3 10 57 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/39779/archive/files/01f1580f86cf2010abfff010b05e5be1.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=u2UvTiCq2H2yDLaJU8T3oIKx3R1m2bB9F6mlbn5v98zMy1GeM2TwYs3utCYbnGKM2jV9aExV9tZKim9XmLdRraD0Hn6tn9wdwhIg3voZsPifZoqolXRwyEsoagJUEXWZ8F7k-bc8np7PN%7EZHVgBFg2IVq0twe%7E8tbNCBE4A%7E8vq4X-Vzx6-59JBOT05sNjiuvIaPN%7EbYUrwkhgeObIU8ddpkw5opOjFYh%7E0ZPzsXBcK%7EWF31zjM-T2x6CmRef7ksdZtdrmAy7QVFgCDFMErWmz0Hc5D-bRbGE-QZvlzdxODmgoAZnIO0i6zDsQmtnVKrjObgQyRSqXIhFD%7E68H%7EQMg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 211aff16852fe219900ad3ba8bd7dd6c 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 of the 24th Secessionville May 21st 62 My Angel Got home safely yesterday, thanks to Col. Stevens energy in building the road. I send a letter press copy of my report. Will write to you tonight, the promised long letter. Got yours of the 16th yesterday, telling of Frank’s efforts to walk, his being well, & asking for the Irish Moss. My precious Lottie, don’t write me, for fear of offending me, if you should not. You might feel unwell, or you have no paper, or some good reason for not writing. Good bye. You are [illegible] delight; the object of my highest, best & noblest impulses. Kiss Frank & respects to Mr. R & Miss B & love to Mrs. Rogers. God Bless you. Ellie P. S. My affair with the boats meets with Genl. G’s & Col. S’s commendation. The first shot, I speak of was fired at me as I stood on the fort by the flag, & afterward I got them thick & heavy. E. C. P. S. The boats are slowly feeling their way up Stono. E. C. 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 21, 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 Lottie that he got home safely and that will write her a longer letter tonight. He tells her she shouldn't write to him if she feels unwell or has no paper and it won't offend him. He tells her how much he loves her and signs off before adding that his affair with the boats was met with commendation. 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 1862-05-21 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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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] Secessionville, Monday April 13th, 1863 My precious wife [Illegible] came into the office before I got up this morning (I slept late) and brought me your letters of the 8th, 9th, and 10th, with the Mercury. The editorial somewhat anticipates what I had intended to write you. What in the name of sense our enemy means is beyond my ken. His counsels are truly the counsels of children, and his ships of war, & Battalions of men, seem to move about without knowing what to do or where to go to. I got into a small boat on yesterday afternoon, and rowed over to Morris Island. I got in the magnificent sand hills just in time to witness six Turrets, and the Iron Sides, cross the Bar, at about 3 P.M. I found Col. Graham in the Hills, with the splendid Marine Glass of the Keokuk marked “U.S.N. No. 72”. With this fine glass I could see the fine Turrets and the Iron Sides plainly. Their crews were promenading the decks, & [Page 2] the beautiful sloop of war, Powhattan, with most of the Blockaders, collected about them, to talk over the Bombardment, no doubt, though, I take it, it was by no means a subject gratifying conversation; for in full view of them and the Victory crowned hills, lay the sunken Keokuk and her stranded [illegible]! It was a grand sight, to stand upon these splendid hills towering up, & now mounting Columbiads and Whitworth Guns, & witness the baffled fleet of our boastful enemy! To watch their retreat through the glass of the most formidable of their number, & to walk over the deck of the wrecked torpedo and obstruction destroyer, gave me the highest pleasure. The guns in these hills on the southern end of Morris Island are intended to prevent a passage of the enemy from Folly to Morris Isld. One of these grand hills, on the summit of which, an 8 inch Columbiad is mounted, in sunken battery, has been encircled by our noble troops with a wreath of myrtle, which [Page 3] with the Palmetto, is the native growth of the Isld. Holmes, who went with me, & I, walked up the beach to the stranded “Devil,” & to the beautiful and efficient work. Ft. Wagner, (named in honor of our Wagner) which runs across the narrow neck of the Isld. near where the “Star of the West” Battery was. This “Devil” is simply a large raft, built of heavy 15 inch timbers, with heavy iron hooks & bars projecting from the bottom, which were meant to hook up our torpedoes, & break up submarine obstructions. They have, however, all been sent to Cameron’s foundry to be run into ten inch shot, for the guns of glorious Moultrie, & Sumter, & our strong batteries. The enemy were evidently worsted. I told you the 15th shot of the Iron Clads could knock down Sumter, & so they can, if the Turrets can remain long enough under the fire of our Batteries, to do it! The result of the 7th looks very much as if they cannot. The Keokuk was “stove in”, as the sailors say, in her bow, & several [Page 4] of our steel bolts pierced her. I think the fact of the Iron Clads going out, & all of the turrets, but one, going South, looks very much like they were in for the repair of damages. I send you the Editorial of the Mercury. While I don’t trust the discretion & judgement of the Mercury, nor always approve its politics, I admire its tone on all questions of sentiment. Its Editor is a blooded man, and does not smell of mud. You know I believe in blood. Only seven vessels in Stono Harbor today, & but one encampment to be seen on [illegible] Isld. If the enemy’s force is not all, or nearly all, on Folly Isld. then he has not troops enough in [illegible words] to meet, in our front, to meet the 24th, & Restin’s Battery. I have just read over what I have written, & the thought struck me, [illegible words]. It is written to you & Frank & Sue, & on no account is it public. I trust that I may be spared the vulgar paragraphs of the cousins. Thank you, Lottie, my [Page 5] dear wife, for your letters & for the wild violet. I will keep these little mementos of your love, & you know how I will cherish them. I hope if Frank gets the measles, he will get through safely. How much longer are you going