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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 1: (search)
a. To defend that independence and to resent and resist any and every act of coercion are too plainly a duty, said Governor Pickens, to allow it to be discussed. To the governor's letter Major Anderson replied, that he would refer the whole matttruce was secured, and meanwhile active preparations for war were made daily by Major Anderson in Fort Sumter and by Governor Pickens on the islands surrounding it. War seemed inevitable, and the whole State, as one man, was firmly resolved to meet imery, President Davis, on the 1st of March, ordered Brigadier-General Beauregard to Charleston to report for duty to Governor Pickens. Thenceforward this distinguished soldier became the presiding genius of military operations in and around Charlestes and Lieut. W. H. Gibbes. Immediately upon the fall of Sumter the most active and constant efforts were made by Governor Pickens and General Beauregard to repair and arm the fort, to strengthen the batteries defending the harbor, and to defend t
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 2: (search)
mited resources of the State permitted, to erect fortifications and batteries on the coast, and to arm and equip troops for State and Confederate service. Governor Pickens wrote to the secretary of war at Richmond about the time of the Federal expedition to North Carolina, and the capture of the batteries at Hatteras inlet, urgom the acting secretary of war: I have just received information which I consider entirely reliable, that the enemy's expedition is intended for Port Royal. Governor Pickens answered: Please telegraph General Anderson at Wilmington, and General Lawton at Savannah, to send what forces they can spare, as the difficulty with us is athe remainder of the line to the Savannah river, under Gen. T. F. Drayton, with headquarters at Hardeeville. On the 27th of December, General Lee wrote to Governor Pickens that his movable force for the defense of the State, not including the garrisons of the forts at Georgetown and those of Moultrie, Sumter, Johnson, Castle Pi
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
o prevent barges or small boats entering the Stono, or landing detachments on either Cole's or Battery island. How far Major-General Pemberton communicated his views respecting the immediate defense of Charleston to his subordinates or to Governor Pickens, is not known, but to General Lee he wrote, on May 21st, after the gunboats had entered the Stono and anchored off Battery island, that he favored the abandonment of Forts Sumter and Moultrie and the defense of Charleston from the city itselt take the place of stone and mortar. I propose this subject for the serious consideration of the department. These views of General Pemberton were certainly known to the eminent gentlemen who agreed in them, but they were not shared by Governor Pickens and his able council, nor by the military, nor by the citizens generally. Forts Sumter and Moultrie, garrisoned by well drilled and disciplined soldiers, commanded by accomplished and gallant officers, were the pride and hope of old Charles
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
nies of cavalry, 3 batteries of artillery, 3 companies of infantry. The above estimate is based upon the supposition that attacks may be made simultaneously upon different points. Upon this communication, General Beauregard endorsed: Approved as the minimum force required, as above stated, to guard with security the department of South Carolina and Georgia. General Beauregard was warmly received by the governor and council of South Carolina, by the military and by the citizens. Governor Pickens addressed him the following letter a few days after his taking command: Dear General: I enclose the within to you, being a letter from myself to General Lee, dated May 23d, and one from him in reply, dated May 29th, containing an order to General Pemberton relating to the defense of Charleston. It strikes me that the defense of Charleston is now of the last importance to the Confederacy, and in my very full interview yesterday, I took the liberty of urging that Fort Sumter was the
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 9: (search)
ugh the spine, and died the day after the battle. Seeing he must die, he sent his respects to the governor of his State, and assured him that he gave his life cheerfully for South Carolina. General Hill said of him, in his official report, A more chivalrous gentleman and gallant soldier never adorned the service which he so loved. General Jackson, in his report, deplored the loss of a brave and accomplished officer, full of heroic sentiment and chivalrous honor. General Lee wrote to Governor Pickens to claim a share in South Carolina's sorrow, and to express his appreciation of her loss and the loss to his army. He has always been at the post of duty and of danger, said General Lee. His services in this army have been of inestimable value, and his loss is deeply lamented. In its greatest triumphs and bloodiest battles he has borne a distinguished part . . . . The death of such a man is a costly sacrifice, for it is to men of his high integrity and commanding intellect that the c
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)
t the time in Charleston, was selected by Governor Pickens to make a secret examination of the harbost lieutenant, but it was not accepted by Governor Pickens on account of the youth of most of its me born near Pendleton, S. C., in what was then Pickens district, in July, 1828, the son of Abner andn in 1860, and was ordered in November by Governor Pickens take possession of the arms and munitionst one year, was appointed aide-de-camp to Governor Pickens, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Inrk, first serving in that capacity under Col. S. B. Pickens. Captain Richard Wilburn Minus made aorn at Seneca plantation, Oconee county (then Pickens district), where his mother still resides, Sel Anderson, Major Stevens was directed by Governor Pickens to take a detachment of State cadets and easles, and then was sent to the coast by Governor Pickens, where they served between Charleston and of South Carolina, answering the call of Governor Pickens, as a private in the Hampton legion. Ver[5 more...]