Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina
Clement Anselm Evans, Ed.

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[704] Va., where he remained in charge until October, 1865. After the close of this service in which he displayed notable efficiency as a surgeon and as an administrative officer, he spent a few years at Memphis and Fort Pillow, but in 1870 again made his home at Charleston, where he has since resided. From 1870 to 1876 he was in charge of the quarantine station. A brother of the foregoing, Robert C. Lebby, M. D., at the present time quarantine officer at Charleston, served as surgeon of Lamar's artillery, stationed on James island, until the evacuation of Charleston.

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Colonel Daniel Alexander Ledbetter

Colonel Daniel Alexander Ledbetter was born near Pendleton, S. C., in what was then Pickens district, in July, 1828, the son of Abner and Sarah (Calhoun) Ledbetter. His father died in 1830 and three years later his mother was married to Col. John C. Miller, a farmer of the same district. Young Ledbetter grew up on Colonel Miller's farm, much of the business of which was managed by him while he was yet a boy. His education was limited, the greater part of it being obtained in the schools at old Pendleton. He served an apprenticeship as a millwright under Col. M. R. Hunnicutt, became a master mechanic and acquired considerable property in the practice of his craft. His honesty and decision of character made him a favorite with every one who knew him. When quite a young man he was elected captain of militia, then major and later colonel. He was six feet four inches in height, of fine figure, and was possessed of a stentorian voice, which could easily be heard amid the din of battle. On December 20, 1853, he was very happily married to Elizabeth Earl, daughter of Rev. Sanford Vandiver, of Townville. He had been reared under Presbyterian influences but joined the Baptist church with his wife. Settling within a mile of Townville, he spent there his married life. When the tocsin of war was sounded in 1861 he sorrowfully left his young family and went forth to do battle for his country. He organized and was elected captain of Company A, Orr's rifle regiment, and when the regiment was organized he was unanimously elected major. Later, when Colonel Orr was elected to the Confederate States congress, Ledbetter was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. He was never absent from his command except two weeks in the