2 10 57 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/39779/archive/files/d5be0f8b40322753fc3d7fe85b3c18db.pdf?Expires=1777507200&Signature=jxL4Yz0M2G61LGaSbVIyw1OpYap41kNrJvMYDy2POy0%7ENvqiKF6hcJrjOtx5hU0RR4n%7EGU30JJ580OpaclR8U78sZgjp1p10GTo5f1baSdl8reaAbKNQdE8OkbD3dZN2ChWyQX8VAiMuS-T27Oxhkisub7n8CMmXo8mvzbEFkxyN7NtIaGp0pJOxdSCR2kjZp8N6KqzcrzKJGdFffSwm2IEdXW7VmWI6aX2HI-4BwK-R0oRnx74XGRXyPWcPXZt73yp9upAoCpRIlYZw7tz6FoAM62n70U5lnW11K%7E2BIkQ1TmAqxITlQFdBPii-zoQQXlHjStqZ%7E1exkZaNMjkuRQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 6c72535fe27f1f915c1537c800a46cd9 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 24th J. Island-- Monday Night June 16th 1862 My dear angel wife Thanks be to God, your Ellie has passed through another conflict and is unhurt. I wrote you on Sunday morning just before our Rgt. went out on picket duty, which was to have lasted until this morning. Just at day light the advance pickets in the Secessionville road reported the enemy in force as advancing against our Battery at Secessionville. Regts. were ordered out to meet them there, but a letter from you darling, just handed me but I was going on to say they got into position slowly and the Yankees advanced their regiments boldly up to our Battery and tried to storm it three times. I was ordered away to take command of a Battery of heavy guns from which I did great service. Genl. Evans ordered me to remain at the Battery and direct its fire throughout the fight which I did. Only three companies of our Regt. were engaged from which we lost three [Page 2] killed, and five or six wounded. The enemy were totally routed. We captured about 75 including about 40 of their wounded. They left over 200 dead on the field. Oh! It was an awful sight to ride over that field. Here and there in groups & alone lay the ghastly foe. I counted immediately in front of around the Battery 81 and my heart grew sick and I rode in and they carried off many of the dead and wounded. The horses of the officers were stripped of their riders and trophies and carried off. I think [illegible words] Yankee loss at 350 in all. Our men were burying their dead on the battlefield and and we are taking care of their wounded. Our loss is about 30 killed & 40 wounded. Marion [illegible] is not hurt that I can learn. Mr. Rogers is safe. His Battery was not engaged but was ordered up to support my guns just at the close of the engagement. Capt. Reid, Marion’s Capt. and a noble man, was killed. Col. Gaillard is [Page 3 – written over page 1] slightly wounded. I will write you tomorrow D. V. [illegible words]. He has gone back to his gun boats. Now for your letter. I ordered the [illegible] shipped. It must be at the depot and go to see. I am too busy to send Mr. R’s shoes now, will do so when I can. Tell him constant & anxious duty has prevented me so far. We are all to be ready at any moment. The enemy is [illegible] camped a mile and a half from us. But, my angel, I have lost my haversack. The strap broke and [illegible words]. I must have stopped it. I don’t think the [illegible words] is true. We can’t tell whether [illegible] is, or not. My lamb, I read your letter with joy, & to think you only wrote this morning, is pleasant to me. Continue to pray for me, my angel. Whenever you are going back to Mrs. R.’s give me [illegible words] shoe number and if I can do so, my darling, [Page 4 – written over page 2] I will write you tomorrow. I am grateful to hear of our boy’s good health. I thank God I gave many of the wounded prisoners bread and water, and are said to me “Thank you, Cole. That is different from what our officers have told us. They said that if you ever got us prisoners, you would bayonet us all.” God bless you my own precious angel. Ellie P. S. I do not look for another attack shortly. I think they will go on with the bombardment of the work, which was kept up all day yesterday and Saturday. 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, June 16, 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 recounts an advance of the enemy on Secessionville. The Yankees tried to storm the Battery three times while Capers was in charge of manning the heavy guns. He talks about both Confederate and Yankee casualties and how it was a gruesome sight to behold. He also talks about an item that he shipped to her and how he lost his haversack. He says what a joy her letters are and asks her to pray for him. Capers also remarks on how he gave bread and water to the wounded prisoners. 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 1862-06-16 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 of 24th S. C. V. Tuesday June 17th, 1862 My own beloved wife It is raining & dismal & the enemy are quiet. I have drawn an imperfect picture of the immediate scene of action on yesterday & send it to you. You can form an idea of it, if you will put the paper down so as to let the arrow head point North. The object of the attack was to gain the Secessionville peninsular by taking the Battery by storm, just before day, and you will see that if they were to have done so, their gun boats could run up the creek & shell the redoubts & lines, which would drive us away from this end, & in that way they would have successfully “turned our flank.” They moved up in two columns; one to the attack in front of the Battery, & the other crossed the causeway, marked “G” & by taking position in the bushes & trees marked “H” poured in such a heavy fire behind the Battery as to oblige our gunners to take to their rifles, & abandon the heavy guns. As soon as we got the alarm, Col. S. & I were at the Cross Roads & had our companies on picket duty on the various roads in front of the enemy’s pickets. We sent three of our companies down & Col. S. posted them in the wood marked “P” & from that position, assisted by some of Simonton’s companies, they killed many of the enemy, as they [Page 2] retreated from the position “H,” from which they were driven by the fire of my Battery “A” & the admirable fire of our brass howitzer of Boyce’s