1 10 57 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/39779/archive/files/0a415dbc5331916cdc5590c5d9caff19.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=eXTE7ESm88mRr9f9Z5pkC5W7oVlAHbM2TksJt0kTqs83EPbglb%7EPwyGxIY8ygVpGZ%7E9iSS4ikTYlC4HlAJbLNiNS5lJnLEhMs9BA0nk9C4LNwDDy%7Eef4Fm5X2zlhnf%7EPeDO2WFrc%7Erzipj2OEYLIVVB9G5lNoxGuM--yQQrgWMqJFs19r5eb6Yqq16PR6tYlbig9mM9R3KsTEMR4KHYNzhLfPT3LWQr%7EudgYU0H1FHuGTtl0pgdG1WjHOefNWG%7E-rmn2MIhWkFVQFrF2NgE6mRflMYqYsExpza1MLBgTu7NWVAPMfM3BHEaJqKiElYkhgAoEmaf7CG-h8DfSSzOEQw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 9249e0baad34ae6f4326b8d34e493ded PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Capers, Ellison Collection, 1861-1865 Description An account of the resource Ellison Capers (1837-1908) was in The Citadel's Class of 1857. After graduation he taught at The Citadel before joining the Confederacy. By the end of the Civil War, Capers had been appointed Brigadier General. After the war, Capers entered the ministry. In 1887 he was consecrated assistant bishop of South Carolina. The Ellison Capers Collection at The Citadel Archives includes letters and diaries dated between 1861 and 1865. This digital collection includes letters written by Capers to his wife Lottie during the war and a diary he kept from July of 1862 through November of 1863. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1865 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/collections/show/4 Subject The topic of the resource United States--Military history United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Citadel Class of 1857 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] Near 1 O’clock P.M. Tuesday Nov 26 1861 My precious Lottie - I have just come in from my morning’s recitations, and am just now finished reading your two letters, one of them on Saturday & one on Sunday, and both received today. Thank you, my darling, for the expected bundle. You know how I will prize it. Master Peter has been annoying me for the last two nights with a violent cough, & yet he did not seem to have a cold, but just before I went into the section room I noticed his face and eyes quite red and upon examination have found the gentleman fairly into the measles! We have found several cases here and Dr. Wright is to be thanked for it all. So Peter is now rolled up in his blankets looking like the sun set. I have him on the floor in the company room which I occupy & have sent for the Doctor. He says he does not feel badly and if I had not found him out, it is not known how much longer he would have gone [Page 2] without telling me. Sage’s Packer is to be up here this afternoon to pack up our crockery and [illegible] and I will do the balance. When I get another letter from you I will know what day to give for Manning to send to the depot. The thimbles shall be forth coming, my darling, and what, in this world, is there which I would not do for my own precious wife? I am happy to say dear that my complaint is much better & that I experience no inconvenience from it. I took breakfast with Tady this morning and am to dine with White. The officers are very kind to invite me to meals & when they miss, I go for Tady or Aunt V. I will say, darling, I will tell you what progress I have made in determining my course. As I expected, Stevens has offered me a majority in his Legion - which is for a period of 12 months, and for the defense of our state in this her time of trial. This determined me to resign from the Citadel & my regiment and enter [Page 3] the Legion. But here comes an order from Genl. Ripley ordering the Regiment to John’s Island! Of course I can’t join them until my assignation is effected here. That is fixed in my letter to the Board, for Monday next. But if I join my Regiment on John’s Island I must give up the offer in Steven’s Legion, for he wants me to decide by Monday & go right into service! Suppose I go with my Regiment and after they have been on Service for one month the necessities of the case [illegible] & offer them relief from duty which I believe will be the case? Then I am out of the Citadel, lost the place for twelve months, in Steven’s Legion and my Regiment ordered home, I have nothing to do! Ain’t that a fix? I am almost made up in my mind to resign in the Regiment too & take Steven’s offer. It seems to me that it would be the wisest course, especially as I have resigned from the Citadel. What do you think, my angel. I know my dear wife that that your precious sympathy is mine [Page 4] and were it all I had in the world I would be rich indeed. I am rejoiced to know, darling, that Frank is so much better. I would be made happy to have you with me, Lottie dear, but as I am to be here no longer than this week, as a Professor, I would have no home for you. If I can, I will come up about the middle of next week and see you, but don’t be expecting it certainly, darling, for I may not be able to spare the time, I will write you again about this, however, I think that I will be coming, or send Peter up to you. Camp life does not suit him. I can not always be watching him, of course, and he is as imprudent as a baby - It is with strong regret that I am persuaded the winter will use him up in camp. What think you? I have just asked him which he will prefer, to back to camp, or Cherry Grove, & he decidedly prefers the old homestead. Friday Night - Yes, Lottie, I too, long to see you, my darling, day and night and with you shall commit by course to our good Father in Heaven, who doeth all things well. You do well (turn over to first page) [Page 5 - written across Page 1] to think of me as fighting the battles of freedom, without grief and it is your noble breast, and your own fine perception Lottie that inspires you with such feelings. I did not think of writing across the pages of my letter, and that is my excuse, darling, for the ten cent letter. But you sent me two letters by the same mail, and they cost ten cents, so where is the difference? But I would have paid ten dollars, darling, for either of them. And about tearing your letters, why I think that you ought to be glad to get that much of your letters for I found them out on a shelf! But you have not found out something about which my heart has felt ever since. I got home from your dear presence, and that is, that I left my sweet little blue picture of you! Oh! How I have missed it! The likeness on my heart satisfied the inward man, the [Page 6 - written across Page 2] soul of my love, but my eyes grow restless & weary and long to behold the image of the being that has full possession of my heart. I do not have disagreeable dreams of you, Lottie, nor have I been, nor do I intend to be, god being my helper, [illegible] or anything like it. So do not let such bad dreams trouble you. I send you this by mail a copy of the letter I addressed to the Board resigning my post here. White thinks I ought to resign but I can not agree with him and on that point my mind is fully made up. I certainly can not remain at the academy and fight the enemies of my state at the same time. Some of my friends want me to start a Regiment of my own but that would offer me if they will elect me to Colonel I will accept, but I have no heart for the pulling and hauling it would require. Oh! Me we never know [illegible] our best blessings till they take their [Page 7 - written across Page 3] flight! We know not the bright comforts of these until the calamities of war are upon us. Our dear little house never seemed so interesting to me as now when I get before its dismantled walls. Every spot has a charm for every spot speaks of Lottie and Kate and Frank! Good night my dear wife, may God bless you and our little boy. You may look for a letter from me by every mail. White & Thompson ask after you and send their love. Mrs. White told me just after tea that if I wrote I must say to you that she admires you very much. I forgot to tell you that Mr. Henry Stevens has been exchanged and is now in Richmond. The family are perfectly delighted. Good night Lottie, love, and sweet dreams from your Ellison. P.S. Thursday Night - My dear Lottie - This has been a busy day with me & [illegible] & I have been hard at it packing up our things and have [Page 8 - written across Page 4] not finished yet. I will charter a car tomorrow after I get your letter in which I expect you to tell me which depot [illegible] will send to. I will see them all put into the car and they will go up on Monday morning at 8 o’clock. When I come up we can arrange when mama will send for them. My Regt. has been ordered to Johns Island and left last night. This of course fixed my determination as they go to the presence of the enemy and I have resigned my post here and abandoned all idea of Steven’s legion and I will run up to see you dearest before I go to the Island. My resignation goes into effect on Monday. I will go up to [illegible] on Friday and [illegible] will have a horse to meet me and if you get this in time beg mama to send on Friday afternoon to Mr. Cains for me, so that I can get to Cherry Grove by night. I have made arrangements to get to Mr. Cains from the depot so I need not come only [illegible] I was fearful some accident may happen to this [Page 9] letter, so made more of a rise to Mr. Cain’s, and if I do not meet Lee there, I will get a buggy & ride on up, as my time with you, my angel, will be precious. Peter is better, I will send him up with the things on Monday, I think. Good night, my dear wife, & love to all. Your Ellie (Note: On the other side of this page, written in pencil, “At the Post Office, Thursday morning. The mail just opened, darling, & no letter from Lottie. E.”) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, November 26, 1861 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-11-26 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/6 Subject The topic of the resource United States--Military history United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Description An account of the resource Capers writes that Peter has the measles. He says that he is well, and is considering resigning from The Citadel to join Stevens, but has been ordered to a regiment on Johns Island. He asks Lottie's opinion, and says that he knows he has her sympathy. He says that Peter is unhappy with camp life and asks if he should send him back home. He writes about the cost of mailing letters, and how much he loves Lottie. Capers continues his letter later in the week, and says that his regiment was ordered to Johns Island, and that he has resigned from The Citadel. He says that Peter is better, and will be sent home with their things. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1, Box 1, Folder 46 Relation A related resource Ellison Capers Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Charleston County (S.C.) Date Valid Date (often a range) of validity of a resource. 1860-1869 Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. 