to nurse Sue? Do you give her much nourishment from a single breast? If not, I think you might wean her. Bless my daughter! I hope she may be like her angel sister. Thank you for your part Frank took in my letters. Tell him his Papa loves him with all of his heart, & expects him to be a noble man, like his Uncle [illegible] & Oddy, & then, if it be providential that his Papa should pass away, he will be the support & protection of his Mother and Sister. I will send the bundle spoken of in a previous letter as soon as I get a piece of good wrapping paper. You wonder how long it will be before it will be determined about our dear old city. I can’t tell, my darling. The retreat of the iron clads defers matters, & we must continue to watch & wait, & be ready. Charleston will never fall into Yankee hands. I will bid [Page 6] you good bye now, my dear wife, & wish you God’s blessings. Your affectionate husband. Ellison P.S. Marion King is here at Ft. Lamar. He looks very well. E.C. By way of showing you how an official paper gets up to Genl. Beauregard, I sent you one, which started from Co. “F” 8th Geo. Batt. here under my command. The Batt. is a support to Ft. Lamar, which Brown commands, & makes its reports to me through mine, & so on up the “ascending channel of communication”, as the Red Tapes call it. Holmes, who says good things frequently, said of a communication which had been returned by one of the intermediate commanders, because it was not properly endorsed, that it “got aground in the ascending Channel, the author not knowing how to navigate said Channel”. You see the paper first comes from Hd. Qrs. Ft. Lamar, of which 8th Geo. is the support. Then Hd. Qrs. Secessionville, of which post, Ft. Lamar and 8th Geo. constitute a part, then Hd. Qrs. [illegible words] to which Secessionville is attached, and so on up. E.C. 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, April 13, 1863 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 a trip out to Morris Island where he was able to spy on Yankee ships. He describes the ships and the crews as well as the sunken vessel, Keokuk. He also describes a Columbiad cannon on the island that their troops have laid of wreath of myrtle on and a raft known as the "Devil". He then goes on to discuss the reportage of the Daily Mercury and how he admires its tone. Capers ends the letter by telling Lottie how he treasures her letters and asking after their new daughter, Sue, and their son, Frank. 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 1863-04-13 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 afternoon, Jan. 26, ‘62 Well, Lottie, darling, the beautiful Sabbath is nearly over and I sit down at ¼ to 4 P.M. to give you the promised history of the 1st sermon in camp. Mr. Wightman came up & preached an excellent sermon for us from Solomon’s advice to young men; “Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life”. The men listened very attentively and in his introductory remarks he brought tears to many eyes. Cicero somewhere says, that a public speaker, to be effective, must render his audience attentos dociles & benevolos; that is they must be attentive, and to make them so, he must render them benevolent, docile, well disposed towards him. This is good advice and Mr. Wightman followed it today. He was a stranger & knew that his audience felt no especial interest in him, so he rendered them “dociles” by the following course of ingenious remarks: “I am a stranger to you, said he, you are not to me, for my religion and calling make me love you & call you brothers. I come to talk [Page 2] to you of the absent father, mother, wife! To remind you of the little boy that clambered up to your knees & pressed your cheek with a gentle kiss. I bid you, for their sakes, to be men,- true soldiers & to call you for Jesus sake to worship at the foot stool of God. The allusion to home was too much for many stout hearts & at once the tears of love showed that the minister had touched the tender cords, and had made his audience well acquainted with him & then he told them of the heart of the fact that religion was of the heart, was inward, not outward. The [illegible] doctrine of conversion, of a change of heart, was beautifully set forth and the men were warned of the dangers of camp life - gambling, drinking, profanity and a want of chastity, and urged to place the sentinels of prayer & faith over the heart, that it might be kept safe & provided against the great issues before it. I omitted to mention that Mr. W. related an interesting fact connected with the Psalm which he read as the 1st lesson. When the Revolutionary Congress assembled in Philadelphia in 1775 a Reverend Episcopal Minister was invited to open the Congress with religious services & he read the Psalm which is said to have had no small influence on the minds of the determined patriots of that- (sheet missing) [Page 3 – written over page 2] affair. She has never been the same to you, though she always, when your name is mentioned, approvingly joins in. She did, by the by say at breakfast that she offered me “some of Sister Lottie’s Sausages”. I will, Lottie, have less & less respect for the poor creature every time I am with her. What do you think of the propriety of my putting my horse up at Uncle [illegible] when I go to the city? I have never been invited to do so, but the old gentleman has given me several very warm invitations to find a resting place at his house. It costs me so much to put him up at the public stables. I got a letter from Richie tonight. He says that [illegible] had reported; looked well, & had gone with the Col. on an expedition to Edisto Isld. A dispatch from Genl. Evans to Genl. Ripley, today, announces their return & their success, having caught upwards of 75 negroes, 25 of whom have recently been firing upon our pickets and will, probably, be hanged. I send you a beautiful piece of poetry, dedicated, to Maryland, which [Page 4 – written over page 1] I cut from the morning’s Courier. I invited Mr. Wightman to preach for my command tomorrow & he will do so at 11 ¼ A.M. I will give you tomorrow night D. V. an account of the Sermon. Let me close this, my darling, with an incident of the day - A young man, private, of fine face made an application for a furlough to go home & visit his