Battery posted by Cols. Hagood & Stevens at “L”. In the woods “P” we lost several men killed & wounded, & when four companies of the enemy charged the woods two of our men were taken prisoners. Here too Simonton lost his men, & among them Mr. Tavener, Rosa’s sweetheart, was mortally wounded. The paper this morning (alas! For the vain glorious men who write these accounts of themselves & their commands) speaks of the Eutaw Regt. charging the enemy back to rivers, & the skill of Simonton in handling them! Why, darling, he marched his regt. down the road & Cols. Hagood & Stevens posted him in the wood “P” with our companies & there they lay, until the enemy “charging” the wood they stood their ground & fired into him & by his return fire lost their men. Neither Stevens nor I will stoop to puff ourselves, & Clarence who always does everything carelessly, furnishes this morning's paper with an incorrect list of our casualties. Down the road “M” Hagood & Stevens directed everything, & yet because the Eutaw Battalion has one to write for it, they are not mentioned. All these things only show how purely wicked & selfish the human heart is, & teach [Page 3] us the necessity of looking to God for his support & aid. The main & hardest fighting was done at the Battery & along the margin of the creek from Gaillard’s camp to the Battery. I have drawn forms to indicate the place where I said on yesterday evening the most of the dead foe. Oh! It was a horrible sight. You see the three men behind the tree in front of the Secessionville Battery; well, they were sharp shooters, & I have no doubt did great execution in picking off our men, but they were killed. I left details of our men burying them on yesterday. My estimate of the enemy’s loss is now about 200 killed & 200 wounded & taken prisoners. This included the dead & wounded, which they carried off for in their final retreat, they carried off numbers. Their loss may be greater. I think we lost about 30 killed & 70 wounded; one hundred in all. You will wonder how I became detached & ordered to take charge of the Battery “A”. Well when we were posting our companies in the wood “P” we all saw the enemy at “H” in large numbers & pouring in a deadly fire on our men at the Battery “C” & we wondered why the Battery “A” did not pour in shot & shell on them. We had only 3 companies & companies & could not march up and attack them & we saw that their [illegible words] were driving our men from the guns at “C”. It [Page 4] was all important, therefore to open the heavy battery “A” on the enemy at “H” & Col. Hagood, the senior of Col. S., ordered me to gallop around & order the fire of the Battery to be directed at “H” (on this run I lost my haversack). When I got to the Battery, I found a Lt. & 10 or 15 men & in reply to my question why he had not fired on just over the creek, he said he did not know & that he was exhausted of fire & that he & his men were green [illegible] very little about it. I loaded and pointed the gun, fired it, & ordered him to continue while I galloped up to Clark’s place to tell Genls. Evans & Smith of the condition of things. They ordered me at once to the Battery & there I went & fought the fight through. The enemy fired only an occasional shell at me from their light Battery. Genl. Evans has paid me a high compliment & later he & Smith have thanked me personally. I believe, my darling, that they say correctly that my fire contributed mainly to the repulse of the enemy at “H” & [illegible words] Stevens & Simontons men gave them a reverse fire. Their defeat was total; thank God. The wounded & found prisoners are from the 79th N. Y. 8th Michigan, 28th Mass. 7th Conn., 2nd R. I. & a Penn. Regiment. Our great deficiency is in Generals, Pemberton is no General, but I do not believe one word of the reckless report [Page 5 – written over page 4] of his being untrue. Genl. Evans is a coward with a reputation for bravery which he earned by sending his men and officers where he never dreams of going. He keeps himself “out of range” and gets away from fire whenever by chance he gets in it. He is reckless, without any judgement, & terribly pompous & drinks to excess. Genl. Smith is a gentleman, & I have not heard him use profane language, but he is no general, though he is no coward. Genl. Gist is cool, has a good head & I have great confidence in him, but he is the junior and obeys orders only, without originating them. We are to be organized into Brigades and the 24th goes with Gist, to the Fort Pemberton side of the lines. I do not know where, but I will inform you D.V. My opinion is that this repulse of the enemy will teach him that he can do nothing by attacking us on an equal footing, & his next effort will be with his heavy guns from his boats & against our other flank, at Fort Pemberton. If our men there will stand to their guns, it will be all well. You must not repeat what I have said about our Genls. & in every I say use your good judgement. How long will you stay at Miss Amelia’s? And when will you go back to Mrs. Rogers? In regard to the Irish Moss, darling, I think you will find it at the depot at Orangeburg. I am sorry that I have not yet sent Mr. Bowe’s gloves, but, my angel, with all that I have to do, & the great demands upon my agts: who go to the city it must be excused by you & him. As soon as I get the number again I will send them God willing & Oh! My darling how I would like to see our dear little boy & walking--and you too, my angel, with your soft sweet eyes & your luscious self! I [Page 6 – written over page 3] would be happy once more in your arms. You must not grow weary, my angel, but you must pray on & keep a cheerful spirit & hope soon that we will gain our freedom. Our rescue must come from God. To his power & goodness & mercy we must look. Goodbye, my angel till tonight, when your Ellie will write you again. May God bless you. Ellie Tuesday Night--How are you my own dear Lottie, this dark raining night? Nothing of importance has transpired today except the reports of our pickets that