Second artillery, Company B, siege train; First cavalry, First infantry (regulars), Kirk's and Peeples' squadrons of cavalry and Harrison's and Bonaud's Georgians, the South Carolina officers commanding being Major Manigault, Major Blanding, Capts. R. P. Smith, Dickson, Warley, Rivers, Witherspoon, Burnet, Humbert, Stallings, Kennedy, Porcher Smith and Trezevant. The Stono batteries, under Majors Lucas and Blanding, were commanded by Captains Hayne, Richardson, Rhett, King, Lieutenants Ogier (specially distinguished), Martin, Reveley, Lucas, Ford and Stuart. Lieutenant-Colonel Brown at Fort Lamar, and the light batteries under Captain Wheaton, did good service, and Colonels Black, Frederick and Rhett were faithful and efficient in their duties commanding on the east and west and
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)
turning home he entered Wofford college at Spartanburg, S. C., which he attended but a short time. After farming in Sumter county until 1885, he removed to Darlington county and engaged in farming and merchandising at Doverville, in which business he is still engaged (1898). He served as justice of the peace in Darlington county from 1893 to November, 1897. He was married in January, 1870, to Miss Jane B. Spencer, of Lynchburg, S. C. They have no children, but one adopted daughter, Anna S. Witherspoon, now at Winthrop, S. C., attending school. He is a member of Camp Darlington, No. 785, at Darlington, S. C. James Colwell Cullum James Colwell Cullum was born in Lexington county, S. C., December 3, 1845. He received his education in the schools of his native county, and was attending school at the beginning of the war. He entered the Confederate service in October, 1862, enlisting as a private in Company E, Second South Carolina artillery, known as Lamar's Artillery. He serv