wife, who expects to be confined about the last of this month or the first of next. He wanted to go right away, so as to be sure of being with her. How true to my very heart thought I. But this could not be granted. He said his wife was very ill last time, & he was exceedingly anxious about her. She was alone & leaned only on him. It was all true; I saw it in his full eye, & quivering lip, & my own soul felt for him. Well sir, you shall go on Wednesday, to be gone two weeks. “Col., I want four weeks, for my wife has no one to mind her but me & if she was sick very much, I would not leave her no matter what I had to suffer when I came back”. Little did the poor fellow think how his Col. struggled to keep back a tear for he thought of his wife & maybe he would have just such a trial to undergo. He was dismissed with the leave of two [Page 5 – written on the side of pages 1 and 4] weeks, & the remark that his case was one of the many evils & pains which war entails. Good night, my good, my beautiful angel & my Heaven, bless you & Frank. 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 26, 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 to Lottie about a sermon that was given in camp by a Mr. Wightman. He uses a quote from Cicero to describe how Wightman won over his audience. Mr. Wightman warned the men of the dangers of camp life including profanity and drinking. Capers also questions stabling his horse with an acquaintance when he goes to the city. Note: this letter has a page missing. 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 1862-01-26 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. 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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] In camp Thursday morning Feb. 26th 1863 My own darling wife I have just finished a supervision of the company drills. It is quite warm, & almost a summer’s sun. I was looking over some of your recent letters just now to select such as I thought proper to preserve, & I found it almost impossible to select. Every one had some particular feature which made it dear, and I selected all but one. I can not bear the idea of destroying one of your letters, in which you tell me of little Frank or Sue, or how earnestly you love me. I send you in this [illegible] receipt, & a copy of the bill of your Nassau things. Yesterday was quite an interesting day with me. Lieut. Beauregard had ordered a flag of truce to be sent to the enemy, with letters to some of our men held as prisoners, & letters from Yankee officers, held by us, to their families. The Col. & I had asked permission to ride down toward Port Royal Ferry, so that Lieut. Walker availed himself of our going to send the flag by us. We were first met by a sentinel to whom we communicated our errand, following across the ferry, and after an hour’s waiting Lieut. Col. Sleeper, 4th New Hampshire Vol. with his adjt. made his appearance, & shortly after, Mrs. Sleeper walked down the end of the causeway, escorted by a Yankee Lieut. After two hours waiting, Sleeper got a boat to us, (we had none) a miserable, old leaky thing, paddled by two Yankees of the 4th N.H.V. They bailed out the greater part of the water, & we got in & went over. [Page 2 – written on top of page 1] My end of the boat touched the wharf first, & I stepped in to it. Then when Col. Sleeper walked up to me, pulled off his gauntlet & offered me his hand, I thought of his being an enemy, with threats of destruction to my family in his business, & I refused to take his hand, to which he replied, “Ah! You won’t take the hand, Eh? Very well then!” I answered in a polite, but firm tone, “No, Sir.” We then delivered our communications, took his receipt & left. He asked me if we had any news, to which I replied: “No Sir, nothing of special interest.” Mrs. Sleeper sat down about two steps off & held her parasol over her with as much grace as if she properly belonged there. The men who paddled us over were very respectful, & quite communicative. They cursed the war, & their officers, & said they were heartily sick of it. They said Mrs. Sleeper had been on for three weeks. The whole party were regular Easterners. On our way back I found the jasmines in bloom, & in one place the [illegible] trees looking lovely. There are some most lovely flowers in this section. But, alas!, most of them have been desecrated, & are exposed to the ruin of the enemy. You & I, Lottie, have felt but the pain of the heat, which our uncertainty absences impairs, but we have not been called on to witness the flowers & fruits of a life time, [illegible] & ruined by war! We have yet to make our home, and the same blessed Providence which has sustained & blessed us in the past, will bless & keep us in the future. My faith is in God. 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, February 26, 1863 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 to Lottie about choosing which of her letters to save and writes how upset he is to destroy even one. He then relates an account of a truce between the Confederate and Yankee soldiers so that letters could be exchanged. 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 1863-02-26 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. 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Citadel Class of 1857 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/39779/archive/files/0c34daf543e9769159aee9612e380a52.