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Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, June 16, 1862
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…