3 10 43 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/39779/archive/files/5781896b1951a472df60903b3541ba3a.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=WrNLbQFF1IEbPpDfVu7jfSjQivpqxX6QG9jXkB-fCbQT1n50kITvic6AQo7LqYwaoczACuhw2HDWdF%7EyIOPfKzb2rZQrMehvfUj5TuCvm2pbaYOE1OxIcszwLAYsPPw77erBLLuEG5kaX7qpejINTX6TK5aFIq2iXvn%7EWZzAePFP2iOMsMpi6iZVNCtM8Wv1oIqp1F5NaCgFO77Ghd8hqy1VEHbG0FFqmC5AQ4EQxRF55eddMIqZq0PuJMgTHZlar6dtMpHleqIhZ4bPwL8OmTuVbSCJRiuzzT5pTT3HM12t5AxmsV82XOga8wTeH9BBtrsjr0O0-UleTdQKNZKHRw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM bd5549c99f7621ca724ae06a0709151f 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] 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. 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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. 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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] Tuesday Evening Tuscumbia Ala. Nov. 1st 1864 My own dear wife The army reached this point on yesterday. We have rested today & will probably rest here tomorrow. Our men need shoes & clothing which I hope will be issued here. We cross the Tenn. River opposite to this town, at Florence, & take up the march for Tenn. What our programme will be, our leaders alone know. We were promised a mail here today, but none has so far arrived. Our march from Decatur to this place was along the Memphis & C.L. R.R. & through the ample & beautiful valley of the Tenn. But the broad, noble fields are overgrown with dog fennel & broom grass, and the tall isolated chimneys of these once teeming plantations, standing amid the blackened ruins of homes once beautiful, speak to my heart a sad, sad comment on this great struggle. The fields are level, & the settlements (the few remaining) located off the road & in groves of oak & Osage orange, remind me of St John’s. I need not add, my dear one, that with every view which brings your old home to my mind, you, dearest Lottie, are always on my heart. It is a great trial to me not to be able to write you every day. But we have no mail, & have been, until reaching this point, clear away from Rail Roads. Now the cars run from Corinth to within 16 or 18 miles of this place. I send this by an officer who goes to Richmond. Get an atlas & look [illegible] the long, round about way from this army to [illegible]. I will [illegible] down for you: From [Page 2] Tuscumbia Ala. to Corinth Miss. Corinth to Meridian Miss. From Meridian to Demopolis, Selma & Montgomery Ala. Then on to Opelika Ala. & Columbus Ga. Macon & Augusta! It would take six days to go from Tuscumbia to S.C. I send you a little note by which you may see how many miles we have marched, & how constantly we have been on the go since we left Palmetto. I have not had the opportunity to study a line. I barely have time to read my prayer book. Our starting hour is daylight, & we get into camp from 4 to dark, every day, tired and dirty. Wednesday November 2nd 1864 My darling Lottie This is a damp, gloomy day. Just such a day, dear Lottie, as makes a fireside cosy. How dear & precious our fireside would be if we were permitted to enjoy it. But all such pleasures are adjudged secondary to the great first duty which the people of the South are paying the more; all covered with blood & tears as he is. I have not received the package you sent me by [illegible] yet. Willie has it, & he has not yet joined the army. It is a great disappointment to me, [illegible] of Genl. Beauregard’s staff, promised to get it for me but he has not so far. My bundle is with the S.C. Relief Society at Macon. What was in it? It will be a long time before I get your answer to this question. Well, my darling Lottie, it will be some time before I get a chance to write again. [Page 3] We cross the Tenn. Tomorrow or the day after, & I think we will march on Nashville. If Sherman follows us we may have to give him battle, in which event our Generals confidently expect to beat him. If he evacuates Atlanta & Rome & Georgia, we will have gained the object of our campaign. May God grant it. My health continues very good. I send you in this $20 which is a small sum to send you, my darling wife, but I send all I have. I have been obliged to buy a horse. Hardtimes & my brown horse have both failed. I have walked a good deal on our march. Tell Frank Pa names his new horse Woodfire, after Grandpa’s fine [illegible] horse he used to ride & drive in Anderson. I gave $19[00] for Woodfire. I hope he may take me safely into Tenn. Let one know, my darling Lot, how you are off for money. I want you to write a note to Mr. [illegible], at my request, to say that he need not send me the books named by the Bishop, as I can’t possibly study on this campaign. When I wrote for them at Jonesboro, I had no idea of this active campaign. I hope, my precious one, that you will receive this letter in good time, & that those sent you from [illegible words], Cedar Town, Gadsden & Decatur (six, including this) have arrived safely. If I get a chance while in Tenn. I will not omit to write to you, my dearest. If I get a letter from you before I leave Tuscumbia I will acknowledge it by telegram. I