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=Z9idVzyoNfTQcxUt4NXrp3qH-rBX90qsflZd26yLOVJwj7UxBv3YBIJPHfJvIaYeE1Z8VcT2mTjhBNPGVhvbIf5-YqM2r5SwkMIxDMjEwGnuKBXBh2EHiXpC3Cip9LB4BJCfBzMCFYFG6BGO4ZUi3NvFaMTsNgqQT--1RX9qAqq-R0ktYANWJIVJGdHV9mK1hMa3Wt1c0Ym3vOGtSTDFLemod%7EVv9zPePmSR2VZTASQKnAw4ym27tsHMuqo57OPiS1aviV8RSkXP19z6CQOeOzFYUH1ZKcmCETocTQWL83KrIKaBUxf7LtUcYOtiz9NMG1asG%7EkkMksu4M%7EDQDK3rQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f69f799665e5abd0607b6060c316d23c 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] At McNutt’s - N.E. River Sunday Morning Jany. 4th 1863 My own, dear, precious wife, I got your sweet letter of the 1st of January on yesterday at this place. I am rejoiced to know that you are all still well. I sent you a telegram from Wilmington on yesterday, which you have got by this time. We left our camp on yesterday at 9 A.M. & when the Regt. was half way to Wilmington a courier met Col. Stevens with the order to go back. It seems that Gen. Smith sent Gen. Whiting a dispatch in cipher, which could not be read here, & was sent to Beauregard, who telegraphed Whiting to stop the movement of troops from this place. When I left Wilmington, yesterday, it was not known at Hd. Qtrs. what it all meant, but the Qr. Master told me [Page 2] that 1700 troops had been brought down from Petersburg, Va. to Goldsboro, so I think the beaten foe is again for the W. & W. R. R. A little accident, which might have been fatal, happened to me on Friday while I was finishing my work in the swamp on Isld. Creek, which gave me a ride to Wilmington on yesterday, in Mc Nutts buggy, a comfortable bed here, & the delightful society of those charming ladies, with whom, by the by, I am going to Wilmington to Church today, Episcopal. Well, darling, I was standing up on the trunk of a fallen tree about six feet from the water, just under me, directing the cutting of the tree, & especially one which I knew would fall in my direction. This tree was half way cut down on the [Page 3] side opposite to me, & which I did not know, & which the foolish fellow cutting it, on the side next to me, failed to tell me! My attention being called off for the moment, I was startled by hearing Col. Stevens, who had ridden down with me, & was sitting on his horse in the road, call out to me, “Look out Capers”! & looking up, there came the tree right for me! I could not move fast on the high log, & I was fearful if I jumped that I might be struck by one of the falling branches, so I stood still, until the tree got right over my head, when I moved a step & it brushed by me, not a leaf, or twig touching me! But it fell with all of its power on the trunk I was standing on, & of course knocked it whirling! And down went the [Page 4] [illegible] engineer, into the branch, & falling across a log, with all the weight of his proportions, & the additional impetus which six feet fall gave him, bruised his left leg, in the thigh, just above the knee. It made me so lame day before yesterday & yesterday, that I could not walk scarcely, but this morning I stand on it without pain & walk almost naturally. Ogier said “Keep quiet & it will be all right in a few days.” Most of the swelling and inflammation has gone, & I only feel it to be sore and stiff. What a mercy I was not crushed! What a blessing my leg was not broken! The Col. made his report of the work, but I have not seen. He has done me justice, I know. You say I must tell you positively, if you must go down with Charlie Goodwin. The positively [The balance of this letter is missing.] 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, January 4, 1863 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 Regiment was on the move towards Wilmington but was then told to return back after a message was given to General Whiting. He then describes an almost fatal accident that occurred while he was directing the cutting down of trees. A tree fell down almost on top of him but Capers only suffered a bruised thigh. The rest of the letter is missing. 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 1863-01-04 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] Citadel Mch 2nd 1863 Dear Elison Enclosed I send Cousin Lotties letter as you requested. Stevens did not call for the money; what shall I do with it? In haste as ever yours Afft. Cousin I. B. White [Illegible] is in Columbia Camp at Ballouville-Saturday night 7th March My dear Lottie- How true it is that we ought never to judge hastily! I thought White ought to have taken the “long letter” out of the office, & felt that he ought to have written to me in answer to my dispatch. Today’s mail from Charleston brings me this note (above) with your letter, which you ought to have got by last Saturday’s mail! So White took out the wrong letter! Maybe it is all for the best. I am sorry, very sorry, my dear angel, that this this accident happened, for I might have saved my idol wife [Page 2] some pain of heart if I had succeeded in stopping that sentence. But it has taught me a lesson. I am encamped about 2 ½ miles from Combahee Ferry, & 4 ½ miles from our Post Office, Green Pond. It is eighteen miles nearer Charleston than the Pocotaligo office. I get the Charleston papers, daily, and when you direct to Green Pond will get your letters at 3 P.M. on the same days. Look at mama’s map of So. Ca. & you will see the Ashepoo & Combahee Rivers, both emptying into St. Helena Sound. Now look for the Ferry on the Combahee, just at Heywood’s, & you will see the road running from this Ferry across to Ashepoo Ferry. On this road, 2 ½ miles from Combahee Ferry, your Ellie is camped, in among the pines. Mr Chas. Lowndes & W. C. Heyward & an overseer, have fine-land houses here, & as the overseer’s house was built by a man named Ballou (who selected this ridge as a healthy one) this is Ballouville. We had a delightful day for our march yesterday, & got here at 3 ½, leaving our former camp at 9. The road was a good one, & passed down the Combahee for most of the way, through Hanckel’s Middleton’s & Blake’s splendid rice plantations. I have ridden between 40 & 50 miles today with Col. Jeffers & Capt. David (Jim) leaving [Page 3] the country between the two rivers. I am sorry to say, that I will be obliged to go to work tomorrow on the Battery at the Combahee Ferry. The most of these wealthy planters are very selfish, & the only way to get their negro labor, is to take it by force. I have to march my men two miles & a half tomorrow to build the work on the Combahee, when right there, W.C. Hayward, a very rich man, has over two hundred negroes in his field at work! One of the Batteries on the Ashepoo, which I visited today, as its “field office” obstructed by a little point of land, thickly wooded, which runs out to the river, just at a bend below the Battery. This wood belongs to Rhett, old Barnwell, and when Col. Jeffords began to cut it down, he went to Charleston, & Beauregard granted his petition that the work should be stopped. And this is the high Priest of “Independence of the North.” Ah! darling, the more I see of “the world,” of “wealth,” the more do I appreciate Pa’s advice & warning: “Beware of the world. It is all a cheat & a lie.” They