numbers of the enemy are dead beyond the battlefield & on the road of their retreat. It was a glorious success for us and a terrible whipping for the Yankees. But don’t you believe the Mercury’s story about the character of the dead & the prisoners. They are for the most part fine looking splendidly equipped soldiers & throughout the fight behaved, officers and men, with great gallantry. But enough of the Yankees. I have directed this envelope to St. Matthews and you will not therefore get it before Thursday. You must write to me, my loved one, as often as you can, if it is only a line. Kiss my boy and remember me with much respect to your friends. I forgot to ask you how far from Orangeburg it was to Miss Anna Reve’s. Good night. Lottie dear, & may God our father bless you, & preserve you for Jesus sake. Your devoted Ellie P. S. One of Simontons Lieutenants was killed. It was Lieut Greer, from whom you will recollect, you and I bought some envelopes & my pocket book. He was engaged to a young lady who was sent to the city, behaved well. He asked me [illegible] to write Rosa, & said he was ready to die, if it pleased God. We hear tonight, that hopes are entertained of his recovery. God bless you my angel wife. Ellie [Page 7] Drawing [Page 8] I open my letter to tell you that one of the men from Capt. Hill’s Company (the Anderson Company) came to me just now and asked what your name was. He said that he had just heard that his wife had a daughter and he wanted to name it for my wife. If it had been a boy, he said, he would have named it for me. How shall he name it? Send me a bill for your [illegible]. The [illegible words] man is Studdard. Ellie Wednesday morning – 18th June I am well this morning, my darling, except a slight travel complaint. The enemy are quiet. We will move over [illegible words] of the lines either today or tomorrow, D. V. Direct as before, my loved one. 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, June 17, 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 describes an attack to gain the Secessionville peninsula by taking the Battery by storm. He includes a drawing of the action and refers to different positions on the map to describe the attack. Capers talks about the casualties suffered by both sides as well as makes observations about a few of the generals. He questions Lottie about her plans and tells her how much he misses her and their son. He writes again on Tuesday night about the appearance and behavior of the Yankee soldiers, the death of a Lieutenant Greer and to inform Lottie that one of the men wants to name their daughter after her. 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 1862-06-17 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] Saturday Evening June 21st 1862 At the Citadel, my own angel, and with a heart full of mingled sadness & hope, I take my pen to write you a few lines. I was too unwell to undress, the fatigue of picket duty today & tonight, so I took a seat in Bowies Buggy, & spent the day here. I got you a gallon of the best brandy, for which I paid $12.00. The freight to Florence, I also paid. When you get back to Mr. Rogers, send to the Florence Depot for a box, marked to you to the care of Mr. Rogers. I dined at Lady’s. She is very [illegible] on the road to Florida, & full of all sorts of stories of the soldiers. I went to see Marion King at the hospital, & saw him moved to Miss [illegible]. He has a painful flesh wound in the side, not serious. After dinner I rode up to the causeway, my darling, and found our little garden where we [illegible words] immortal darling, all overgrown with grass. I looked in vain for a sweet violet for you my angel & I plucked a few leaves from the little plant near your shell cross & send them to you. I pulled the grass from around and on the grave, & paid a man to have it all pulled up. The river looked lovely & the still air & the sweet [illegible] & flowers, & the dear shells, all made my heart heavy with memories, precious memories of every moment I have spent with you, my adored Lottie, by the side of our angel Kate. Oh! [illegible words] How I prayed! My darling, I was [illegible words] [Page 2] was the grave of Kate, & may be the grave of my joys and my sorrows. My heart longed for you & as I looked at the lovely river, with its sunlit [illegible] & my little angel’s [illegible], so pure bright & blue above me. Oh! Lottie, all my manhood failed me, and I felt as if my heart would break if I did not see you again- Ah my darling, I love you too much. I adore you. To think of you every moment; I long & pray to see you; to feel my soul beat at the thought of our meeting, or feel it faint at the idea of never kissing you again, Oh! these, my own, my idolized Lottie, my cherished wife, these are the impulses of my heart that keep beating as constantly as the laws of nature. And I am none the less a man for it all. But the night comes on, & I must go. Farewell. I leave my grave & my Lottie behind me, & I will go away over the bridge and off to the camp, & I thank God for the violet leaves from my baby’s grave. My heart is too full to write, Lottie, I must say good bye. I send you ($200) Two Hundred Dollars, at my risk. May you get it safely. I tried to get you an [illegible words] but could not. Preserve the [illegible] of this morning. What you read in the Mercury of this morning is correct. Good bye. Hug my boy to your heart & kiss him for his father. God bless you. Ellie P.S. Major White advises that I had better not send the $200 by letter. I leave $250 with him. He will have it deposited in the Commercial Bank at Columbia subject to your order. Ellie. I will write more of it from camp. 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 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 Description An account of the resource Capers writes from the Citadel where he admits to not feeling well. He visits their garden and plucks some leaves to send to her. He talks about how much he loves her and their deceased daughter, Kate, and he visits her grave. He tells her that he will send her $200 but is then advised against it and will have a Major White deposit it in the bank for her. 