will write to Dr. Maxwell at Macon [Page 4] and get him to take care of my bundle for me. Maxwell is now a surgeon in one of the hospitals at Macon – Fair Grounds Hospital No. 2. I send you a note from him to read, which I rec’d by hand today. I must say farewell my dear Lottie. This absence is painful to me, my precious wife, but my hope is in God. He doeth all things well. Kiss my little ones for me my Lottie, & give much love to the family. May God keep & bless you. With all my heart, my own dear wife, Your devoted Ellie [Fragment from another undated letter] [Page 1] 3rd Page lose their votes (which are the principal votes) & yet have the appearance of being defeated, for I have no idea that I was elected by the vote of the people at home, though Bowie showed me my name on eight tickets in the Courier of the 8th inst. I desire it to be understood that the nomination was made without my knowledge, & came too late to be either withdrawn by me, or to meet the vote of my friends in the army. Besides, it is a line of duty inconsistent with my purpose for the future. If I should have been elected though, I will endeavor to be serviceable in that capacity. [Illegible], who has been to hospital, has just come in, & reports [illegible] on the way with a bundle & letter for me. I will write you again when he delivers them, my darling, [Page 2] and make two letters for you, by different hands, so that if you miss one, you may get the other. Goodbye, my dear Lottie. My health is excellent. I have no time for study, & barely time to read my prayer book night & morning. Kiss my dear little ones for me. Much love to the family. May God keep & bless you, my precious wife, & hasten the time of our reunion. Your devoted Ellie Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, November 1 and 2, 1864 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 1st, Capers describes to Lottie what he has seen on the march towards Tennessee including ruined plantations and overgrown fields and how it makes him miss her and their home. He then gives her a list of every place they have marched so far. In his letter on the 2nd, Capers writes about the mail and how it will be hard for him to send letters. He also asks her about money and that he has had to buy a new horse named Woodfire. He also asks her to stop the Bishop from sending him books since he will not have time to read them. In the fragment, he talks about his nomination to the Legislature. 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 1864-11-01 1864-11-02 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. 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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] South Bank Tennessee River Near Tuscumbia Ala. Nov. 12th 1864 My own, precious Lottie We got a mail this morning, and in it was a letter from my own wife to her Ellie. It was your letter, in pencil, written on the 31st of October, and acknowledging my letters from Gadsden, (one by Steinmeyer’s boy) and on the back, the money from Rev. B. by whom I suppose you mean Brother Branham. You also tell me of your going to C.G. on the 8th inst. and of Miss Betty [Illegible] visit, with the information of the departure of that sweet old gentleman, Mr. Iverson Graves. Peace & joy to his rest! I shall never forget the urbanity of his manner, and the genuineness of his spirit. His voice faltered as he kissed little Frank and said, “God bless you, my little son.” I felt that I was bidding him farewell, indeed, and that we would never meet again. I have never met anyone, who on so short an acquaintance, I was so much impressed with. I wrote you by a mail opportunity on day before yesterday, & I am sorry I sent the letter. I fear you will not understand it. I get so discouraged sometimes with the inefficiency of our army in all of its departments, that I lose all my confidence in it. We were delayed here the first 8 or 10 days getting up supplies, the weather all the time bad, & rain falling every day. For the past four days our Engineers (?) with their lazy, slow and undisciplined Corps, have been keeping us waiting, while they are piecing out the pontoon bridge, the boats we have not being sufficient to spare the broad, noble Tenn. I think we will certainly cross tomorrow morning [Page 2] Ben begs to be remembered to all. He sends his love to his wife. I have promised him a visit to her Christmas, whether I go or not. Don’t give yourself any uneasiness, my dear angel, on my account. I am very comfortable, & have a plenty to eat. By the time the money, which I wrote Stradley to send you, reaches you, I hope you will have enough to do you until the 1st of Jan. by which time I will be able D.V. to send you more. In your letter of the 14th of Oct. you told me that you would have $100 after buying some supper, paying Dr. Coffin, etc. (I don’t want you to pay Sage.) I told Stradley to give [illegible] $20 & send the rest of my October pay, viz: $175, to you by mail. This, with the remittance from Oxford, will give you, with what you had before, enough to make $300, I hope. I wrote Aunt [illegible] a letter thanking her for her affectionate attention to you. I think of you