sent us our mail from Pocataligo this evening, and I got your dear letter of Wednesday, the 4th, enclosing Margarie’s. I hope by this time that Mama has [Page 4] received her money. You will see by White’s note that he has it all safe. Tell Mama I think she had better wait till Stevens goes down & he will bring it up, or I can tell White to send it by mail; just as she says. I am very tired, my angel, & must put off this letter until tomorrow (D.V.) My heart, Lottie, never grows weary. I hope got my Friday’s letter tonight. Good night, may God bless you. Ellison P.S. You will find Pilgen’s bill and the cost of our Nassau articles in the other letter. I sent Mr Stevens $15 dues to “Association of Graduates,” & told him to send you receipt. God willing, I will answer your question about the extract from Dr Cumming tomorrow night. Ellie Sunday night – 8th inst. My own, precious wife Our little camp is quiet, & the stars are shining brightly, on this lovely Sabbath evening. I went to the Ferry this morning with 60 of my men & spent the greater part of the day there. I felt so tired when I came back this evening, that I took a little nap. I told you last night that I would tell you tonight how I liked the extract you copied for me last Sunday. I think it is very pretty indeed, my angel, but I [Page 5] don’t think that any of us know the nature of the happiness which God has in store for us in Heaven. I am not unwilling to believe in the heavenly recognition, but I am not satisfied, that God will so provide for us in His Kingdom. We will be happy there, & I am satisfied to believe that, & to spend any time in humbly [illegible] to prepare against that day. You may confidently rely upon my poor prayers, Lottie, at all times, & I will especially ask God’s blessing on your efforts in behalf of the negroes. You ask me about selling Bowie my Bond on Mr Stevens. I have not spoken to Stevens on the subject, but you know I have not yet got the Bond from [illegible]. I hope to do so, in time to get the 8 percent treasury notes. Darling, I had the most singular dream about you last night I have ever had. We were to gather at cherry grove, or some country place, and I found a letter, in your hand writing, addressed to “Walter Blake”, whom I thought to be the same as Capt. Bryan’s friend. You began the letter “Dear Walter,” & it was 12 or 15 pages long! I do not now remember if I read it further there to find that [Page 6] it was a love letter in which you declaimed your love for him, & yet admitted your obligation to me. It was written in a different style from any that you had ever written me. It was racy, glowing with love, & full of sympathy & regret. The thing that pained me most was that you should have written so long a letter to “Walter”, when you had never written me near so long a one. Oh! I experienced the most exquisite neural torture. Jealousy seemed to have possessed my heart, & I felt that it was breaking, & yet I seemed to love you all the more tenderly & devotedly. The dream was so real & so vivid, that I have experienced the genuine torture of a lover’s jealousy. I really know what it is from the experience of that dream. I don’t think I slept two hours after waking up in the middle of the night. Was it not singular? I felt this dream the more, because being of a jealous nature, in love, it [illegible] only the stranger. When I awoke you may imagine, my angel, my delight that it was “all a dream”, though I was made so nervous by it, that I could not get to sleep after it, scarcely. I am very much relieved, Lottie, my angel, to know that your [Page 7] [illegible] is better. Take good care of it, darling, & apply the vinegar on the very first symptoms of [illegible]. I am without a servant, darling. What shall I do? Take Peter? Or make out, by getting one of the teamsters to attend to my horse, & waiting on myself. I am messing with Capt. Hill, my Anderson Captain. He & his whole company are my friends, & by messing with him, I am saved all the annoyance of “house wifery”. I drink sassafras tea, & have become very fond of it. It is a great deal better than any of the substitutes for coffee, & much healthier. Did you ever drink it? I can get on very well without a servant, if you think it would be unsafe to risk Peter in camp. I send you a diagram by which you may see my position in the map. Kiss my precious boy & dear little Sue for me. How time flies! It does not seem long since you & I were at the Hotel, waiting for Sue, does it? And yet it is five months, nearly. Good night, my darling. I hope to have sweeter dreams of you tonight. Ellie. P.S. I have written to cousin Sam to know how much money [illegible] deposited for you. I can [illegible], Lottie, to get out of the woods without using that. I want you to use that with what you now have, so that I can use my salary to pay my debts. Good bye, my precious wife, & may you find the patriots reward in a justifying & approving heart, for the sacrifice you are making. Love to mama. 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, March 7 and 8, 1863 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 begins his letter by copying a note from Cousin White who was supposed to deliver the mail but there was a confusion. In his letter on the 7th, he describes his location to Lottie and his work on Combahee Ferry as well as complaining about some of the rich men in the area who will not allow the army to use their slaves. In his letter on the 8th, Capers describes a very vivid dream in which he believes Lottie to be in love with another man and the jealousy he felt. He also talks about his daily life including his lack of a servant and his fondness for sassafras tea. 