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After graduation he taught at The Citadel before joining the Confederacy. By the end of the Civil War, Capers had been appointed Brigadier General. After the war, Capers entered the ministry. In 1887 he was consecrated assistant bishop of South Carolina. The Ellison Capers Collection at The Citadel Archives includes letters and diaries dated between 1861 and 1865. This digital collection includes letters written by Capers to his wife Lottie during the war and a diary he kept from July of 1862 through November of 1863. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1865 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/collections/show/4 Subject The topic of the resource United States--Military history United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Citadel Class of 1857 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] Camp at Rockville Wadmalaw Island S. C. Dec 6th 1861 My precious wife, I have an opportunity to send a letter to the post office today, and embrace it to write to you, my own darling Lottie. I was detained in Charleston until Wednesday morning when I left on Hardtimes for the camp. I rode the 28 miles in 4 hours and a half, finding my horse as fresh when I arrived as when I had started. If you will look on the map, in the dining room, you will see the road leading from the city to this place. It crosses the new Bridge and goes on to [illegible] Ferry, over Stono, then down John’s and Wadmalaw Island to this place. It is situated near the North Edisto River & within four miles of the sea. We can hear the roar, of the sea, & the heavy echo of the enemy’s siege guns at Port Royal very distinctly. Rockville is the New Hope of the Wadmalaw planters, but unlike New Hope it is a beautiful spot. It is right on a high bluff of Bohicket Creek, which runs into North Edisto about 3 ½ miles from its mouth, and cuts off Seabrook’s Island from Wadmalaw. There are two churches in the village, an Episcopalian and Presbyterian. Of course the village is deserted, and we are going to take down the near little steeple to the church today, as it is a landmark in the U.S Coast survey. The smoking plantations on Edisto Island fill me with alternate feelings of pride and [Page 2] sadness. Oh! How many hearths are made almost desolate! Better to be as we are, without ever having planted a tree on “the dearest spot in all the world”, than to see the precious spot in ruins! But better, far better, this, than that a single home should be polluted by the Yankee Vandals who invade our soil. We have, darling, but one spot & on that spot is planted an evergreen that, thank God, can never fade! An eternal flower! Our Angel Kate. I wrote you that I visited our little garden on the morning I left the city. As soon as I can, I will have a fence put around it, for all of the larger plants have been eaten off by cows. I am very sorry I could not settle on the sale of mamas house for her - I did not send you the ten in the last letter as I said I would. I want you daring, to make me a bed sack, and put an opening in the middle of it which can be closed with buttons, or better, with string. If you have not already made them you need not make the leggings. I am quite well, except for this new water I am drinking. I will take your prescription, darling, and hope it will put all right. You know Mr. Stevens has offered [illegible] the Majority. Be sure you tear up the last letter I wrote you. Kiss my dear little boy & may God bless you, Lottie, my own precious wife. I am ever thinking of you and whenever I put on the warm cap you made for me. I prize it more [Page 3 - written on side of Page 2] because Lottie, my dear Lottie, made it for me! Be cheerful my darling and prayerful & hopeful and all will be well. I hope Peter gets up safely. Love to all. Good bye my Angel. E. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, December 6, 1861 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-12-06 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/7 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History, Military United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Description An account of the resource Capers writes to Lottie from Wadmalaw Island. He says that he rode his horse, Hardtimes, from Charleston to their camp. He describes the location, and says that he saw the smoking plantations on Edisto Island. Capers asks Lottie to make him a bed sack, and says that he no longer needs leggings. 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The Ellison Capers Collection at The Citadel Archives includes letters and diaries dated between 1861 and 1865. This digital collection includes letters written by Capers to his wife Lottie during the war and a diary he kept from July of 1862 through November of 1863. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1865 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/collections/show/4 Subject The topic of the resource United States--Military history United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Citadel Class of 1857 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] Camp at Church Bridge Johns Island Thursday Night Dec 19th 1861 My Precious Lottie – I wrote you a hurried note this morning giving you somewhat of an account of Col. Branch retreat from Rockville, but I'll give you here more of the particulars. The Regiment which numbered scarcely 300, were on dress parade when the firing reported. Our camp was about a ¼ of a mile this side of Rockville, on the road that leads up to this bridge, & a picked guard was kept at the village, one sentinel being posted in a tower of one of the houses: a position which commanded the view of the Edisto River, from its mouth to Wadmalaw River. If you look on the map in the Hall, you will see that Rockville is situated on a creek that runs in from Edisto and around Wadmalaw Island, & [Page 2] with Church Creek, which runs in from Wadmalaw River, cuts off Wadmalaw Island from Johns Island. The former of these creeks is called Bohicket, & for several miles from the Edisto is deep & navigable to gunboats & transports. So also is Church Creek, & the Wadmalaw River, so that you see the enemy can completely surround Wadamalaw Island, & to hold it, with light troops, when the enemy threatens to attack would be foolish, because of his ability to land his troops at opposite points, & attack the force on the Island from front and rear. But this refers to the enemy as meaning to attack, & not to his reconnoitering parties. Now our regiment went to Rockville as a corps of observation - to watch the enemy, and to whip him, if we get the chance. When Branch received [Page 3] the report of the picket, that the gun boats had entered the mouth of the River, and saw them himself, firing into Clark’s Island & landwards, he at once took it for granted that they knew all about his camp, meant to shell his men out & in half an hour <del>before he</del> after the first alarm was given, & while the boats were firing into - Seabrooks Island & the abandoned forts on Clarks Island, the Colonel ordered the men to fall in without knapsacks, leaving their tents standing, & marched them four miles up the road! Subsequently he sent back the wagons, which brought off about ⅔ of the knap sacks & company property, ⅔ of the tents & the ammunition, & a very small part of the commissary stores. When I joined the regiment, as I told you, else where, I found them at this a point four miles from Rockville & [Page 4] about to move on here. The Colonel told me that the reason he ordered the retreats was because he was afraid the enemy would cut the regiment off by sending up boats to Bear’s Bluff, (see the map just where Wadmalaw & Edisto rivers join) & also up the Bohicket, who would land troops &c. It seems to me that a man with half of a head would have known better & acted more wisely. This is the enemy’s first visit to North Edisto. He is gradually exploring the rivers & the very fact of his firing into the deserted dismantled fort on Clarks Island, showed that he did not know that it was deserted, when it has been so since Port Royal fell. As our camp was exposed to view from the river it would have been well to have moved it back, out of sight, shielded by trees, & kept the men where they were until the enemy did land, & then, if his [Page 5] numbers were not too great for us, attack him, but the retreat was made purely on the sight of those gunboats, & the regiment dispersed. Of course, the Yankees felt their way & the negroes told their small advanced scouting boats that we had run & they went up the Bohicket to the Rockville Wharf, landed & took our knap sacks & tents, gave the negroes the stores, & [illegible] went off! Gadsen with a detachment has gone down today to see what is there, if anything. The morning after the Regiment left, Lieutenants Sinclair & [illegible] went all through our old camp & brought away what they could. The Yankees did not land until later in the day in what force, the “corps of observation” can say as they by that time were at Church Creek . Of course Branch meant it all for the best, but he played the mis- [Page 6] chief, as you must seem providing another instance of the Carolinians running at the sight of the enemy. I thank god I was not there, though I expect to get my share of the shame. So much for the childish retreat, with this remark added, that the men were keen to do their duty. I am resolved as soon the regiment decided whether they will volunteer, or not which will be on next Wednesday, to resign in the latter case & join the Clem Stevens. I may have a day or two & if so my most cherished one, it shall be with you. I have not heard from the bundle yet, darling, & am sorry that the work of your precious fingers should not be mine. Don’t send any more bundles, however, until you either see me, or hear from me. Kiss my dear little boy, & my dear wife, for your- [Page 7] self, you have all my heart. I trust, darling that you are well though you do not say one word about your health, more precious to me than all the world beside. Don’t answer this letter, as I may see you before you have an opportunity to write. You will get this on Sunday & I may be at Cherry Grove on Wednesday. I don’t expect to stay longer than day & night, as I will have to hurry on & join Stevens in the city, in the work of raising & organizing his regiment. Good night my darling, & may God bless you. Ellison Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, December 19, 1861 (Night) Subject The topic of the resource United States--History, Military United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-12-19 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/18 Description An account of the resource Capers writes to his wife Lottie from Johns Island, and gives a more detailed account of the retreat that he described in his previous letter from that morning. He writes that Colonel Branch ordered his men to retreat without their belongings, but then sent the wagons back to collect some items that had been abandoned. Branch told Capers that he ordered the retreat because he was afraid the enemy would cut off their regiment, but Capers writes that Branch should have waited and attacked the enemy instead. Capers describes the retreat as "childish" and says he will resign and join Stevens. He says that he hopes to see Lottie soon, and asks her not to send any more packages until she either sees or hears from him again. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1, Box 1, Folder 48 Relation A related resource Ellison Capers Collection Date Valid Date (often a range) of validity of a resource. 1860-1869 Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. 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After graduation he taught at The Citadel before joining the Confederacy. By the end of the Civil War, Capers had been appointed Brigadier General. After the war, Capers entered the ministry. In 1887 he was consecrated assistant bishop of South Carolina. The Ellison Capers Collection at The Citadel Archives includes letters and diaries dated between 1861 and 1865. This digital collection includes letters written by Capers to his wife Lottie during the war and a diary he kept from July of 1862 through November of 1863. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1865 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] At Church Bridge John’s Island Thursday Dec 19 My precious wife - Your letter of last Saturday I got last night. By the time you get this you will have heard all sorts of tales about the retreat of the Rifle Regiment &c, so I give you a perfectly correct statement. Gadsen was in the city and I was at John’s Island Ferry, on the main, with the Carolina Light Infantry, having come up from the city that day, Tuesday. Well in the middle of the night, while I was asleep in Pickney’s tent a messenger came over from the other side of the river, sent by Branch, who, informed me that three of the enemy’s gunboats & one large transport, had [Page 2] sailed into Edisto, & that the enemy's troops had landed at Rockville & the Regiment was in retreat. Imagine my feelings! After dispatching to Ripley (Gen. Ripley), I went across the Ferry, with the messenger & hurried on to meet the regiment. I crossed over this bridge & on to Wadmaloo, found the regiment about 5 miles from Rockville. And the story of the messenger was substantially true. The gunboats fired shot & shell at the old fort at the mouth of the river, & Branch ordered the regiment to make a retreat to this point, which is a strong one, because he was afraid of being cut off on the Island. It was able to retreat ultimately after we saw the enemy intended to [Page 3] land in force, but to run as Branch did, leaving many of the mens knap-sacks, blankets, one third of our tents, and nearly all the commissary stores, was shameful. It is unfortunate for Gadsen & I, as well as the regiment, that neither of us were there. The enemy land in the day time & take to their boats at night. They captured all that Branch left. I shall soon be out of this milk & water affair & under the command of a man. I don't’ believe Branch a coward, but he is a good hearted, clever, fellow, who has no determination, no military sense or head. Thank you darling, for your letter. You & Frank and our dear Angel Kate, are ever present with me. No bundle yet. I did not lose a thing, But for Peter, Gadsen & I would have lost everything. Your picture and prayer book I always carry on my person. Don’t send me anything more till you hear from me. Ellison Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, December 19, 1861 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History, Military United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-12-19 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/19 Description An account of the resource Capers writes to his wife Lottie from Johns Island, South Carolina. He describes the retreat of the Rifle Regiment from two days before. He had been with the Carolina Light Infantry on Johns Island Ferry, and in the middle of the night was awakened to hear that the enemy's troops had landed in Rockville. Colonel Branch ordered a retreat, and the enemy captured the supplies they had left behind. Capers writes that the retreat was a mistake, and is thankful that he keeps Lottie's picture and prayer book on his person, so they were not lost. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1, Box 1, Folder 49 Relation A related resource Ellison Capers Collection Date Valid Date (often a range) of validity of a resource. 1860-1869 Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Capers, Ellison Collection, 1861-1865 Description An account of the resource Ellison Capers (1837-1908) was in The Citadel's Class of 1857. After graduation he taught at The Citadel before joining the Confederacy. By the end of the Civil War, Capers had been appointed Brigadier General. After the war, Capers entered the ministry. In 1887 he was consecrated assistant bishop of South Carolina. The Ellison Capers Collection at The Citadel Archives includes letters and diaries dated between 1861 and 1865. This digital collection includes letters written by Capers to his wife Lottie during the war and a diary he kept from July of 1862 through November of 1863. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1865 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/collections/show/4 Subject The topic of the resource United States--Military history United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Citadel Class of 1857 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] Camp Evans Church Bridge John’s Island Dec 23rd My precious wife - I wrote you this morning a hurried note from the Citadel to be carried by Sinclair. You may be now reading it, my darling, and as I am thinking of you, I know that you too are thinking of your Ellie. When I got here, about an hour ago, Gadsen handed me two letters; one from you & one from Henry. Your letter, my darling, was written on last Monday & Tuesday, & directed to the care of Hamilton & Smith. Like you I can not imagine where your letters are, for this is the 5th that I have read & I ought to have got 8. I will ask at the P. O. as you suggest, but 289 is the box that Courtney told me to direct to. 398 is the Citadel Box. After you receive this you need not write me again until I see you, as the regt. Will be relieved this week, & I may not be either here, or in the city, as I cant tell where Col. Stevens’ Regt. will be stationed. Tell Frank [Page 2] that Stevens has filled up all his places but the ast. Quartermastership & he has the refusal of it. He might trade it, & when some better chance offered, he could be resign. Thank you darling, for the sweet picture of our dear little boy, sitting in his sister’s chair. I could see him by the light of my heart as I read the precious lines of his mother, I am rejoiced to know that you are still free to hold him in your heart. May God continue to bless your work. Thank you, my Lottie, for the socks; they will be highly valued by me. But what, darling, do you mean about Sister Lize & the letter? I only mentioned that I had heard through a letter from you of uncle Peter’s confirmation, but I am sure that I never let [illegible] read a line. And now, my dear wife, let me tell you how glad my heart was made by the letter through Major White. Twas a [illegible word crossed out] horrid idea, darling, to think for a moment that you did not think me [Page 3] all I wanted you to, but it seized my heart, & I could not help telling you so. And you must not think that I do not wish you to tell me of my faults, for I earnestly desire it, but it seemed to me that you seemed to despond at my short comings, & while I did not give your very words, those I used conveyed the idea that I had formed. Never mind, my angel wife, I am as sure of your deep & dear devotion, as I am of a heaven, & you shall never hear one word of doubt again. As I rode up from the city today, my mind revolved around the period of your trial, in out engagement, & when I reflected upon the vestal purity & the faithful devotion of your constant love, I, too shed tears, that I had written that letter to you. If I should not be able to go up on Saturday, I will let you know in time , but you had better not send for me, as I may not get the opportunity to write. There is scarcely any calculating or arrangements outside of [Page 4] the military. Oh! How galling is it to me to see the Rifle Rgt. of last winter, now received in the very face of our enemies, and because of <del>their</del> the demoralized state into which the sad blunder of Branch has placed it. The men, of course, will go into other organizations; some of them with me, but they will not move one peg under our unfortunate Colonel. And yet the world does not know that the Regt. is relieved from duty here that is may organize for more effectual service. My heart grows sick when I think of it. Poor Branch is ruined, & the fair name of the Regt. blasted, and yet not one man whom I met, who did not seem to crave for a conflict with his foe, & the march from Rockville was as sullen as stone. So thoroughly are the men opposed any further action under Col. Branch, that they insist upon the mortifying alternative of being disbanded. More of all this when I see you. Love to all. Goodbye, & may God bless you, my precious wife. Ellison Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, December 23, 1861 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History, Military United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-12-23 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/20 Description An account of the resource Capers writes to his wife Lottie from Camp Evans on Johns Island, South Carolina. He wonders where her letters are, as he should have received more than he did. He thanks Lottie for a picture she sent of their son, and assures her that he knows of her love and devotion to him. Capers writes of Colonel Branch, who was relieved from duty, and the demoralization of the men as a consequence to Branch's actions. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Capers, Ellison Collection, 1861-1865 Description An account of the resource Ellison Capers (1837-1908) was in The Citadel's Class of 1857. After graduation he taught at The Citadel before joining the Confederacy. By the end of the Civil War, Capers had been appointed Brigadier General. After the war, Capers entered the ministry. In 1887 he was consecrated assistant bishop of South Carolina. The Ellison Capers Collection at The Citadel Archives includes letters and diaries dated between 1861 and 1865. This digital collection includes letters written by Capers to his wife Lottie during the war and a diary he kept from July of 1862 through November of 1863. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1865 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/collections/show/4 Subject The topic of the resource United States--Military history United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Citadel Class of 1857 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] Tuesday Night in Camp Gist - Near Charleston Jany 21st 1862 My own precious wife - After a wearysome day & before I lay me down to sleep, I will begin a letter to you. I wrote you a note by Lee, just before I left Tady’s Monday morning, & have been so constantly busy since that I had not had the time to write you by today’s mail. Think of it, my precious I have near five hundred men, encamped here, & every one, nearly perfectly ignorant of military duties! Captains, Lieutenants, & Privates all to be taught, & I am perfectly alone. I have not a single aid. Dick & Hemingway will not take the Drill Officer place, & Clarence would be glad to take it, but he is afraid they will not let him off in Va. I have written to [Page 2] Genl. Gist in his behalf & hope to have him with me. I can’t give Holly the Qrs. Master Seargeantship for not being a commissioned officer he could not get a discharge. Tonight I am the only person in the field & staff line of tents & to save, me, I can’t help feeling lonely. While I write this, ¼ to 10--by my watch, I hear something which sounds to me like very heavy cannonading in the direction of Savannah. If it is, they take a strange time to begin, though it may be thunder as it is now raining. I am very tired, my darling, so good night till tomorrow, & may god bless you & Frank, & angels watch you while you sleep. Ellie. Wednesday Morning -10A.M. My own Lottie - I rose [Page 3] this morning, & have been busy since. I have an officers drill at ¼ before 7 & again at 2 - and a dress parade at sunset & have to supervise every other drill & everything. The work before me is so great, & I have no one to help me that it makes me feel quite blue. Gendron has not called by as he said he would. I put my trust in God, darling, & hope for the time when we will be again united to each other. If you were only in the city, you could ride out and see me every day. We hear this morning that there are an unusual number of vessels off our Bar. May God deliver us. In the language of the first verse of the Psalter, for this morning, “He is gracious, and his mercy endureth forever” Good bye, my [Page 4] angel, & may you & Frank be always blessed. Love to mamma. Forever yours Ellison Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, January 21, 1862 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History, Military United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-01-21 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/21 Description An account of the resource Capers writes to Lottie from Camp Gist, South Carolina. He says that he is weary, and is camped with nearly five hundred men with no military knowledge. He writes that he is feeling lonely, and doesn't know whether he hears cannons or thunder from the direction of Savannah. Capers writes again in the morning, and says that the work before him is great. 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CO!l}IENCEMENT ADDRESS, . 1886 CAPERS_ . �.:r· i �TH E CC)MMENCEMEN r i\DDRES f S 131':FORE Til E S.C.MILITARY ACADEMY, CHARLESTON, .JULY S. C . 2 8 ~ 1886. REv. ELL ISO N CAPER S, BY THE OF GR E E NVI LL E , S. C., A GR.AD U.ATE Ofi' 'I'JlE A ( 'A D RJI Y. W ALKER , CHARLES TON, S. C. S & Coc s w EJ,L, EYAN P RI N 'l ' E R s, No s . 3 antl 5 Broad a n d 117 E as t Ba y ::;treets, 188G. I I ! I l. ! �• �CC)MME N CEME l' ADDRES. N' S In obedience to the invitation of tho Sup erint endent and Officers of my Alma Mater, it is my grateful duty to make th e address at the close of these int eresting exer cises. , Vhile I cheerfully assume th e respon sibilitie s of the h our, I could wish, sincerely, that th e choice of th o officers had fall en upon some son of the Acad emy who could bring larger abilitie s to h er service, and whose voice might be heard in her behalf with more effect throughout the length and breadth of our beloved common wealth. But whi le I mistrust my capacity to do full justi ce to tho worthy I nstitution I have now tho honor to repre sent, I bring to th e duty before me a heart full of grat eful r espect, and sha ll speak in behalf of the old Citad el and the work she has done in tho past, and th o work I tru st she has yet to do in the future, as a loyal son would speak of a cherished mot her, whose patience had born e with th o follies of hi s youth , and whose wisdom and fostering care had given spirit and purpo se to hi s manhood . In greeting you to-day, young gent lemen, as the first grad uates of tho Acad emy under it s second charter from th e State, I do so with ming led emotion s. Associations , inseparable from th ose exercise s, revive ha llowed memories . Th ey recall the form s and faces of tho se who gr eeted us years ago, and who will m eet us h ere no mor e forever! It woul d be to me a most grat ifying task to spoak to you of t he old Board of Vi sitor s, of J on es, and Jami son, an~ Means, and Hanna, and allace, and ·Wilson, th e fath ers of our Alma :Mater! ,. se faithful , wise and pat riotic rho men, who watch ed with j ealou s care its steady progress, and ,v �4 hail ed from year to yea r the increasing evidences of its use fulness to the Stat e. "With equal gratitude I could tell you of the old P rofessors, and speak of them with abundant appreciation, bu t my duty is to devote my time to the consideration of t hat for which they all devoted their abilities an d accomp lishment s with unfaltering energy-th e advancement of the chamcter and ivorlr, of the Acad emy itself. . , ,Vhy should there be a manife station of so muc h inte rest in the success and stabi lity of our State institutions of l earn ing ? vVhy are thei r friends ever ready to maintain the ir vrnrth? And why should the State extend her fostering hand to shield and pro tect them? I shall attem pt to answer thes e qu estions, and will state, as full y as I can, first, the groun d of the being of the South Carolina Military Academy; and then pr esent some of the mo st cogent reasons, which infl uence th e friends of the Acad emy, to urge its maintenance as an important agency of the State in promotin g h er hig hest welfar e. rro bring th e subje ct before you as distinct ly as I can, I mu st refer to th at part of our history which lies so far back of our times that we are only too pron e to overlook its lessons. And yet we should remember , my fellow-citizens, and we should teach our childr en to remember, that the history of thos e early days cont ains the germs of all our succeeding history . vVe are eating th e fruit of trees planted by those wh o knew full well they would never enjoy them, but they were content to plant for us. vVe are living and acting by princip les and governed by ideas which cost our forefathers the abandonment of th eir homes in th e old world, the peril s of thousands of m iles of sea , and the untold. hardships and dangers of a sett lement in th e wilds of an untri ed land, inhabited only by savages and ·wild beasts. �0 'l"'hey counted not their liv es dear to th emselves and their families if happily th ey might lay safe foundations for their descendant s. 'furning back the pag es of Car olina's hi story, we find th e fath ers and found ers of our State care ful to lay thes e sur e foundations on a rock. "'W ithin twenty years from the remova l of the colony to the site of this ancient city, the Assembly voted to establi sh a public library in Charleston, and the law m ade provision that the books should be loaned out for the benefit of the inhabitants. The first schools establi shed by our fathers were Free Schools, and the act establi shin g th em declares th em to be founded "for th e benefit and use of the inh abitant s of South Carolina. " In one of the ear ly acts of Assembly, 1712, the bui lding of school hou ses and the sett lement of sch ool masters is encouraged, the act authoriz ing 12£ s to be paid from t he Tr easury toward s erectin g each school house, and 10£s toward s paying the salary of each Parish school maste r. Thu s, you perceive, whil e the fi rst generat ion born on the soil of Carolina was yet, growing up; when the frontier s of the State were not mor e than fifty miles away from Charleston; and when th e red man and the Spaniard were plotting th e destructi on of the in fant State, and while yet great forests were to be cut down and cleared away that a virgin soil might produce food for the colonists, and furnish the m aterials for founding trade and comm erce, the founders of the State lai d down th e principle, that it is of vi tal importanc e to the well-b eing of the whole communi ty, that the enlight enme nt of the citizen should be the care of the State. Th ey created a puuli c librar y in Charl eston, and established free schools in different par ts of the colon y, for th e express benefit of all the inhabitants. The accompli shed hi storian who writes the early lit era ry hi story of our State, and tells us that the knowl edge of Gram.mar, of Histor y, of Math ematics, of Greek an d of Latin, �G could be obtained in Carolina at any time after 1712, tells us also, that no State in the Am erican Un ion, afterwards, Virginia excepted, obtained a greater proportion of nat ional ho12or or enjoye d larger opportuni ties of public serv ice ; s. and further, that thi s fitne ss for discharg ing _ er hi gh duties h to a great republic of free and self-governing States, was mainly due to the attention paid by the fathers to the liberal educat ion of their sons. 'l"his attention to education by the State, laid down as a principle of true policy in 1712, has been ever sin ce maintained in Sou th Carolina . · In 1801 the Legi slature gave signal expr_ssion to it by e the passage of a bill founding the South Carolina College at Columbia, and in tho preamb le to the Act uses t he following langua ge: ",Vherea s, th o proper education of youth contr ibutes g reatly to the prosperity of society, and ought al·ways to be tho subject ofl egislativo attention; and, whereas, the establishment of a College in the centra l part of th e State, ·w ere all it s youth may be educated: will highl y proh mote th e instr uction, the good order and the harmony of th e whole commu nity; " "Be it enacted, &c." This preamb le embodi es th e principle upo n which some of the greatest institutions of learni ng in our country hav e been founded. 