daily, no, hourly, my dear, precious wife. Poor, and unworthy as they are, my prayers are for you and our cherished children. May God, our merciful Father, bless you & keep you. While I am reminded of it, let me ask you particularly, if you have received the [illegible] forms sent Frank, showing my losses, etc.? Don’t forget to answer this question. Continue to write me, and direct as before. I will get your letters, eventually, and when I do they rejoice my heart. My own lamb, give much love to Mamma, & remember me to the family. Take Frank & May in your arms, and hold them to your dear heart for your Ellie. Tell Frank Pa thinks all the while of him, & longs to kiss his dear little lips. I rejoice to know by your letter of the 17th (that by Randal) that May is improving. May God grant our children length of days & good health, my dear angel, and may they always be a blessing to you. Good bye, my own, loved, cherished wife. Ellison Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, November 12, 1864 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 telling Lottie he has received some of her letters including one which notifies him of the death of a Mr. Graves. He greatly admired this man and is sad to hear of his passing. He apologizes for sending Lottie a letter in which he complains about the inefficiency of the army but hopes that they will be able to cross the Tennessee River tomorrow. His servant, Ben, asks to be remembered to the family and then Capers discusses money with her. He closes the letter by telling her how much he loves her and their children. 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 1864-11-12 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] Near 1 O’clock P.M. Tuesday Nov 26 1861 My precious Lottie - I have just come in from my morning’s recitations, and am just now finished reading your two letters, one of them on Saturday & one on Sunday, and both received today. Thank you, my darling, for the expected bundle. You know how I will prize it. Master Peter has been annoying me for the last two nights with a violent cough, & yet he did not seem to have a cold, but just before I went into the section room I noticed his face and eyes quite red and upon examination have found the gentleman fairly into the measles! We have found several cases here and Dr. Wright is to be thanked for it all. So Peter is now rolled up in his blankets looking like the sun set. I have him on the floor in the company room which I occupy & have sent for the Doctor. He says he does not feel badly and if I had not found him out, it is not known how much longer he would have gone [Page 2] without telling me. Sage’s Packer is to be up here this afternoon to pack up our crockery and [illegible] and I will do the balance. When I get another letter from you I will know what day to give for Manning to send to the depot. The thimbles shall be forth coming, my darling, and what, in this world, is there which I would not do for my own precious wife? I am happy to say dear that my complaint is much better & that I experience no inconvenience from it. I took breakfast with Tady this morning and am to dine with White. The officers are very kind to invite me to meals & when they miss, I go for Tady or Aunt V. I will say, darling, I will tell you what progress I have made in determining my course. As I expected, Stevens has offered me a majority in his Legion - which is for a period of 12 months, and for the defense of our state in this her time of trial. This determined me to resign from the Citadel & my regiment and enter [Page 3] the Legion. But here comes an order from Genl. Ripley ordering the Regiment to John’s Island! Of course I can’t join them until my assignation is effected here. That is fixed in my letter to the Board, for Monday next. But if I join my Regiment on John’s Island I must give up the offer in Steven’s Legion, for he wants me to decide by Monday & go right into service! Suppose I go with my Regiment and after they have been on Service for one month the necessities of the case [illegible] & offer them relief from duty which I believe will be the case? Then I am out of the Citadel, lost the place for twelve months, in Steven’s Legion and my Regiment ordered home, I have nothing to do! Ain’t that a fix? I am almost made up in my mind to resign in the Regiment too & take Steven’s offer. It seems to me that it would be the wisest course, especially as I have resigned from the Citadel. What do you think, my angel. I know my dear wife that that your precious sympathy is mine [Page 4] and were it all I had in the world I would be rich indeed. I am rejoiced to know, darling, that Frank is so much better. I would be made happy to have you with me, Lottie dear, but as I am to be here no longer than this week, as a Professor, I would have no home for you. If I can, I will come up about the middle of next week and see you, but don’t be expecting it certainly, darling, for I may not be able to spare the time, I will write you again about this, however, I think that I will be coming, or send Peter up to you. Camp life does not suit him. I can not always be watching him, of course, and he is as imprudent