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 1862-06-21 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. 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Citadel Class of 1857 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/39779/archive/files/8832f920629693b1ca91db8a317faf18.pdf?Expires=1777507200&Signature=ZMl3Itqe-obOZrBwpWA3pIYKdnxmliqJi93Zco461r4dD3lU1M7farH8ISTuf309UoRvdUNX9yeillEXbdbrX2DjiG94rNbVLMDLQlTb1PV3C2jWmYu-MWWIexNPtZojadr80mVgFi8qeQS%7EUiXfBDRu12ASRcGkljdVojut56flHZGnb1LTxEDbXQJM787wS3q67AB70oz0uKNad-4u0Kj9TpDf9jGlk1DwVOlczQQUbhEeVoY%7EgLdH5%7E-3bQDDmnxtOqrUVXZGAISSflW8enKTYyMO7hrI5jDikTU9fkpxlYhQ7sQ2sgnWN4iupJUZBnd4jVPTjHC5u6MwIEE79w__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 5c07ba414b20b89353e3715ea98dbc60 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 24th S.C.V. J. I. June 29th 1862 Sunday Morning My dear, darling wife Thank you for your dear letter, with the sweet poetry, & the inscription for my testament. Of course, my darling you did right in the matter of getting the testament. I was disappointed, my angel, because I did not see your dear handwriting on the face of it, & because I feared that rather than disappoint you Mrs. Rogers had given you one of the children’s testaments. But Lottie, my dear angel, I am doubly grateful to you for the pains you have been at to satisfy me, & I want you to dismiss forever from your dear heart every thought of my not being pleased with your treasured letters. They are my only real enjoyment, without which I would be miserable. I have not said anything to uncle [illegible] about the society matter, & you may be assured that I regard his proposition to adopt our little boy as simply funny! I would not consent that he should bear another name, if that name were even the royal name of England--The dear eyes that watched over his infancy & guarded his slumbers & his waking are his mothers, & none beside. I have an horror of the idea. You are right, darling, not to trouble unnecessarily any one with your letters. Nothing so soon will make one unwelcomed as to be the cause of annoyance. Conform to habits of the family, my darling, in this matter. I am off again today on this unpleasant picket duty. Oh that the glorious news we hear from Richmond, may secure us the prospect of peace. Good bye my angel--I [Page 2] send you the sweet lines on the lonely grave to keep for me. I have to tear up your precious letter & I must now preserve these dear lines by sending them to you. Thank you again, my best beloved, for your dear letters, written to me so often. May God bless you. What hour does the train leave Kingsville for Florence, or can you find out. Kiss my boy, & may God forever bless you, both. Give my warm regards to your friends. Your own dear 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, June 29, 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 thanks Lottie for her letter and for getting a testament. He also assures her that he treasures her letters and prizes them above all else. In response to an uncle trying to adopt their son, he says it is funny and that his son shall have no other name. He says he is off on picket duty and mentions the prospect of peace from Richmond. He thanks her again for her letters and gives love to her and their son. 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 1862-06-29 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/3c8543d2d635c8cda95c36e5cdacede2.pdf?Expires=1777507200&Signature=o-JBnXt%7E7HTy8sCnAUo5z%7EagGI5Dz-%7EVIRXIw8wk9kkOvCOgaMBAR-Xa44btkJ9u4SuO1YNXd1mvFFT54E-S80M940qp7VJLkjb9oRvlktogBzYNW6egV0jmx7WCLoKqVhRqUHPJKpj1HH7SNeN30q96houEVGinXLcfYdb09ZL3LsRXRjcifw8hjd1VsWivl86jd5G6de86bdMWlTo8lZMJB8PW1eGHF8mCwRwP0tIJLmx6jam0KfGQt4IpCzW6Lg%7Ey85Nwx86yqLcAKcbsk1y7-SgdfT0Z2i7iRU6FMYR-Q1chiJOggrRIvn1dFSCI1M6ousin%7EcASKvHv-iuCCw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 3541edceb984eda790ae6b9d56301ff2 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] Coles Island Wednesday Night May 7th 1862 My own precious wife Your fourth letter, written on Monday morning, was brought down by the main carrier today. I am rejoiced to hear of your continuing to improve, my darling, but I am sorry to learn that my dear little boy is still unwell & that his [illegible] anticipates another blow to our hearts in his loss. You must banish this idea, my angel, or you can’t be happy. I have got in the way of thinking of & brooding over the future, and the terrible thought that I am one day soon to lose you, gives me the intensest pain & caused me many an hour’s wakefulness, which ought to have been spent in slumber. And by the practice of this injurious habit it becomes ever present with me, and not until very recently have I been able to strike it off at all. Do your best for our dear little boy, my darling, & leave the result with our Heavenly Father, remembering that he does all [Page 2] things well. If he takes our baby from your arms I shall feel my sinfulness has brought this terrible chastisement on, and that all God’s goodness to me having failed to secure my efforts in His behalf He has chosen to bring me to his service through the fiery furnace. Since I got your letter I have been thinking of all the mercies of God to me. My success in life is wholly attributable to my position at the academy & that is due to the influence of my friend Col Stevens, but had I accepted the position offered me in Mississippi, or had I succeeded in my bank idea, or further back yet, had I not withdrawn my discharge, which I got in 1861, I never would have graduated, never would have got my position & influence and still more important, as I started off with Ma for Oxford, I would have been taken away from you, & your friends, society, & most probably would never have married you! Was not the finger of God in this? I well recollect Ma’s position in the discharge matter. I can’t advise you, said