1e " Harvard and Yal e Colleges o-v, th eir existence to State aid, as well as priv ate munificence, whil e William and Mary College, in Vir gini a, next in age to Harvard, was endowed from the Roy al Dominion, and was at first chi efly supported by the inc ome of a tax on tobacco. "Th e Univers it y of P ennsylvania sprang from a free academy, founded by Frank lin , in 1749. '' The Un iver sity of Vir ginia is an imp erishab le monum ent to t h e wisdom of th e gr eates t of democrats, its immor tal found er, and ha s Leen .for more t han fifty years a perennial foun tain, wh ence have flowed streams of blessing to the State . The Univ ersiti es of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and North Carolin a, lik e our own, and the University whi ch �7 J efferson 's wisdom foun ded, ar e all State Univ ersiti es, and cheri sh ed by th e State. Th e greatest in stitu tion of learn ing in the Nor th-west , wh ere the large st num ber of stud ent s assembl e ·of all th e colleges in our land, is th e Free Univel'sity of .L 'lfichigan, whi ch was found ed from the sale of public lands, and is t he boast of that mighty and vigorous Comm onwealth. Ohio , Maryl and, Delaware, vVest Virginia, and man y of th e ent erpri sing States beyond th e Mississippi, with th e gr eat States of Californi a and Loui siana, h ave flourishin g Stat e Univ ersiti es \nd Academi es, lib erally endowed , or generou sly support ed by th eir peopl e. \Ve ma y well appr eciate th e lang uage in whi ch th e Govern or, in communi cating hi s message to th e Legislat ur e, estimat es th e value to the Commonwealth of its seat of learning : '' She has don e, and is no w doin g, mor e for th e Stat e, " said Governor H ammond , in 1844, "t han every oth er corporation put togeth er within its limi ts. " To a prec eding Legislatur e, Gov. Ri chard son h ad pu t th e argum ent for Stat e aid, and State in terest, in a single sentence : "Th e benefits of a single year, t he attainm ents of a singl e class, th e acq uir ement s of one, onl y, of it s rip e scholars, the fruit of a single one of th ese g reat mind s, whose energies it ha s developed, would not onl y compensat e for all th e patr onage whi ch h as hith erto been exte nd ed to it, but is imm easurabl y mor e valu able to th e State t han the r esul ts of all h er oth er benefacti ons to adv ance her in terests. " Th en , should it not be the hon orabl e prid e of every Carolini an that hi s State, in h er corp orate Cf. pacity, h as ever sought to elevate h er citizens by exten din g to th em t h e benefits of th e broadest cultur e? Sh ould it n ot be a cause for general rejoicing, wh erever learnin g is appr eciated and ch aracter honor ed, th at Carolin a may poin t to some of h er most emin ent citi zens in th e past, and some of h er most honor ed and useful citi zens in t h e present, to whom th e bounty of her generous h and extend ed th e coveted blessin g of a lib eral edu cation ? Imbued with such sentim ent s, and from a hi gh sense of �8 hi s duty to the State, Governor Rich ardson took the first steps toward s lightin g a new beacon oflearning in Carolina, in 1841. At that time the State needed, as I believe she now n eeds, a military establishm ent for h er safety and protection. She maint ain ed two companies of enli sted men: and emp loyed accompli sh ed officers to command them. By this means two garriso ns were establi shed, one in Columbia , and one in Charlesto n, at the Citadel. At these point s arms and mun itions of war were stored and kept in ord er, ready, in case the •state should need them for the protect ion of the lives of her citizen s. These garri sons cost South Carolina annually, $24,000. No one complained. of this expe nditure of the people's money, because every one readily und erstood that it was for the general good; for the State's phy sical protection, in case of a possible insurrection. Not a cent of this expendit ure came back to the State in the quickened intelligence of her sons; not a dollar was returned to h er in th e well-being of h er indigent youth, trained to dut y in h er serv ice, and tau ght to appreciate th e opportunities of life. The physical benefitof the State was t he only end sought, and for this our people willingly spent $24,000. Governor Richardson conceived the idea making this sum yield a nobler return to the State, a more enduring benefit. Ho would guard her arse nals and maintain h er disciplin ed soldi ers, blij he would conve rt each arsena l into an Acad emy of learning, and each soldier into a loyal, cultur ed citizen, and return him to the commonwealth after his term of service, "animis opibnsqiw parati !" To excite public interest in so noble a scheme, hi s attention was directed to certain poor young men who, fired with th e ambition to learn, stood bound by the cold hand of poverty at the foot of the ladder th ey ,vere more than anxious to climb. Of hi s own authority he sent them to the Arsenal in �9 Columbia , to be the first ben eficiary Cadets of t h o c:omrng South Carolina Milit ary Academy. In Decembe r , 1842, the lam ented Jn,mison in troduced t h o bill to give th e nobl e concept ion of Gove rno r Richanlson legi slat iv e r ecognition , and th e Act was passed whi c: seh cured to Carolina th o guardian ship of h er arm s by her yo ung son s, who, serving h or as soldiers , ,rer e to become educated and useful citi zens . Under this system the matemal hand of th o State extend ed a liberal edu cat ion to her poor sons, but, none wore to receive it wh ose 'tir cum stanc es ena bled them to e;o enmp sate tho State for their edu cation. A Boa rd of Visitors, to vv'l1 the Legi slat ur e wisely gave om the arlpointment of tho State Cad ets, exe r cised a discr im inatin g judgment, an d each coun ty in South Carolina sen t it s repres ent atives to tho Academy. Many of he r most distinguish ed gradu ates \\·ore ben eficia ry Cadets , and some of the se, in aft er yea rs, became h er accomp lish ed Prof essorG . Thu s it will be seen that the Sout h Caroli na Milit a ry Academy was found ed in th o pra ctica l t h ought , tha t while edu cating h or son s for duty, each son mu st, l>ocome her servant a nd soldier, an(l by a fait hful ser vice en n ol>le the intell ect ual labo r t hat sec·ured h is ec1ucat,ion for life. "It would be en ough," says Governor Ric h ardson , whil e urgin g hi s sch eme upon the L egislatur e, '' it would be enou g h to determin e !,lie ad nt nt ages of th o altora.t,ions proposed to contr ast the usefulne ss of more th an fifty of our most promi sing you ng men, ed ucate <l in th e ser vice of th e Stat e, with th e enn oblin g conscionsncss of having paid for their edu catio n by t h eir ser vice; goi ng ab road und er the first feeling of a pr ou d and maul y independence, to occupy their pl aces in society, imbn ed wi th a Stat,o patriot ism, ~1s the nu rs lin gs of her i11 itnlio ns; eomb iHiug the entc rpri ~e st and decision of a - ilit a ry e; ara c!,er \\'it,h the ae;<uirome nt s m h 1 of th eir schola st ic opp ortu ni ~ies; clisp ensiu g knowl edge all<l int elli ge nce through a ll tho vocations of life, which t hey are destin ed to :fill; and , perhap s, most u sefull y diffn sing them as the in stru ctor s of succeeding gen era tions . �10 '' If the success of these instit ut ions,'' continu es Governor Richard son , " should form tho basis of important impro vement s which ma y be extended to our free schools; if th ey should supply better teachers from their Alumni; if they should suggest hi gher and bettor systems of morals and tuition ; or if th ey sh ould only awaken greater ardor in tho peopl e, and n war mer in terest in our rulers to advance the cau se of odu cntion, th ey will achi eve m ore for t he weal and honor of our State than all the ot her labors and app lia n ces of governm ent could in auy oth er manner confer." Such \Vn tho lan gun,ge of tho found ei· of our Academy s addres sed to the law makers in 18..J:2 . And from that m essage of Ri chard son 's to the message of th o wise, pract ical and far- scoing Orr, in 'G5, fourt een successive Gover nor s of Carolina h ave comme nd ed the patriot ism and wisdom of th o fathe rs an d founders of the State Militar y Acad emy . Having thus presented th e ground of the being ~fthe l nstifiltion, it rornai ns for me to sta te the reasons whi ch imp el th e fri ends of the Citadel Aca dem y to urge its maint enanc e, as one amo ng the groat ancl useful agencies of our State in promoting h er hi ghe st welfare. · F ir st among th ese is th e fact, that th e work the Acade my has don e for Sou th Carolina , demonstrates its val,ue to the State. • Th e mon ey sh e has inv ested in h er Military S.chool has pa id a good div idend . One of her most wort hy and accompli shed graduat es, in hi s carefu lly prepared sk oLc of tho h istory of the Military h Acad emi es, pr esent s a descr ipti ve roll of th e graduate s. Thi s roll is from the official record, and was carefu ll y compil ed and revi sed by Capt. John B. P atri ck , the Secretary of tho Board of Vi sit or,s. Th e period embra ced by th e roll covers twenty-two years, and th e numb er of graduates is 240. I wou ld respectfu ll y subm it to the Boar d of Vi sitor s that t he Diplom a of the Acade my might, in propri ety, and with emin ent ju stice, be awarded those eighteen Cadets, who wer e �11 within th1·ee months of gradua ting when the mercil ess exigen cies of war dismi ssed th em to their callin gs in li fe. On the descriptive roll I ha ve referr ed to, not a single idlel' appears I Opposite the nam e of each son of tho Academy is th e re• cord of a working li fe ! 