as a baby - It is with strong regret that I am persuaded the winter will use him up in camp. What think you? I have just asked him which he will prefer, to back to camp, or Cherry Grove, & he decidedly prefers the old homestead. Friday Night - Yes, Lottie, I too, long to see you, my darling, day and night and with you shall commit by course to our good Father in Heaven, who doeth all things well. You do well (turn over to first page) [Page 5 - written across Page 1] to think of me as fighting the battles of freedom, without grief and it is your noble breast, and your own fine perception Lottie that inspires you with such feelings. I did not think of writing across the pages of my letter, and that is my excuse, darling, for the ten cent letter. But you sent me two letters by the same mail, and they cost ten cents, so where is the difference? But I would have paid ten dollars, darling, for either of them. And about tearing your letters, why I think that you ought to be glad to get that much of your letters for I found them out on a shelf! But you have not found out something about which my heart has felt ever since. I got home from your dear presence, and that is, that I left my sweet little blue picture of you! Oh! How I have missed it! The likeness on my heart satisfied the inward man, the [Page 6 - written across Page 2] soul of my love, but my eyes grow restless & weary and long to behold the image of the being that has full possession of my heart. I do not have disagreeable dreams of you, Lottie, nor have I been, nor do I intend to be, god being my helper, [illegible] or anything like it. So do not let such bad dreams trouble you. I send you this by mail a copy of the letter I addressed to the Board resigning my post here. White thinks I ought to resign but I can not agree with him and on that point my mind is fully made up. I certainly can not remain at the academy and fight the enemies of my state at the same time. Some of my friends want me to start a Regiment of my own but that would offer me if they will elect me to Colonel I will accept, but I have no heart for the pulling and hauling it would require. Oh! Me we never know [illegible] our best blessings till they take their [Page 7 - written across Page 3] flight! We know not the bright comforts of these until the calamities of war are upon us. Our dear little house never seemed so interesting to me as now when I get before its dismantled walls. Every spot has a charm for every spot speaks of Lottie and Kate and Frank! Good night my dear wife, may God bless you and our little boy. You may look for a letter from me by every mail. White & Thompson ask after you and send their love. Mrs. White told me just after tea that if I wrote I must say to you that she admires you very much. I forgot to tell you that Mr. Henry Stevens has been exchanged and is now in Richmond. The family are perfectly delighted. Good night Lottie, love, and sweet dreams from your Ellison. P.S. Thursday Night - My dear Lottie - This has been a busy day with me & [illegible] & I have been hard at it packing up our things and have [Page 8 - written across Page 4] not finished yet. I will charter a car tomorrow after I get your letter in which I expect you to tell me which depot [illegible] will send to. I will see them all put into the car and they will go up on Monday morning at 8 o’clock. When I come up we can arrange when mama will send for them. My Regt. has been ordered to Johns Island and left last night. This of course fixed my determination as they go to the presence of the enemy and I have resigned my post here and abandoned all idea of Steven’s legion and I will run up to see you dearest before I go to the Island. My resignation goes into effect on Monday. I will go up to [illegible] on Friday and [illegible] will have a horse to meet me and if you get this in time beg mama to send on Friday afternoon to Mr. Cains for me, so that I can get to Cherry Grove by night. I have made arrangements to get to Mr. Cains from the depot so I need not come only [illegible] I was fearful some accident may happen to this [Page 9] letter, so made more of a rise to Mr. Cain’s, and if I do not meet Lee there, I will get a buggy & ride on up, as my time with you, my angel, will be precious. Peter is better, I will send him up with the things on Monday, I think. Good night, my dear wife, & love to all. Your Ellie (Note: On the other side of this page, written in pencil, “At the Post Office, Thursday morning. The mail just opened, darling, & no letter from Lottie. E.”) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, November 26, 1861 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-11-26 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/6 Subject The topic of the resource United States--Military history United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Description An account of the resource Capers writes that Peter has the measles. He says that he is well, and is considering resigning from The Citadel to join Stevens, but has been ordered to a regiment on Johns Island. He asks Lottie's opinion, and says that he knows he has her sympathy. He says that Peter is unhappy with camp life and asks if he should send him back home. He writes about the cost of mailing letters, and how much he loves Lottie. Capers continues his letter later in the week, and says that his regiment was ordered to Johns Island, and that he has resigned from The Citadel. He says that Peter is better, and will be sent home with their things. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1, Box 1, Folder 46 Relation A related resource Ellison Capers Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Charleston County (S.C.) Date Valid Date (often a range) of validity of a resource. 1860-1869 Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. 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After graduation he taught at The Citadel before joining the Confederacy. By the end of the Civil War, Capers had been appointed Brigadier General. After the war, Capers entered the ministry. In 1887 he was consecrated assistant bishop of South Carolina. The Ellison Capers Collection at The Citadel Archives includes letters and diaries dated between 1861 and 1865. This digital collection includes letters written by Capers to his wife Lottie during the war and a diary he kept from July of 1862 through November of 1863. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1865 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/collections/show/4 Subject The topic of the resource United States--Military history United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--History, Military Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Citadel Class of 1857 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] Bivouac 24th S.C.V Tuscumbia Ala. Nov. 5 1864 My dear, precious wife We have been unexpectedly delayed here receiving our tardy and scant supplies of Qr. Masters & commissary stores. When we reached this place I reported 23 barefooted men, and 113 men who actually needed shoes, not to refer to the wants for blankets & clothing. On yesterday they gave me 26 prs. of shoes to fill out my report! 16 prs. of pants, etc.! I see by Mr. Bryce’s speech in Columbia, that he thinks of these things. Our delay here may frustrate the Tenn. campaign, though a day or two more will decide. I sent you a telegram on yesterday of five words, & what do you think, my darling, I had to pay for it? $9 ½! I could have sent ten words for the same, but did not know it until my dispatch had gone. I send you, by my old Qr. Master Addison, a letter written on the 2nd, and containing $20. That letter, dear Lottie, made the 5th I had written you since leaving Palmetto. Only five letters, in a period of five weeks, written to my own Lottie! It was a trial to my heart, my dearest one. I would think of you on the march, & when we halted at night, I would long for a mail opportunity. This is our fifth day here, and no mail yet! I begin to look for [illegible]. When he comes he ought to bring me a letter, & my boots. Your letter, written on the 14th ult., came in good time, & I believe is about as late a date [Page 2] as any of my friends have from S.C. Wm. Henry Cain dined with me today, & said his last letter was dated the 7th ult. Ben gave me a right good dinner. I left it entirely to him. He will do anything if you praise him a little, or attach an importance to the duty you require, & seem to rely upon his capacity to accomplish it. But he does not bear surveillance well, & if disciplined, it must be constantly kept up. He can’t bear to be rebuked or reproved. I find him most invaluable to me. I suppose you will go to C.G. by the last of this month. I will continue to direct (sunset, just now, my bundle is handed me by a gentleman just from Macon) to Aiken until about the 20th D.V. when I will write to C.G. Sunday Nov. 6th 1864 No signs of a move this morning. Sherman makes golden hours of our delay. I fear we will have no campaign into Tenn. Well, we have changed Sherman’s plans & relieved the pressure in Georgia, if we go no further. I examined the contents of my bundle with much interest. The shirts are very nice. I will write M.V. a note by this mail opportunity & thank her for so comfortable & elegant a present. The gloves, Lot, are the very thing. They come up well over the wrists. The fingers are just right, and they have very good shape. The worsted cap came in the very nick of time. So did the covering for my chest. I will direct this to C.G. as I expect you will be [Page 3] there by the time it reaches S.C. I allow [illegible] to go to Charleston. He will mail this there. I want you to write to him, directing to Mr. Sage’s care, so that he may know whether to call at Kalmia on his way back, or not, for my bundle containing my pants and C. If you have it at C.G. send it to Sage by first opportunity, so that George can get it there. I will direct him to call at Sage’s. My health continues excellent, my darling. I read the extracts you sent me, & send them back to you. You must not allow my views to disturb your mind, dearest. You do not understand me, I see, however, and we will let the subject drop. Though I can not forbear the expression of some mortification at your intimation of my being a little dashed with crazy! I send you all the spare envelopes I have. Don’t send me any more. I do [Page 4] not like to use them. I will finish this tomorrow, dearest. Monday Nov. 7 – The indications are this morning, Lottie dear, that we will cross the Tenn. day after tomorrow. I will send George [illegible] tomorrow. We have had a great deal of rain, so far, this month. Oct. was a most lovely month. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, November 5, 6 and 7, 1864 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 5th, Capers states that the army has been delayed in crossing the Tennessee River due to a delay in supplies. He reports the large number of men who are in need of shoes and other necessities and the small amount that is actually given to them. He talks about the cost of sending a telegram and how the mail is very slow. He also mentions his servant, Ben, and his character. In his letter on the 6th, Capers tells Lottie that there is still no sign of movement of the army and he wonders if the campaign will happen at all. He also describes the contents of a bundle he receives including shirts and a cap and gloves. He closes the letter by discussing where a new bundle should be sent as well as some extracts that Lottie sent. In his short letter on the 7th, Capers states that they are going to cross the Tennessee River the day after tomorrow. 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 1864-11-05 1864-11-06 1864-11-07 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] Still in Bivouac Tuscumbia – Tuesday Nov. 8th 1864 My darling wife The rain still comes, & locks our wheels. But a start for Tenn. is spoken of tomorrow, though I have not yet received anything official on the subject. My dear angel, I too long to see you & our little ones. Bless my boy. My heart warms to the dear fellow. Tell him Pa has a fine deer story to tell him, which shall be a true story. Give Mamma my warmest thanks for the shirts & flannel, & remember me to the family. Did you ever get a note I wrote you, on the eve of going into Battle of Jonesboro on the 31st of Aug.? I gave it to Maxwell to mail for me. I want you to put my scarf in my bundle if you have the bundle with you. Otherwise, never mind. And now, my dear wife, good bye. Take good care of yourself, & may God keep you. Kiss the children for me, darling, over & over again. Your dearest husband 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, November 8, 1864 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 a short letter stating that the army still has not left for Tennessee on account of bad weather but they may leave tomorrow. He asks Lottie to tell Frank that he has a deer story to tell him and to thank his mother for the shirts and flannels. He asks Lottie to send him his scarf, if possible, and if she received a note he wrote her on the eve of the Battle of Jonesboro. 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 1864-11-08 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/514 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1, Box 3, Folder 44 Relation A related resource Ellison Capers Collection Date Valid Date (often a range) of validity of a resource. 1860-1869 Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. 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After graduation he taught at The Citadel before joining the Confederacy. By the end of the Civil War, Capers had been appointed Brigadier General. After the war, Capers entered the ministry. In 1887 he was consecrated assistant bishop of South Carolina. The Ellison Capers Collection at The Citadel Archives includes letters and diaries dated between 1861 and 1865. This digital collection includes letters written by Capers to his wife Lottie during the war and a diary he kept from July of 1862 through November of 1863. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Capers, Ellison 1837-1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1865 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] Near Tuscumbia Ala. Wednesday Nov. 9th 1864 My own dear Lottie We made a start on yesterday afternoon for the Tenn. but the incessant rain stopped us short. It is now raining in torrent, with every prospect of a prolonged wet, season. What a contrast to beautiful, bright October! It was really the most lovely month I ever experienced. [Illegible] started off on yesterday for Charleston. He was illy clad, had no shoes, and I thought I would not take him on the Tenn. tramp. I sent you a letter by him, containing several spare envelopes, which I had in my Portfolio. I also sent my pay account for October to the Qr. Master at Selma, who is a friend of mine, & asked him to cash it for me, and enclose one hundred & seventy five ($175) by mail to you. I trust that it may go safely. I think it [Page 2] will. I fear, from your letter sent me in the bundle, that you may need money before this October remittance reaches you. I don’t want you to buy things for me, my darling wife, with the money I send you. It is scarcely enough to supply yourself and the children, and I desire your wants met. I am very comfortable, and doing very well indeed. If I had my pants & boots (the latter Minnis will bring, I am sure) I would want for nothing. 