she, my [Page 3] son, but I pray for you constantly that God would direct you to do that which is best. That was her position when we got to Columbia, from which place I telegraphed to Brother to withhold my discharge until I came back. What a blessed thing for me has it been that I did so! It will gratify you to know that Genl. Ripley, who was here on yesterday, told me that three officers went before Genl. Pemberton for the appointment of military governor of Charleston, under the martial law order, viz Col. Stevens, Col Hagood & myself, & that I had liked to have been the man appointed. This I mention to you, my darling, in no vainglorious, or conceited spirit, but because it was gratifying to me as I know it will be to you to hear it. I wrote you on last night, & mailed the letter this morning. I gave you there, darling, my views of your plans, & have written to Miss Susan Kerr, in Aiken, who, Holmes says has a good home. I will have to get a furlough, when you are ready, and take the matter in hand myself. And while [Page 4 – written on top of page 3] I think of it, my darling, you must be sure to write to Mama as often as once a week, and be as confidential as you can. What is it you call Miss R’s place? I have not been able to make it out yet. Give my love to [illegible] & tell her that I am not only her friend, but also very much in love with her! And will continue to be so as long as she loves you. But, Lottie, dear, you must fix that milk matter right away & don't hesitate to ask Miss R. to give you fresh milk night & morning for Frank. I send you by the first opportunity the articles needed. I wish you God’s blessing in [illegible], darling. And [illegible] good night, my darling. You are the joy & the life of my heart. My whole soul is fixed upon you, & if I were with you now in this moment, [illegible words] happy, notwithstanding the fact that I should [illegible words]. Good bye. Ellison P. S. All the Gens gone--our orders are to be ready when we see the ships coming in. I think we will move in a few days to Secessionville. 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, May 7, 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 that he is glad that Lottie is feeling better but upset that their son is still ill. He talks about the possibility of losing another child and that she should do the best she can for him but the rest is in God's hands. He then writes that he owes much of his success in life to his friend Colonel Stevens including his position and influence as well as meeting her. He also talks about her accommodations and asks her to write to his mother. He gives her his love and closes by telling her that they will move to Secessionville in a few days. 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 1862-05-07 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] Friday Coles Island, May 8th 1862 My precious Lottie It is just now seven minutes after 10 A.M. & very hot. I picked up a leaf or two of an old novel styled “Lady-bird”, and looking over it found a paragraph which seemed to have been spoken by one to his sweetheart, with much of my feelings for you. They, too, seem to have felt the hand of God, & in a moment of dependency Gertrude seems to have exclaimed, “Would that we had never met”! The reply is beautiful, and I adopt the sentiment and send it to you, my Gertrude, my own Lottie, for its own sake & because I know it to be the will of our hearts. “Let us so live, let us so die, that to all eternity we may say, thank God that we met”! Is it not beautiful, darling? Yes, Lottie, I thank God that we understand the meaning of our love, the meaning of our afflictions, and recognize in them the source of higher fruits of genuine virtue, and of earnest love, there [Page 2] our undisturbed happiness could never have yielded. Had we never wept together, your tears would not now burn my cheek, & had we never parted, my darling, we would not now know how much we loved each other, & all the precious words of love that we have spoken, would all have gone unsaid. Truly Lottie, dearest, for naught on earth is half so dear to me as you, it has pleased God to send us many a pang, along with all His goodness to us. But no cloud has yet been without its silver lining. There He took our little angel, our first-born, the child of our first impulses of love, the little being whose [illegible words] first call us mamma & papa. He gave us a beautiful lining to that heavy cloud, in your meek spirit, your gentle & pious submission, and in your unusual strength to bear up under the darkness & to care of our little boy. Then, my darling, let each pang which we endure [Page 3] be a lesson to and a blessing to all the others. Oh let good deeds, and noble, earnest efforts be the fruits of our suffering; and then, my angel, on that day “when every tear, every sigh, every cup of cold water is counted, we will say & if by His infinite mercy we both stand on His right hand, thank God that we ever met! Good bye till tonight. 20 min of 10 P.M. Well, darling, the day is over, & I have just wound up its labors by writing an order prescribing the manner of our leaving this place in case the enemy’s vessels run in. I have been thinking of you all day long. I have no idea dear if that you would have in Charleston a plenty of time to get out of it, nor have I any idea that the city will be shelled, or that it will be taken, if our General shows ability & energy. If you can’t get board in Aiken or Columbia, I am going to bring you down to good old Charleston, if I [Page 4 – written on top of page 3] am kept about it. If the authorities determine to defend the city they cannot and ought not to move out the Regt. from it. I sent [illegible] to the city yesterday. He said all were as usual at Aunt V’s & that [illegible] & Thompson were better. Give my love to Augusta. Kiss my boy & may God bless you. Your Ellison. P.S. Don’t you like the letters of the N.O. Mayor to Farragut? Do you get the paper? 