1 10 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/39779/archive/files/5383b3af5093c948633fd69ca0552de7.pdf?Expires=1777507200&Signature=hkJ%7E6f0NI74PVqqrnbOhfy7aXe5DBqtqncTcfpKUm2N-RGtztJifSZTeDP3UrNFsF8SBh6KsBZXcrpFj1LM3l2f0YFQ1z%7EqcCTKcS1eU0rphGty8rYq8WcE5JhzkrvbT1TJrE3lSPtIffD8RMd%7EZNqHP63hJSx8sXFEq97L%7EJRNwQNc-J9sDkyG7hKVMeza3jjm7hyAcnEmvcrjnCamZo6hvCHMWbtN2KRtV1v78P9lRRG79Ufnwk5zlkFvUecYhLjG040-gIvBSh7AlklYeMH4dZ1W%7ESdTD0xxB%7EEiJaiCAXy5bGq7eKhBv2Xf%7E1WNcmqPJsdvUicvNWihaHzR0yg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 2069ed21a2b04a3a99cc9b9906bfd725 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 at Rockville Wadmalaw Island S. C. Dec 6th 1861 My precious wife, I have an opportunity to send a letter to the post office today, and embrace it to write to you, my own darling Lottie. I was detained in Charleston until Wednesday morning when I left on Hardtimes for the camp. I rode the 28 miles in 4 hours and a half, finding my horse as fresh when I arrived as when I had started. If you will look on the map, in the dining room, you will see the road leading from the city to this place. It crosses the new Bridge and goes on to [illegible] Ferry, over Stono, then down John’s and Wadmalaw Island to this place. It is situated near the North Edisto River & within four miles of the sea. We can hear the roar, of the sea, & the heavy echo of the enemy’s siege guns at Port Royal very distinctly. Rockville is the New Hope of the Wadmalaw planters, but unlike New Hope it is a beautiful spot. It is right on a high bluff of Bohicket Creek, which runs into North Edisto about 3 ½ miles from its mouth, and cuts off Seabrook’s Island from Wadmalaw. There are two churches in the village, an Episcopalian and Presbyterian. Of course the village is deserted, and we are going to take down the near little steeple to the church today, as it is a landmark in the U.S Coast survey. The smoking plantations on Edisto Island fill me with alternate feelings of pride and [Page 2] sadness. Oh! How many hearths are made almost desolate! Better to be as we are, without ever having planted a tree on “the dearest spot in all the world”, than to see the precious spot in ruins! But better, far better, this, than that a single home should be polluted by the Yankee Vandals who invade our soil. We have, darling, but one spot & on that spot is planted an evergreen that, thank God, can never fade! An eternal flower! Our Angel Kate. I wrote you that I visited our little garden on the morning I left the city. As soon as I can, I will have a fence put around it, for all of the larger plants have been eaten off by cows. I am very sorry I could not settle on the sale of mamas house for her - I did not send you the ten in the last letter as I said I would. I want you daring, to make me a bed sack, and put an opening in the middle of it which can be closed with buttons, or better, with string. If you have not already made them you need not make the leggings. I am quite well, except for this new water I am drinking. I will take your prescription, darling, and hope it will put all right. You know Mr. Stevens has offered [illegible] the Majority. Be sure you tear up the last letter I wrote you. Kiss my dear little boy & may God bless you, Lottie, my own precious wife. I am ever thinking of you and whenever I put on the warm cap you made for me. I prize it more [Page 3 - written on side of Page 2] because Lottie, my dear Lottie, made it for me! Be cheerful my darling and prayerful & hopeful and all will be well. I hope Peter gets up safely. Love to all. Good bye my Angel. E. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, December 6, 1861 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-12-06 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/7 Subject The topic of the resource United States--History, Military United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Description An account of the resource Capers writes to Lottie from Wadmalaw Island. He says that he rode his horse, Hardtimes, from Charleston to their camp. He describes the location, and says that he saw the smoking plantations on Edisto Island. Capers asks Lottie to make him a bed sack, and says that he no longer needs leggings. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1, Box 1, Folder 47 Relation A related resource Ellison Capers Collection Date Valid Date (often a range) of validity of a resource. 1860-1869 Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Citadel Class of 1857