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 1863-03-07 1863-03-08 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] Wednesday Night, March 4th 1863 My dear Lottie It is right cold tonight, & has been so since day before yesterday. I was hurried this morning in closing my letter to you. How unsatisfactory it is to write hurriedly! I have been engaged today in superintending a detail of our men at work on an earth work, & rifle pits, some four miles from our camp, on Mr William Middleton’s place. My friend, Thom. Hanckel has a beautiful place just next, & I accepted his invitation to ride over & take lunch with him. His family are not now at home, but the old woman got us a very nice lunch. The house is a large, fine one, & the grounds very pretty. Jasmines, & Cloth of Gold roses run up the columns of the Piagga, & the yard and garden are tastefully laid out & planted. Hanckel is a gentleman & a Christian. There is a great deal of wealth in this section of the State. Rice is extensively planted, & yields these gentlemen, in times of peace, a splendid income. In conversing with Mr Henckel today, he told me that Gen. Walker had related to him the circumstances which had induced his embracing the Gospel, & the service of God. He had but a very small force of Cavalry, & per- [Page 2] haps a single battery of artillery here last spring. Against this small force he was notified, last May, that the enemy was advancing in much greater numbers. The Genl. says he felt he had no one else but the Almighty to depend upon, and he offered a prayer, that His Providence might shield the little band of Patriots at old Pocotaligo, & give them the victory. And so it was ordered, for our gallant troops drove back the invaders, & secured the Rail Road. The sentiment through which God moved our Genl. to His service sprang from this success. He said, that feeling himself in an extremity he had called upon God for aid, & he felt that the call had been heard, & therefore, in honor, he felt bound to continue in prayer to God. It happened, too, that the first passage of scripture which met his attention, served to deepen his impression. It was a passage in the Psalms, in which David blesses God for “teaching his hands to war, & his fingers to fight”. This reference to Genl. Walker reminds me of an opinion he expressed to me last week, that the war would be over this month! I do not agree with him, at all, but if we hold out in the west, and are [Page 3] successful on our coast this spring, in my judgement, we will have a cessation of hostilities in the summer. May God grant it, for I am weary, oh!, how weary, of this terrible war; of this long absence from you, my dear wife, and from my precious children. I wish I could join you tomorrow in returning public thanks to God for His past mercies to us. But I must not permit myself to indulge a wish, which I know cannot be granted. Whenever I feel myself becoming restless, or unhappy, I think of the suffering & afflictions of many of my friends, to which mine are not to be compared. God has been most merciful & gracious to you and I, Lottie, & we must “praise Him for all that is past, & trust Him for all that’s to come”. I have an abiding and strong faith in our reunion, & look forward to it, with as much anxiety & hope as we did to the birth of Kate. While I write this, I feel the nervous joy which filled my heart, & the anxious longing for the day, & the hour, which would bring us together again on that first absence. Do you remember it, my darling? [Page 4] I allude to the time you went down from Winnsboro to Mrs. Thomas’. Do you remember what you told me when we went to the chamber, upstairs? Blessed memory, I do. How beautiful you were then, my angel, in your pure, simple nature, and oh!, how fondly you clung to me! We will never forget those days, & yet, at times, you used to shed tears over them. They will come again, my love, & you & I, with our dear little Kate, the child of that love, in heaven, to watch over us, & Frank & Sue to bless us here, will be happy. Good night Lottie, the joy & hope of my heart. Thanksgiving Morning - 5th of March. My precious wife - I sit down to write you a few more lines, for I have no heart to talk to anyone else. The Society around me is becoming more & more ungenial, & now that it is a day set apart by the State Authorities to be devoted to prayer & praise to God, I find not one to join me in a proper appreciation of the obligations we are under to devote our time to God. The Colonel has gone with five companies to work, & ordered me to have an inspection of the remaining five at 10 ½, which will take up one half of [Page 5] the day. We ought to have a Chaplain, & this day should be devoted to prayer & Thanksgiving. But, perhaps, it is the will of my heavenly father that I should be so tried, that the trying of my faith might make me patient. It is to me, of all things, a happy circumstance when I am surrounded by sympathizing & congenial friends, but it makes my heart only the stronger if I hold first to my faith among those who do not appreciate it, for by so doing, the force of my example may lead them to the Gospel too. This subject of Christian example is always upper most in my mind. Christ calls His disciples “the light of the world,” & yet, how many of us, who profess to be of the Christ’s Kingdom, show so little of His spirit, & practice so much the contrary of His teaching, in our lives! This inconsistency in the practice of professing Christians does great harm to the Church of Christ, by destroying the confidence of its members in the piety of “the brethren,” & by furnishing “the world” with a most influential excuse for withholding its respect, & refusing to subscribe to the blessed doctrine of the Cross. [Page 6] I can not reconcile the conduct & life of many professors of Christ, with His sermon on the mount, or the example of his His life. Yet the effect on my faith, is not to weaken it in the Gospel, but in man. Jesus teaches us to rejoice under persecution; to love our enemies; to hold our passions under subjection; to keep the law; to resist not the evil done us; and to be “perfect”, even as our Heavenly Father is perfect. This is a high standard, & yet, I believe it can be reached, if we follow the example, & sincerely practice the spirit of Jesus. He forgave His enemies, & was “perfect”, & if men, who embrace His Gospel, neglect its teachings & do despite its law, it is no reflection on the beauty & reality of that law, but on the weakness of its professors; a weakness which Jesus teaches, & because of which He came to earth, to seek & save those that are lost. So, my angel, we must only be the better for the canons & sins of our brethren, & keep always in mind, that as Christians, we are exposed to the view of the world, just as a city is, which is set upon a hill. We cannot hide ourselves. May our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, & glorify our Father, which is in Heaven. 