'I'h ey represent every count y in th o State , one hundr ed and twent y-throe coming from th e upper coun ties, and one hun dr ed and sevente en from t ho mi ddle an d lower. '"'ho y represent every ,vort hy call ing in life- 44 teach ers, I 3G me rch ants and bu sin ess men , 3-::1: lawyers, 31 ph ysicians, 27 plan ter s and farmers, 27 civil engin eers, and 13 mini sters of th e Gospel of Chri st ; an d 28 gradua ting in 'Gl , '6 2, 'G3 and 'G and at once en tering th o Confederat e service, 4, died f or the hono1 o the State / · f Looking over t hat roll, yo u will find th o names of m en who hav e been, th emselves found ers of in stit utions of learnin g, and who a.re t o-clay reverenced by hundr eds of our yout h , to whom th ey have boon guides and instru ctors ! You will find th e names of abl e and lear ned pr ofessors, some of whom once fill ed th e chair s from whi ch t hey r eceived th e instru ction s of Ura h am and Colcock, Cap ers and F in ley , Hume , Lealand and Bri sbane, Herber t and Matth ews ! You will find th e n ames of ge ntlemen repr esentin g th e P ulpit, th e Bar, th e Railr oad and Fa rmin g in terests of th o Stat e, to whom the pr esent control an d man agement of th e Acad emy h as boon in tru ste<lby the Legislatu re, as h er Board of Vi sitor s. Th ese worth y gen tlemen arc h ere to-day, sitt ing in th e h onor ed places once occupi ed by tho fathers of the Acad emy ! You will find th e names of grad uates ,rh o have served Carolina in th e exalt ed office of h er Chi ef Magistra te, or filled wit h mark ed su ccess and public approYal, t he chair s of Secretar y of State, Comptroll er-Gen eral, Superin tend ent of Edu cation, Senator an d Legislator I On th e roll I am reviewin g you will find th e names of sol- i I �12 dier s who served their country in the greatest of modern war s, and not one of whom failed to do h is duty to Sou th Carolina. Among tho se soldiers n,re th o nam es of fo rty-one graduates, who di ed martyrs to the cause th ey maintained! Among them are soldi ers of Carolina, whom Dav is, Lee, Stonewall J ackson, Beaurega rd, Johnston , and Hampton honored and resp ected for the ir services, and upon whose un sulli ed uniform s th e South ern Confederacy fixed the stars and the bars, and th o wreath of h er approva l ! vVhat more could our follow -citizens rea sonabl y demand of the ir Academy ? If to do your duty in life be, indeed, th o high est ach ievement of man, and if tho mother who tra ins her sons foi· duty is worthy the consid eration mankind ha s shown her in all ages, and und er every form of civi lizat ion, from pious Hannah of I sra el, and the devoted Cornelia of Rome, to th e moth er of our 1/vashington, th en may our Alma Mater well receiv e, as sh e well deser to receiv e. the considerat ion ot ves th e peopl e of South Carolina! "\ h en an eloquent son of Charle ston, "\ illia.m Crafts, was V V pl ea din g for common schools in th e Legi slature in 1813, he referr ed to tho work the school s had done in the two yea rs of th eir existence, and estimated th eir va lue to th e State in thos e word s: '' \Ve raised," said he, " an infant corp s of future patriot s, and tho se years were fruitfu l in childre n for th e Stat e. Learn in g n ever prod uced ingratitude, and from those children thus adopted, patriotism may look for orn am ents and sacrifices. '' In the course of two yea rs six thousand poor chil dren have been parti ally in struct ed, and th e State expends $30,000 ! "No w, sir, if only one of those six thousand should , in the day of peril, defend this nation and , like Pe rry , cover thi s country with the mantle of his own glory ; if only one of th em in th e hol y offices of religion should ill um in e the path of virtu e and purity ; if only one of them sh ould ab ly advocate in th e Senate the liberties of the count ry and the ( ' . �13 rights of th e people, for one such individua l $30,000 would be a ch eap equivalent, to say nothing of that more numerous , but not less important class, ·who would be hereby fitted for tho un ambiti ous but useful offices of private life." 2. An oth er cogent reason why the State sh ould mainta in h er Militar y Academ y is found in tho syste m of tra inin g, and th e pra ctical c·haract er of th o in struct ion it offers our youth. 'I'h e prim e object of tho Academ y rs NOT TO UAKE SOLDIERS. \ 'rl1is is strikin gly evid ent from th o fo,ct that not one of h er graduates ha s chosen tho profession of arms as a callin g in life. Her mi litary discipline and in struction arc inciden tal featu res of h er tra inin g. She ha s employed these means to enforce the great and essen tial lessons of order, obedience to 1 ·ighiful authority, respect for our betters, and that self-control whic h youth ever need s and never more th an now. For some n atures such a tra ining is th e sine qua non of t h eir su ccess. However irk some it may have seemed to the Cad et, exa ctin g, and at times, perhaps, irrita tin g, to th e gra du ate in life, his milita ry discipl ine follows h im into bu sin ess, regu lates his habi ts of order, enters and organizes and di scipl in es hi s home, constantl y reminds him of hi s own obligation to law, and is a silent, all-p ervadi ng force in hi s character, subord inating him to his rightful place in society. Th e positi ve effect of a mi litary tra inin g to develope character and form habits of attention to duty, finds an evident illu strat ion in those high and nob le characters who were trai ned for the place they fill ed in our country's his tory at our ~ationa l l\Jilita.ry Acad emy . ~o man sin ce ,Vash ington h as been so much admire d as Genera l Lee, and no cha racter in Amer ican hi story is so thoroughly th e proquct of a mili ta ry traini ng. I do not advocate su ch a cour se of education for every yout h , but I believe for a large proportion of our young �1.4 m en an d boys, in this precocious age of universal manhood and universa l freedom, par ent s would best serv e the high est int erests of th eir sons by subj ecting them to a military training. Th e reins of famil y governm ent are h eld mor e loosely now than they used to be. Self-indulgence and self-will are cursi ng our youth . Parents in South Carolina hail ed the establishment of h er Military Acad emi es, and so rapidly had the y grown in public favor that the bu ildings ,, ere doubled in capacity within seven years after their founding. In 1857, the thir teenth year of their history, the numb er of pay applicants for cadets hips so far exceeded th e ability of the Institution to accommodate th em, that for want of the nec essary quarters, twenty-eig pay appli cations were rejectht ed, and th e Board recommended a third enlarge ment of the bui lding at th e ar senal, "to gratify th e desire of a larg e bod y of the peopl e of the State to hav e their sons taught at these schools. " In theirreport to th e Govern or, shortl y after th e experi ment had been well tested , t he Board of Visitors give the secret of the popularity of the Milit ary Academy in these words: "The mili tary training of the Cadets facilitat es th eir in struction in oth er br anc hes of study by the habits of order and discipline which it promotes, and, in the opinion of the Board, appears to solve the difficult problem of the mana gement of a numb er of young men gathered in one institution of learning and scien ce. ,i By r equiring th em to account for every moment of th eir ti me, it pr events them from acquiring vicious habit s, by withdrawing th em from the allurements of dissipation." A practical and scienti fic ;ourse, embracing "History, the ~rench lan guage, every department of Math emat ics, Book-k eeping, Rh etoric, Moral, Menta l and Natura l Philo sophy, Architectural and Topographical Drawing, Chemistry, Geology, Min eralogy, Botany, Civil and Military Engin eering, the Constitution al Law of the United States, and th e �15 Law of Nations ," gave to each Cadet tho opportunity to :fit him self for the busin ess of life, or for the hi~her pur suits of learning in any of th e great professions. Hundred s of Carolin a's youth embrace d this opportun ity. From first to last more than 2000 of our young men hav e beeu train ed and tau ght at the Acnclemy, to a greater or 1ess extent. If our Alma Mater could to-day collect th o nam es of Cadets ,rho left h er ,rall s, after receiving one, tv.:o or three years of h er government and teaching, and if she could do for them what Col. Thomas has_clone for h er graduates- ·writ e opposite to th eir names a hi story of their work in life-what ampl e ju stification it would afford my argume nt! \Vh o could estimate by a money standar d tho Yalue of tho Academy's stam p upon those 2000 yout h? \Vh o conld sa,y how far they Juul cxto nclecl h er bene fits to society? Into what nooks and corn ers th o light h ad sho ne whi ch they h ad kindl ed at h er a,ltars? Wh en th o accompfo_;hodPr esident of tho great Un iversity of Michi gan ,ras recently presenting th e claims of tha t in sti tu tion upon tho State, ho urg ed tho thought I am now pre senting, in glowing lnng uage : '' Tru e education," saicl P resident Angell, ' ' is luminou s, outgoin g, diffosive, reproductive. " It is by this diffusion of educated men, and by the dif·fusion through t hem of t he di rect and indirect advantages of edu cation among th e in hnbitants of every town and ham let, that a great school oflcarning does its hi ghest work, and ju stifies its claim to supp ort by th e whole people. "It is not true that a State institution blesses only the man who receives its Dipl oma . " In a larg e sense it is true" t hat th e ad vantages of th e high er edu cation cannot be selfishly monopolized . '' An edncatior, ca, no t 1e truly enjoyed; it can hardly be n used in an honorable "·ay, without conferr ing ben efits on others. '' You might as reasonably taik of the sun monopolizing l~ 1r l II ! I I ~ I �16 and enjoying alone the light tha t is generated in it, as to speak of a scholar monopo lir,ing th e advantages of his education . '' Th e mom ent the sun shin es, tho wide uni verse around is bath ed in hi s life-giving beams " The Graduates and Cadets who have gone, and who go forth to-day, from this State Academy, go forth bear in g a light ed torch! 'rhey go forth bearing pr ecious seed, with the purpos e and comm ission to sow by all waters, and in all fields, and th eir fellow-citiz ens m,ust share with th em th e harvests. L earn ing and character cannot be convert ed in to secre t treaS11,res, which men may hid e away in the ir homes, or their commun ities, as tho sordi d miser hi des hi s bag of precio u s gold! Th ey go with tho man whereverh e goes; they do the work h e und ertak es ; th ey pl ead the cau se he advocates ; th ey fulfil th e tru sts h e assumes ; th ey serv e the State he serv es ; th ey multip ly, a hundr ed fold, all hi s efforts to good in t h e world, and consecate his example I r Let th e day be forever remote when South Carolina shall withhold a great agency in form in g the charactersand training th e 1ninds of h er sons. 3. Anoth er consideratio n which, to my mind, offors a weigh ty reason for cheris hin g our Military Academy is, th at with th e University at Columbia, it is a unifying age ncy, 'uniting ou1 people. Th e State in stitutions arc centres · of unity, as no other in stitu tions of learning can be. The very prin cipl e upon whi ch th ey arc fostered by th e State is that they belong to her entire people, without distinct ion of secti on, class or religious belief. H ence parents of all section s, all classes, and of every religious denomination, arc free to commit th eir sons to th e care of the State in stitution s. Being i bere, what is tho effect of their association as fellow-students? Fri endly contact with those ·who differ from us, conscientiou sly, teaches respect for the ir sincerity, and in the de- .. �17 gree that men are fait hful to th eir con victions, considerati on for th efr con victions. ·wh en a youth for th e first time emerges from th e narrow limit s of th e township in whi ch h e was born , and find s himself in daily association with repre senta ti ves from every qu art er of hi s State, some of wh orn will h old religious beliefs, and practi ce, it may be, religious customs h e may h ave been tau ght to h ate, while others will belong to a politi cal creed h e had n ever consid ered, that youth has ent ered a n ew world and mu st make h appy discoveries . H e will learn tol