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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)
ro and Bentonville, and then joined his command near Petersburg just as the lines were about to break. He was on duty during the retreat and was surrendered at Appomattox. His military record includes the following engagements: Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861; Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Cold Harbor, Savage Station, Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill, Cedar Run, Warrenton Springs, Second Manassas, Ox Hill, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, Shepherdstown, Snicker's Gap, Fredericksburg, Chancello served with it one year. Then he was transferred to post service in Chaleston, Columbia and Greenville, in which he continued to the end of the war. He was present at the bombardment of Fort Sumter and saw the first gun fired at the fort on April 12, 1861. Since 1854 he has resided in Abbeville county, which he has served one year as commissioner, elected in 1891. In 1892 he was elected sheriff of the county, was re-elected in 1896 and is the present incumbent. He is a member of Secession c