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, March 4 and 5, 1863 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 In his letter on the 4th, Capers writes of a visit to his friend Thomas Hanckels' plantation where Hanckel's tells him an account of how General Walker embraced God and the Gospel. He ends the letter by telling Lottie how tired he is of the war but that he is grateful to God that his family has not suffered as others have. In his letter on the 5th, Capers complains that on a day of Thanksgiving, he can find no one to join him in prayer. He then discusses how by keeping his own faith in God, even when others do not, makes him a stronger person and sets a good example. 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 1863-03-04 1863-03-05 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. 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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] Sunday Night - March 15th Ballouville. My darling Angel This has been a pleasanter day than the two days preceding. We are all very busy from one end of Gen. Walker’s long line to the other. I send you a copy of an order received this evening, which puts me in command of the forces in this Dist. I feel this is to be a very great responsibility, & a very high compliment. It puts me in command of the left Flank of Gen. Walker’s forces, & of both the Combahee and Ashepoo Rivers. The prisoners taken by Capt. Micklen on Hilton Head Isld. bring us no intelligence of any interest except to report that Gen Burnside, who is expected to supersede Hunter, has not as yet arrived. Gen. Walker seems to apprehend an attack shortly, but it seems to us quite improbable that the enemy will attack Pocotaligo. They have been twice repulsed & must know how strongly fortified it is. I think it more probable that they will attack the R.R. either near Charleston or Savannah. But of course we can’t tell where they are going to attack, & must keep up our constant watch all along the line. I have a great [Page 2] deal of work to do to put my district in a more defensive condition, & the two extremes of my line (Ashepoo Battery & Combahee Ferry) being at least 10 miles apart, it gives me all I can do. The Q. M. at Green Pond has kindly loaned me a Sulkey harness & a horse, which gives me a much pleasanter way of getting along, & spells my noble little Hardtimes. By the by, darling, how did he get that name? I have been busy at the Ferry, most of the day, engineering. I took a late dinner with Mr. Chas. Lowndes, by invitation. Mrs. L. presided at the table. She is quite intelligent, but too affected in manner to please me. Lowndes is a very fine old fellow, & a genuine gentleman. His family are in Greenville, but Mrs. L. has just run down to see him for a short while. I did not get a letter from you on yesterday, as I expected. I hope to get the letter tomorrow. I expect the drawers, too, tomorrow. I am so sleepy & weary, I feel like dropping right down on my bed. I dream of you, Lottie, nearly every night. And of Oddy, Pa and Ma. My dreams of Ma & [Rest of letter is missing.] 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, March 15, 1863 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 to Lottie that he has been put in command of General Walker's left flank and is very proud of this honor. The prisoners that they captured on Hilton Head gave no useful information but they expect an attack soon. He also writes that he has been given a horse and that he dined with Mr. Charles Lowndes and his wife. 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 1863-03-15 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] On the Georgia R.R. Thursday, May 7th/63 My own dear wife We have just fairly left Augusta, & I have taken out my paper to write you a little when-ever we stop, for I can’t write well this way. It is now nearly 12 P.M., and we left Augusta at 11 ¼. I did not see Henry, as I expected, and I fear I will miss Esther. The first time we stop I will continue. Well, my darling, we made our first stop about 16 miles from Augusta. I really feel relieved now that we have passed the homes of our men. The Col. left me at Branchville. On the So. Ga. Road, four of our companies passed their homes, & over 100 have stopped to say good bye, though without permission. I have left officers at Augusta to bring them on, though I do not regard them as deserters. Many of these poor fellows have not seen their families in over a year. 43 from one company, & 34 from another left us between George’s Station and Branchville. I will mail this letter at Atlanta, D.V. & you must write to me, my darling, & direct to Jackson, Miss. I will write to Billy from this train & [Page 2] mail at Atlanta. The place we stopped at was quite a beautiful place, where the passenger trains stop for dinner. I suppose there were twenty ladies on the platform, waving their handkerchiefs and a large Confederate flag, & with roses in abundance. A large very pretty rose was sent me, with the announcement that it was from a lady of Charleston. They are boarding at that pretty place, & are refugees. The ladies all along wave their handkerchiefs to us, & give the men flowers, when we stop. Henry’s Brigade was ordered to Jackson, with us, but he managed to get his battalion out of the order, & will remain in Savannah. I suppose our destination will be somewhere near Vicksburg. At any rate direct to Jackson until you hear otherwise. It is now 3 ½ P.M. & Bowie proposes that we take something to eat. 4 ½ P.M. We took some bread & ham, my angel, & some hard boiled eggs, & are now stopped for wood & water about 57 miles from Augusta. How unfortunate for me that I left my cap & glass! You might send the cap by mail, but the glass you must not risk. Yesterday evening, about sunset, I [Page 3] sat down in the conductor’s room of our car, & thought of you, my sweet, precious wife, & my dear Frank & Sue, getting ready for bed, & now, this afternoon, as the sunset hour approaches, I see my little girl, with her feet in the tub, & Frank’s pretty little form, sitting in the water, & their dear mother with them. We are off again. As we get to Atlanta just before day I may not have an opportunity to mail this, so I will drop it in