eration, consid eration for th e ri ght s of oth ers, and th at independence in holding one's opinions, which is nobl e, only when it is dignified by a becom ,ing respe f or the ct opinions of others. \1/atch ed by the matern al eye of th e State, and nurtured by her care, h e will earl y feel th e bon d of hi s citizensh ip. A sentim ent fo r the whole Slate will grow in close associati on with friend shi p's so strong, so cl ar, that distance, n or e difference of opin ion, 110 opposing State poli cies, nor th e clash of rival interests, n or th e ambit ion of aspirin g m en, nor mount ain, nor seaboard, nor any oth er creatur e shall be abl e to separate h im f~om th e cat h olic spirit of hi s Academic life. Thi s is a great gain to the Stat e, and a nob le en d to be achi eved by her Sta te institutions of lear ni ng . Th e th ough tful stu dent of our hi story, from th e revolution to th e pr esent time , must see th e deadly tend en cy to section alism which th at history r ecords . How ever that feelin g ma y bo a natura l on e, it is ruinou s to th e ha1· mony of th e State, ma:rs its character, and must affect injuri ously its legislation. · A m ere part isan for h is section, or h is sect, may be th e emb odim ent of in tell ectual ability , earnestness , and hon esty of purp ose, bu t h e cannot be a j ust law-make r. No cataract wh ich afflicts th e human vision, distor ting th e lov ely ol>j cts of nat ur e into h ideous sh apes, an d mi se leading th e steps of man, is a greater blinder th an tradit-io nal prejudice. • ii l ' �18 Let the kindly offices of friendly association, like the healing art of the skillful optician, gent ly remove the confusing obstruction, and men and measures stand in their proper relations, and the light of justice and truth pours • into the mind as into a temple swept and garnished. " '\Vould you make a commonwealth a unit? " Educate its sons together." This was the counsel of the great and good Thornwell. Having devoted a large portion of his life to the business of instruction, says Dr LaBorde in his sketch of Dr. 'rhornwell, he had occasion to examine for himself the great question of education, and his matured conclusions are to be found particularly stated in his letter to Governor Manning, written in 1853. In concluding that letter he thus speaks of the unifying powers of a common education and the need of a common centre of instruction: "There ought to be some common ground on which the members of a State may meet together and feel that they are brothers; sorr.i.ecommon ground on · which their children may mingle without confusion or discord, and bury every selfish and . narro-:v interest in the sublime sentiment that they belong to the 'same family. " Nothing is so powerful as a common education, and the thousand sweet associations that spring from it, and clu ster around it to cherish the holy brotherhood of men. "Those who have walked together in the same paths of science, and taken sweet counsel in the same halls of learning; who went arm-in-arm in that hallowed season of life when the foundations of all excellence are laid; who have wept with the same sorrows, or laugh ed with the same joys; who have been fired with the same ambition, lured by the same hopes, and grieved at the same disappointmentsthese are not the men in after years to stir up animosities or foment intestine feuds ." 4. I would present one other consideration . Our State should preserve her Military Academy as the complemen ·t of her public school system. To-day, you graduate fifty-three Cadets. Of this number • • • �19 • thirty-four are to b~ teac her s in our common schools in their respectiv e counties for th e next h vo yea rs. 'I'his servic e they owe to the State as the recipients of h er gen erou s bounty. And what has th e acade mic traini ng of th ese thir ty-four teach ers, for the cour se of four years, cost the taxpa yers of the Stat e? $40,800. 'rhree hundr ed dollar s per annum for each beneficiar y ! Thi s has · increased our tax ation about twenty-nine hv,ndredths of one mill, for the four year s. Our taxpay er$ hav e paid TWENTY- NINE cents ON E VER Y THOU SAND DOLLARS of taxable prop er ty in four year s, or SEVEN AND A QUARTER cents on th e thou sand dollar s, PER AN N UM. The edu cation of these thirty-four common school teachers has cost the poor man, who pays a tax on $ 100 of prop erty, two cents and nine mills ! It has cost hi s n8ighbor , .vho pays a tax on $10,00() of prop erty, two dollars and .ninety cents ! It has cost the capitalist, who pays a tax on $100,000, twenty-nine dolla in four year s, or seven dollars and a qua1·t · rs e1 per annum! The enti?'eapproz ? J ·iation to the Citadel Acad emy for the past fou1· yean , in cludin g, of cour se, th e $40,800 I hav e been discussing, ha s onl y added about one-half o a mill to th e f rate of taxation for th at period of time, or a littl e less than one-ei_qhthof a mill per annum. One eighth of a mill will raise more than the pr esent appr opri at ion to th e Citad el, and will impos e upon our people a tax of 1¼ cent s on $100 of property, or 12½ cents on $1000 . And for this tax each county in the State may gradua te two. ben eficiari es every four y ear s. If education was a luxur y , which th e Sta te could dispense with , her people might ju stly complain of thi s small tax; but when the tax is levied to enlighten her poor sons, and prepare them fo1· good citizenship, ought h er people to complain? • f{ �20 One cent and a quarter levied on the poor man, and twelve and a half cents on hi s more pro sperous neighbo r to sustai n sixt y-eight beneficiari es of the State! And Sou th Carolin a too poor to bear the burd en ! Unwilling to bear it for her own childr en! South Carolina, th at poured out the blood of the fathers, lik e water, on the battle field s of fifteen States, unwilling to h elp their poor sons! Believe it who m ay, I will not think that our State will repudiate her ben eficiaries, an d do such dishonor to h er past history. Never, for the savi ng of a paltry sum of money, will th e Palm etto State turn h er h eart away from h er poor boys, and open th e doors of h er high schools only to the rich and prosperous . Tlii s, my fellovv-citizens, is no-~th e Carolina of our father s, nor will it ever be the Carolina of their sons. A numb er of our citizens, recentl y convene d in Columbia, to represent th e farming interests of the State, and, as I believe, uninformed, or misinformed, in regard to the Militar y Acad emy and its work, have resolved that it is a useless expense to th e taxpayer, and have gravely recomme nd ed it s destruction. Well , my friends, if the record I have atte mp ted to present to-day goes for nothing in the minds of our assembly; if th e policy of our State, from its Colonial history to th e pre sent, was erron eous and unwise; if our fathers have blu ndered in the ir·patriotic efforts to elevate the citizens of the State; and if the Legis latures of Carolina} from 1712 to 1886, h ave been perpetuating, in the sacred name .of learning and enlightenment, a great wrong, then, indeed, let th e Pa lm etto ensign be haul ed down from yonder flagstaff, and the Citadel and the College go! We h ave witnessed the torch and the rude hand of war bur n and destroy ·what most we loved and prized! It may be before us, fellow-graduates, and friends of the old Citadel, to witness the hands of our own brothers tear th e crown from the honored brow of our Alma Mater, and I • •I �21 . . in voking the same authority that gave he r being, depri ve her of the State's commis sion to do good in her day and generation; but unti l I witness the catastrophe, I will not believe its consummation possible in a Legislature of South Carolina, composed of representati ve South Carolinians. Gentlemen of the Board of Visitors, I have the highest pleasure in congratulating you to-day upon the present cond ition of our Alma Mater. In behalf of the friend s of our State In stit utions of learn ing, in every part of South Carolina, I exte nd to you ou r warm.est acknowledgments for the fidelit y and ability with which you hav e discharg ed tho imp ortant trust committed to your care. Equipped as the Citadel now is, I confidentl y expect for h 8r a long career of usefuln ess to our whole people. Under the charge of tho gallant and accomplished gentleman who fills the office of Superintendent, assisted by an able Faculty, th e "O ld Citadel ," as we are fond to call our Academ y, will regain the confirlence of our entire State by prov ing her self a blessing to our yout h . These young gentl emen, whom you have gra duated to-da y, will be your first wit nesses to the Sta te. On th e testimon y they ·will make you may confident ly rely, for Carolina ha s never dishonor ed su ch testimony-the testimony of an enlightened and ilsejul citizenslvip. To secure this grea t end our Academy ·was founded, and unti l she fails to answer the purpo se of her being, our mother State will not be unmindful of her past, or indiff erent to her future . · �# , I ) � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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After graduation he taught at The Citadel before joining the Confederacy. By the end of the Civil War, Capers had been appointed Brigadier General. After the war, Capers entered the ministry. In 1887 he was consecrated assistant bishop of South Carolina. The Ellison Capers Collection at The Citadel Archives includes letters and diaries dated between 1861 and 1865. This digital collection includes letters written by Capers to his wife Lottie during the war and a diary he kept from July of 1862 through November of 1863. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1865 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] Saturday Night-- Jany 25th 1862 My precious Lottie I will begin the letter which is to go up to you on Tuesday, & will add to it every night till Tuesday morning. A clear sky and a bright sun saluted us this morning after the dismal days just past, and the duties of the camp have all been actively performed. I will draw below the plan of our encampment, so that you may show it to Frank, some of these days, when I shall have been laid on the altar. Here it is, after a fashion- [see drawing on original letter] So you see we are right on the road to [Page 2] the city, & very near Wappoo Creek, & James Island Ferry. The little round marks on the soldiers’ tents and the square marks are the company officers tents, and the stars are the staff tents, the larger one being mine. The large round mark is the hospital tent but I have [illegible words]. The tents by themselves, marked G. are the guard tents. We have had a terrible time during these last few days, but thank God, I have not suffered. My health continues good, & my chest gives me no pain. My woolen socks, gloves, and comforter are inestimable. I sent Hardtimes to the city after the first night of the storms, for I felt it to be cruel to tie the poor fellow out in this old field with no shelter, in such weather. I have no servant yet and am now using one of Col. Stevens. You say I did not tell you how Lady was. She seemed much improved, darling, and glad to see me, but did not say one word about you, or Frank, or the present you sent her. She is a singular being indeed. While Lady is very vacillating, Lottie, she is also of a very unforgiving spirit, and I believe, that she harbors in her ill directed heart, a revengeful feeling toward you and I for the island. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, January 25, 1862 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History, Military United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Description An account of the resource Capers writes how the weather has improved and as a result, camp duties have been actively performed. He includes a sketch of their encampment and describes the different components. He remarks on his good health and how he sent his horse, Hardtimes, back to the city during the bad weather. He also describes a visit with Lady and their conversation. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-01-25 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. 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After graduation he taught at The Citadel before joining the Confederacy. By the end of the Civil War, Capers had been appointed Brigadier General. After the war, Capers entered the ministry. In 1887 he was consecrated assistant bishop of South Carolina. The Ellison Capers Collection at The Citadel Archives includes letters and diaries dated between 1861 and 1865. This digital collection includes letters written by Capers to his wife Lottie during the war and a diary he kept from July of 1862 through November of 1863. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1865 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/collections/show/4 Subject The topic of the resource United States--Military history United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Citadel Class of 1857 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] Camp 24th S. C. V. J. I. July 2nd 1862 My own darling Lottie I am sorry that I said anything about going up to kiss you, my angel, at Florence, for I do not expect that the Genl. will grant my request, & if an alarm, which frequently happens, should occur just at the time of my proposed starting, why I would not ask for a leave. Do not expect me, darling & forgive me for raising a hope, the participation of which would make us so happy. But I will, if I leave this point at all, go up to you at Orange Grove, on the Friday night train, arriving at Lewisville at, or before, day light on Saturday. I [Page 2] will then be able to carry you to Florence. But do not expect me. If I do not come, darling, remember that it is because of my duty here. You shall have the biscuits and the Dalby, & I will D. V. get the latter from Aiman’s. I hope that you will have heard from me by this time that I have got a letter from you every day since the middle of last week, & while meantime one or two days passed without my getting one, the third day will always bring me one written for successive days. Thank you, my own precious wife, for your dear, sweet letters. They are to my spirit as refreshing as the April showers are to the beautiful roses in Mrs. [Page 3] Rogers’ garden. A note from cousin Sam informs me that Oddy stopped a night with him, on his way, from Spartanburg, to Virginia to join a Regt. as a private. Oh! My darling you do not know how I love Oddy & you must always pray for his safety. Good bye, darling, the mail man is waiting on me. We are on picket tomorrow, Thursday. Why, darling, if the officers did not go on picket who would command the men stationed all along in the very face of the enemy? Don’t you remember the first order I sent you placing me in command of the picket? As we now take two Regiments to do the duty at a time Col. Hagood [Page 4] is in command. Good bye again, my own cherished angel--May God bless you. Your own devoted Ellie Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, July 2, 1862 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History, Military United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Description An account of the resource Capers apologizes for not being able to visit her in Florence but says that he will try in the near future. He reminds her of his duty and thanks her for her letters. He also tells her of a note he received from Cousin Sam about Oddy and asks her to pray for him. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-07-02 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. 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Citadel Class of 1857 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/39779/archive/files/99064ddaf6e0e52f4cc80f12a49aa237.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=oDriBhCK6h89KWs2MunZtf9bBuYuCGK1vcV0QgFacVd2zvcsRTTHhsjZOv8SFwaOJ-UgX4mY7sEWWHz6HEsK%7ETj3yUJ5huDDtmTS4I8LM%7EcSYPXqG7pidtpGaS2tGuYKsjVPqUFCjWej-m9-WU6zclW8wjcB9vGq8ezzUtrbUcAVPpYPYvgvG%7EYuigXqtskJlqrRbwRbIPz6GR8B584CvOH4n3WZ4YlTt5jPYtig0-jZfmZgoRj%7EgxhaDvZ8rt2ffHDL8dH9nYsYS9atYwO6hG23WczBtRNDJn8FimgUpiVIJj9kCQHX2pJXe662E0eA6h1DvWLf5rpOe5ChUFvaDA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 0f3354cbc0c61a645ee9ff98090fcfd6 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Capers, Ellison Collection, 1861-1865 Description An account of the resource Ellison Capers (1837-1908) was in The Citadel's Class of 1857. After graduation he taught at The Citadel before joining the Confederacy. By the end of the Civil War, Capers had been appointed Brigadier General. After the war, Capers entered the ministry. In 1887 he was consecrated assistant bishop of South Carolina. The Ellison Capers Collection at The Citadel Archives includes letters and diaries dated between 1861 and 1865. This digital collection includes letters written by Capers to his wife Lottie during the war and a diary he kept from July of 1862 through November of 1863. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1865 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/collections/show/4 Subject The topic of the resource United States--Military history United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Citadel Class of 1857 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] Camp Zollicoffer On the Fort Johnson road James Isld. Thursday June 5th 1862 My own, my precious wife Since my return I have been so busy as not to have had time to write you at length. After the engagement with the enemy on Tuesday morning I sent you word by the authorities at Charleston that I was well & safe. I left our camp at day light on Tuesday morning with four companies to get off four guns which Capt. Chichester had been obliged to abandon near Legare’s. You will see it on your map, just above the point where our new road comes in to James Isld. I found the pickets driven in, and the enemy’s advance just behind our guns. The pickets were in two companies: the [illegible words] Riflemen, of Col. Gaillard’s Battalion, and the Beauregard Lt. Infantry of Col. Simonton’s Battalion. I took these companies with mine & attacked the enemy, driving him back slowly until he occupied Legare’s houses, which [Page 2] covered him from view & from which he poured a severe fire on me. I stationed my companies along the front of the woods on the edge of a large old field which was between me and the Legare’s houses. The fight continued there for 3/4ths of an hour, when I advanced my men on the right & left & was preparing my right for a charge on the houses, when Col. Gaillard, with his Battalion came to my relief. Being his senior in age of commissions I ranked him & ordered him to hold fast my left while I charged the houses. Capt. Goodings Company, the Evans Guard of the 24th were in the charge & three of Gaillard’s Battalion, all of which I led. We cleared the houses. The enemy that we did not take, running away, but a Massachusetts Regiment now came [illegible word] & occupied a long row of negro houses, from which they fired severely on us. This fire wounded six men & killed one. The Gun Boats, which were in the river & in full sight opened upon [Page 3] me & I retired with my prisoners. I thank God, my angel, for my safety. The balls whistled by me, & fell between my horses feet, but did come no harm. Our prisoners were neatly dressed in blue, well armed, and are very fine looking men. We are now within the lines awaiting the enemy’s advance, but pickets are on all the roads that approach us & near the river, or one side, and the Secessionville creek on the other. You see as soon as I gained the houses I had to retire because of the heavy fire of the boats & so it will always be outside of the lines. I fear Pemberton has done the worst for Charleston by leaving the Stono open. The enemy can now throw shell over our left flank & if they take Fort Pemberton they will have completely commanded & turned our right. They may not take the forts, but their artillery practice is so fine, their guns so heavy & numerous that I fear they will. Charleston is in my opinion in some danger from this fact. Our Infantry can whip them [Page 4] every time. I want you, my angel, to send me in a letter some needles, large ones. I want you also to make me a water proof haversack & make a small bundle of it & send it to me by mail. Direct your letters to me as before. I am quite well. Was soaked night before last & all of yesterday, but am well. God bless you, my angel. I need not say to you that my whole heart is filled with thought of you & Frank, & that I am always praying for you. Good bye, my own angel. Tell Mrs R. Mr R. is quite well & has been doing good service with his Battery. He has been hard at it since my fight, but is now very near me in the lines. I got your letter sending me one from [illegible word]. Good Bye, my own most precious wife-- Your Ellie forever, your devoted. Ellie Kiss my boy Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, June 5, 1862 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History, Military United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Description An account of the resource Capers relates an account of retrieving four guns and how they met with the enemy on James Island. Capers was unharmed in the skirmish but fears for the safety of Charleston. He asks Lottie to send him needles and to make him a waterproof haversack. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-06-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/471 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1, Box 2, Folder 47 Relation A related resource Ellison Capers Collection Date Valid Date (often a range) of validity of a resource. 1860-1869 Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Citadel Class of 1857