Ellison Capers papers, 1862-1901.

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Ellison Capers papers, 1862-1901.

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Chiefly military news and personal correspondence with Civil War veterans collecting information on Capers' regiment, 24th S.C. Volunteers; regiment rolls and correspondence with L.W. Crawford, re Crawford's work on Fort Sumter, S.C.; letter, 8 Feb. 1861, Fort Morris, Morris Island, S.C., to Col. J[ames] J[ohnston] Pettigrew, re ammunition and supplies, continuation of bombardment, and preparations to attack Fort Sumter. Letter, 26 June 1862, Camp Capers, Saint Paul's Parish, S.C., from R[ichard] Y[eadon] Dwight, Hol[comb] Legion S.C. volunteers, re his field leadership; Battle of Secessionville, S.C.; inaccurate reports from James Island, S.C.; defense of Charleston, S.C.; attitude toward the Civil War; and news of family and friends. Letter, 17 May 1863, Madison County, Miss., to his wife, re wounds sustained at Jackson, Miss; letter, 15 Aug. 1879, Reevesville, S.C., from R.S. Weeks, re historical sketch of 24th Regiment, S.C. Volunteers, including list of members of Company C; letter, 29 Jan. 1880, re death of Gen. States Rights Gist at Battle of Franklin, Tenn., 30 Nov. 1864; letter, 17 June 1889, Columbia, S.C., to Gen. Marcus J[oseph] Wright, Washington, D.C., re activities of 24th Regiment, S.C. Volunteers, at Battle of Chickamauga, Ga. Address to Confederate veterans, 20 May 1884, re incident in May 1865 in which Greenville, S.C., Confederate veterans and home guard volunteers fired upon Union cavalry forces; letter, 12 Sept. 1895, Columbia, S.C., from Ben LaBree, Louisville, Ky., requesting E. Capers submit article to LaBree's book "Camp Fires of the Confederacy;" pamphlet, 1870-1871, Greenville, S.C., "Report of Christ Church Parish"; and diploma, July 1888, University of South Carolina, conferring honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity; 2 pamphlets, 1912, advertising "The Soldier-Bishop, Ellison Capers," by Rev. Walter B. Capers.

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