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, May 8, 1862 (Early morning) 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 about a passage in a novel called "Lady-bird" that reminded him of Lottie and their love. He thanks God for the depth of their love but remarks that love is not without its pangs. He talks about losing their daughter and Lottie's strength in being able to care for their son, Frank. He closes by talking about where she should go, whether to Aiken, Columbia or Charleston. 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 1862-05-08 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] Friday--11 A.M. Since writing you early this morning, my precious wife, the steamer has arrived & brot the terrible tidings of the great conflagration in the city. We were on Clark’s Island all Wednesday night scouting, & could see the flames distinctly, but supposed it must be the woods afire, as the flames were so general. My noble old friend Col. Branch loses all of his furniture, the news of which he received by the boat. He goes to the city & will mail this for me. His wife expects in January. 20 of my friend Small’s company are turned out of homes & their poor families are homeless & penniless. I am having a list I am having a list of the sufferers prepared in order to give them leave to go to their various households. It will comprise fully one hundred of our Regt. I ordered the Daily Mercury to be sent to you, in which you will find an account of the fire. It is a sad sight to see these poor fellows getting ready to go to their blackened & ruined hearthstones, and to me, it is only the more so, for having returned from Edisto & Clark’s Islands, where every homestead is a deserted, pillaged place. At Mr. John Townsend’s fine plantation on Edisto, called Bleak Hall, my heart grew sick. In his residence, fine marble topped tables, sofas, chairs, & elegant glasses are overturned by [Page 2] the marauding negroes, (the enemy have not yet been upon Edisto Island) & every closet, pantry, & shelf is torn open, & the broken crockery & glass is strewn everywhere. The only occupants we found were some poor half starved cats and dogs. To add to all this, the evidences of an attempt to set fire to the residence are apparent in one room, & in the center of the hall the floor has been violated by some beastly negro! Every house on the island, that we visited, bears the same marks of ruin & desertion, in a greater or less degree. The residents must have been possessed of a most perfect panic for in many instances, private letters (which I ordered burned) are left on tables, drawers etc. I do not wonder that the poor afrighted negroes have run away from their homes, where their weak masters had deserted them, telling them, in some instances, to take care of themselves. There are at least 300 runaways on Edisto, one hundred and fifty of which are from this island. A cavalry company, with hounds, are now engaged in driving them up. Sixty were caught on Edings Isld. yesterday, though my detachment saw not one! At the post office of Edisto, I suppose I burned 500 letters, all of which were addressed to husbands, brothers, & fathers & signed with a Christian name or as follows: Your devoted wife, your anxious wife, your affect. mother etc. [Page 3] At the Dr shop, near the office, which was alike abandoned, broken open & pillaged, I ordered the Ast. Surgeon to indicate the poisonous medicines, which I had destroyed. Oh! The desolation of war! Hearts and hearthstones are broken & shattered, & but for the hope we have in a home which has eternal foundations, whose maker & builder is God, we too, my Angel wife, might be withered by this parching, perishing breath of war. But thank God, our enemies can only kill the body. If our earthly tabernacle be dissolved, we have a house not made with hands. Our little Kate is there, and the noise of his tumult is not heard, nor does an anxious care fill the heart of a devoted wife or a precious mother grow weary of watching and waiting, for Jesus is there, and thanks be to God, you and I, my beloved Lottie, my devoted angel, have a hope in Him. Give my love to all. The Col. is about starting. Be cheerful & happy & 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, May 8, 1862 (Late morning) 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 talks about the fire that started in the city. He mentions that many people have lost their homes and furniture and now have nowhere to go. He says that it is very sad especially for him since he just came back from Edisto and Clark's Islands where homesteads are deserted and pillaged. He talks about a specific plantation, Bleak Hall, and the devastation that its suffered. He mentions runaway slaves and burning letters at the post office so no one will read them. He orders the doctor to destroy all the poisonous medicines. He closes the letter by remarking on the desolation of war but that enemies can only kill the body, not the soul. 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 1862-05-08 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. 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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] Coles Island, May 10th ‘62 Saturday Night My Precious Lottie I looked for a letter from you yesterday, but none came, & this afternoon, when the mail was opened to meet a similar disappointment. I believe I told you that we were now the sole occupants of this island, the Battalion of Regulars, commanded by Maj. Lucas, and the Eutaw Battalion, Col. Simonton, having both gone to Secessionville. Genl. Pemberton says in a official communication to Genl. Ripley, that he retains us here for the following reasons: viz, because it is a healthy place, and the houses on the island furnish convenient quarters and secondly, because we are on hand here to fall back, “by way of a good [Page 2] road to the lines” across James Island. He further says that as the guns have been removed he does not expect us to hold the island against gun boats, but he does expect us to hold it against small boats. All