1 P.M. A cold wind has just sprung up from the south, which may bring us the sunshine. I hope it may. I send this by Holmes, who goes to the rear completely used up by our exposures & fatigues. My own health is fine & excellent. What a great blessing good health is! I am annoyed that I can do no [Page 3] studying. Every whit of my time is employed, & when we stop a day, or so, or delay a week, even, as we have done here, I am employed fixing up my command, and in a hundred little ways, officially, which consumes time. I have all the head work to do in my Regt. My officers are willing & ready, but incompetent. The weight of the impact of that word is pregnant with great issues. Incompetence! It is a vampire, everywhere in our army – sucking the very life blood of all our efforts. Kiss my little darlings for their anxious father, & my dear Lottie, my own precious, most cherished angel, accept the assurance of your Ellie’s constant devotion. May God keep 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, November 9, 1864 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 army has finally set off towards the Tennessee River but had to stop again on account of torrential rain. He tells Lottie that he will send her money from his October pay and that she should not spend it on items for him. He also wishes that he had time to study but says he is constantly employed in fixing his command. His officers are incompetent and in his opinion, incompetence runs rampant through the army. 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 1864-11-09 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] Bivouac at Gadsden Ala. Friday October 21st ‘64 My precious wife I wrote you from Cedar Town Ga. on the 9th inst. and sent the letter by Minnis. I hope you have received it several days since. This army has been marching every day since we crossed the Chattahoochee on the 29th of Sept. last. From Cedar Town we marched up to the R.R. & made a finish of it to Resaca to Tunnel Hill. Our Corps (now com’d by Chatham) destroyed the road from Dalton to Tunnel Hill, & our division did the work at Dalton, capturing the garrison of 750 negro soldiers & 100 whites. I spent my birthday in part tearing up R.R. & on the march from Dalton to Villanow, which is 15 miles south west of Dalton. Our army is here now, having arrived last night. We will take up the march again this afternoon for Northern Ala. and Tenn. This is a great undertaking & I trust that the spirit of God may go along with it. If you look on the map you will see what a march we have performed. From Jonesboro to Palmetto, Powder Springs, Cedar Town, Cane Spring, across the Coosa & up to Resaca, Dalton, & Tunnel Hill, & then down to Villanow, Alpine & now here at Gadsden; in all a march of 257 miles. We are very much fatigued my darling when we stop to camp at night. We have had two mails since we left Palmetto, one [Page 2] at Cedar Town and the other at this place. I send this by an opportunity to be mailed in So. Ca. D.V. Such a length of time has never before passed without my writing to you my dear Lottie. I am so much engaged, & our march is so constant that I have not had time to write you at night and our starts are always at daylight. We are halting here to get shoes for our bare footed men; of whom I have 20 in my regiment. I omitted to tell you that my Regt. was sent out to hold a gap in Taylor’s Ridge, near Villanow. The enemy, in force, pressured me heavily, & I lost some 20 of my men, three of my best officers captured. Sherman is said to be following us, but I doubt if he is, in force. If he really is, however, I can’t see how it will affect our march toward Tenn. I was gratified at the kind manner in which I was nominated for the Legislature, but I am very sorry that I did not see the nomination in time to withdraw my name. The first I knew of it, was in your letter & Bowie’s paper rec’d at Cedar Town on the night of the 8th. The election day being the 11th, only three days from that time. I had no mail, nor telegraphic opportunities by which I could withdraw, yet I wrote to the courier so doing and sent my note to [illegible]. My men, who would have gladly voted for me, knew nothing of it, & I suppose the Charleston Soldiers in Va. did not know of it and so I will [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, October 21, 1864 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 the recent movements of the army and what he has been doing. He tells her the places they have marched to and that it adds up to 257 miles. He apologizes for not writing more and states that the only reason they have stopped in Gadsden is so the bare footed men could get shoes. He also mentions that he was nominated for the Legislature and was gratified but has heard nothing about it and could not withdraw on account of not having mail or telegraphic access. 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 1864-10-21 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/510 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived A1961.1, Box 3, Folder 39 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