one of the first Post Offices I come to now. We are now 75 miles, & have just caught up with the 8th Geo. Batt. It is nearly sunset, & I expect that my angels are all upstairs. I will write you, my dear angel, all along the way, & as soon as we get to Jackson. Keep your brave, noble heart, my Lottie, & may God’s blessings be ever with you. I will never cease to see you, & Frank, at the window, as you stood there, to wave me good bye. My noble little son kissed me, as though he knew that I was going away. I have written to Billy. Mr Sage or Ben White will meet you in Charleston, with great pleasure. I wrote that Bissell didn’t have the [Page 4] shoes, & that Mr Sage would try and get them for you. You must not hesitate to write him, Lottie, & regard Lady as simply crazy. Sage came to the Depot to see me off, & was as delicate & affectionate in his attention as Oddy would have been. Our Quartermaster is in Charleston, & I will not be able to draw my pay until he comes. Clarence has just come in to say that we wait here, an hour, for the mail train, so I will devote it to you, & [illegible] until it is too dark to write. I will be “too” anxious to hear from you. I gave Mr Stevens $10 to get stamps, & told him to tell you that I wanted you to send me $5 worth. You can send me $1 at a time, until you send the $5. When you write direct thus: Lt. Col. E. Capers, 24th, S.C.V., Gists Brigade, Jackson, Miss. While it occurs to me, my dear Lottie darling, let me remind you that Billy owes me $50 you know. Take care of his note. It will be good. I asked him about the check, & you can talk to him about it when you see him. As soon as you can do so, my darling, I want you to move. [Page 5] I believe Charleston will be attacked, & I want you settled before then. You must write to Billy fixing the day when he is to meet you in Charleston, & give him time to answer you. Tell him I say you will pay his expenses. How did the sugar & biscuits suit? I have $2.50 for (a pound) the crush sugar! and $1.25 for the lump of camphor. My darling, when I think of the absolute distress, & heart & physical suffering of so many of my men, who leave their families, after an absence of many months, totally, in many cases, dependent upon the charities of the state, & many of these men, high loved & sensitive poor men. Oh! how grateful I am, that my dear angels, are cared for & comfortable. My position, or comfort, is nothing in my eyes. Yours is everything. It is growing dark, my sweet wife. This time, day before yesterday, we were playing with our dear little boy in his crib. I trust he is well, & that Sue’s cough is better. Good bye for this time, my dear Lottie. Kiss my little ones. Love to [illegible] & all. Your 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 7, 1863 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 of his journey from Augusta to Jackson, Mississippi by train. He tells Lottie that many men have left to see their families and that ladies wait for the soldiers at the different stations to give them roses. He also tells Lottie that he wants her to leave Charleston because he thinks it will be attacked. He tells her how much he misses her and the children and how grateful he is that they are safe and comfortable when so many others are not. 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 1863-05-07 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. 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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] On the West Point & Atlantic R.R. Ga. Friday Morning, May 8th/63 8 A.M. My angel - We got to Atlanta before day, & left about an half hour ago. The 8th Geo. Batt. just ahead & the 46th Geo. & the 16th S.C.V. just behind, in sight. We are stopped here for a moment. Really I have laughed a great deal this morning. Every house, station, village, or town we pass, the ladies, old & young, & the children, white & black, (we are off!) flock to wave their handkerchiefs & hands, & in (stopped again 9 A.M.) some cases confederate flags. Our men wave their hats & shout at the top of their voices. Clarence, who is all life & fun, & Holmes & [illegible], went out on the platform, & would shout “good bye” and halloo at the most amusing rate, & really it occurred so often, & the dear, noble women seemed so much in earnest, that the “good bye” of Clarence and [illegible] seemed a farce. Tell Frank a little boy about his size had (off again) (stopped 10 A.M.) a little flag in his hand, and waved it with all his might. I missed brother at Atlanta. The morning papers give us [Page 2] the sad news of Lieut. Van Dorn’s death, & an interesting account of Lieut. Forrest’s successful pursuit of the Strait’s Yankee Raiders. I send it to you as I read it in a separate envelope. (Off) We are all getting along pretty well. Expect to get to West Point, which is the terminus of this [illegible] and just on the line between Georgia and Alabama, about 3 or 4 this afternoon. I doubt if we get off from West Point before tomorrow. I mailed my first letter to you last night at “Union Point”, on the Geo. R.R. and will mail this, D.V. at La Grange, Geo. and again one at West Point. Now we are off. As we pass the mail train at La Grange, I will mail this at the next station, so as it may go by today’s train. I hope you may get my letters safely. At Atlanta we boiled some eggs & rice, fried some ham & bought some warm baker’s bread, & I enjoyed my breakfast very much. I mail this at [illegible], 51 miles from Atlanta. Always kiss my dear children for me. Good bye, my angel Lottie. Your 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 8, 1863 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 from aboard the West Point and Atlantic Railroad. He tells Lottie about the women and children who come out to wave to the soldiers as they go by and how some of the soldiers yell at them in return. He also remarks on some news in the paper as well as when he will mail letters and what he had for breakfast that morning. 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 1863-05-08 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. 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/491 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1, Box 3, Folder 11 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