this is in my view, and in the Cols, is ridiculous & without good generalship, for while the island is healthy and the houses comfortable, the “good road” that he talks about runs along the brink Stono River for 3½ miles and while we were pulling back to man the lines, the enemy’s boat could run by us, lay to and infiltrate us and cut off our retreat. It is not more than four miles from the [illegible] to the back of this island and our [illegible] not to move until the boats [Page 3] actually come in, so that they will be right on the mouth of the river before we start. However the Col. & I are hard at work on our road across the marsh and over the creeks to James Island. The last creek will be bridged by day after tomorrow, & the causeways have all been completed, so that by the time you get this, I will be out of the danger of being ignominiously captured. [Drawing on original letter] [Page 4] The diagram on the 3rd page will give you an idea of our position and [illegible] roads. The present road, which Pemberton calls a good one, is marked and Col. and mine is marked thus XXXX. You will see that our crosses thru little creeks, each of which is navigable and could carry a gun boat, but we are stopping up their mouths with piles, indicated by the road marks. It is about 2 miles and a half from A to B. That is from our position to safety. We have sent everything to the rear except a very few things. I have sent my overcoat and packed my valise and sent it to Lady to await my order. Keeping a change of under clothing only which I expect to lose. I will send my horse off tomorrow as our bridges are only built for infantry. You must continue to write to [Page 5 – written over page 4] me, as before, until I direct otherwise. I wrote to Dr. [illegible] some time since & got the enclosed from him today. Did you ask mama to receive your furniture? I did not. I also send the receipt of the express company for the [illegible words]. And I trust, my dear Lottie, that both my [illegible words]. Good night, my darling, & may angels watch over your sleep. Kiss my boy for me & love to Mrs R. Ellison. Sunday Morning Before this starts my business here, I will add a few lines. You have not an idea how I am longing to see you and Frank. When you write me again tell me of your views in reference to the letter I wrote you concerning the Aiken boarding house. I have no answer to it yet, but as soon as it comes will let you know it. [Page 6 – written on top of page 2] Don’t mistake the paragraph of Dr. Palmer’s [illegible] which references my having offered him any furniture. I purposed, only, that he should use such articles in his house as might be serviceable to him and so doing, he would accomplish my wish to have the property cared for. I have no stamps and therefore write you without paying for my letters. Cousin Sam Capers has resigned from the Q.M.’s place and come home. He says that the Calvary men made requisitions on him for forage and he makes requisition on the Brigade Q.M. who fails to get it and then he is abused because the horses do not get enough to eat. It is funny, then, that I neglected to tell you that Naval Officers say that the iron clad steamer, Mississippi [Page 7 – written over page 1] which was burned on the stocks at N. O. was one of the most splendid vessels the war ever conceived. She had three propellers & sixteen boilers, & the plates of iron on her were five inches thick. She was sea worthy, & could have destroyed the whole blockade! Our best Navy Officers so say. Had they worked with Yankee energy on her night as well as day, she would have been finished a month before she was burned. Good bye, darling. God bless you, my ever precious angel. 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, May 10, 1862 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, writing from Cole's Island, says that they are now the sole occupants of the island and that they remain there because it is healthy with convenient quarters and that they can easily fall back to James Island if needed. He says that they are expected to hold the island against small boats but he does not agree with the general's plans since the enemy could cut off their retreat. They are working on a road across the creeks to James Island and are close to finishing it. He tells her that he has drawn a diagram to give her an idea of their position and that he has nothing with him except a change of under clothing. He writes again on Sunday morning concerning some furniture as well as a description of the Iron Clad steamer, Mississippi, that was burned in New Orleans. 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 1862-05-10 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] Sunday Night Coles Isld. May 11th 1862 My own precious Lottie After a hard days work in mud & marsh & water, I came in at dusk, changed my clothes, washed all over, and then went up to the post office to get a letter from you, darling, but was told that my letter had been sent to my quarters; so I came back with a bounding heart to read my Lottie's words to me, but lo! The letter found here for me is from Miss R. Only to think of it, Lottie, four days and no letter from my wife! More than two weeks since we parted & only four letters sent me, which is an average of one letter every four days! And I write you every day. Well darling, just as we feel you know. I don’t want you to write me as a task. What I mean is, my darling, that I do not wish you to go to the desk to write me because you feel it to be your duty, or a part of your days labor. No Lottie--write me, my angel, if you can, as the bird flies away to the grove, to refresh its spirit among the genial flowers, and the [Page 2] pleasant shade--write me, my Lottie, just from the same impulse that the little boy, you hold in your arms, lays his head on your breast, because he finds most rest there. I am happier now, this moment, than I have been all day, because, Lottie, my most dear, I am talking to you. Then why should I not write, even though I am weary & worn from a long day’s work. I send you the letter from Miss R. When you are ready to leave Miss Augusta’s, I will go up to Aiken & see what sort of a place it is. If it suits you, I will secure your board there & then you can go whenever you please, dear. But you must positively have some fixed place of residence, & the expense I pray you, not to consider. I have so little respect for the energy of character and for the enterprise, and working capacities of our people, that if I did not love you devotedly, I would not give the turn of a straw for my life. If Charleston was garrisoned by a Yankee force, & we were threatening them it would soon be made impregnable. But whatever people mean [Page 3 – written over page 2] I can’t imagine. However, I believe in God’s goodness & surely, he will not permit our enemies to triumph. Let us so pray. I want to hear from you, my precious one, on many subjects but I believe I have mentioned them all in previous letters. What sort of socks am I to wear this summer? Would you advise me to keep on this thick red flannel? I find it very uncomfortably warm. Good bye Lottie. I am so tired & sleepy. God bless you & Frank, & may you be happy. Ellison P.S. [illegible] sent me his respects, from Aunt V’s yesterday. Suppose I write up & ask Aunt V about Miss R? 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, May 11, 1862 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 he came back from a long day and was told he had a letter from her; however, it was a letter from Mrs. R. He is upset that he has not received a letter from her in four days especially since he writes her everyday. He says that he doesn't want her letter writing to him to be a chore but something that she wants to do such as hold their son. He then talks about securing her board in Aiken and asks her not to think of the expense. He hopes that God will not permit the enemy to triumph and asks her to comment on many subjects in her future letters. 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 1862-05-11 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] Saturday, 15 min to 1 P. M. Coles Isld., May 17th 1862 My precious Lottie I have been kept so constantly anxious here that I have not had an opportunity to write you as often as I wished. The enemy made his appearance yesterday at 8 o’clock, and anchored four vessels behind Folly Island. I had my men all in readiness and awaited his demonstrations. The tide was full at 10 on yesterday morning and again at 10 last night, and it is only at the stages of high water that his vessels can cross this bar. Very soon small boats were lowered from the ships & in a little while six of them were moving about in the channel, sounding as they went. [Page 2] One of them came so near to us, in the mouth of Stono River, that I ordered the Riflemen to move under cover of the hills & [illegible] works & fire into it. It was well done, and by my orders the first Yankee fell. One man was brought down, whether killed or wounded I can’t say. My lookout, on the flag staff, with a good glass, and my officers all saw the man fall. The boat promptly turned back. Several marks were left by them in the channel, to guide them in coming in. But at high water the small boats went back to the vessels & no move was made by the latter to come in. I kept my station on the Fort & sent [Page 3] information to the works on The River & to the Genl. The danger passed off with the tide & we were at rest till high water last night, when I had all hands up & ready, but a single vessel remained & we said nothing more of them till this morning, when I went through with the scenes of yesterday, except the firing into the boat. All these matters are of no note to any one but you, darling, & I only mention them because I know they will interest you. In the same spirit I send the communications enclosed, meaning them for your eyes & your heart, & one of these days, maybe, for Frank. I can’t tell how long I will be kept here. Three days [Page 4] is the general rule for outpost duty, but this is my fourth. The Col. told me that I would soon be relieved by two companies of some other regiment. But we willing hands must always expect to be hard worked. I have not heard from you since the 12th but this move has thrown everything topsy turvy & I know that I have two or three letters somewhere. I will send Nat up to the camp with this and expect to get in return a letter from my angel, my own dear Lottie. I think the enemy are only surveying the channel prior to a large expedition up the River. If they succeed, good bye for Charleston. Take good care of my papers, & these I send & have on hand so that you can return them if I want them. Good bye, & God bless you. Ellison. [Page 5 – written over page 4] I have by God’s aid, completely conquered my longing for tobacco smoking & have not had a cigar or pipe in my mouth since I told you that I would smoke no more. And I am happy to tell you, my darling, that I am nearer to Jesus there for. You must ever pray for me. 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, May 17, 1862 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 the enemy has anchored four vessels behind Folly Island and he had his men at the ready. Boats can only cross the bar at high tide so they waited until then and lowered six small boats into the channel. They moved close to the Stono River and Capers and his men fired on them, bringing down one man. The small boats returned to the vessels and did not return. Capers says that this information is not important to anyone but her. He does not know how long he will be stationed there but hopes to be relieved soon. He hopes to receive some letters soon and closes by saying that the enemy are planning an expedition upriver and if they succeed, it is goodbye to Charleston. He also says that he has quit using tobacco. 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 1862-05-17 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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