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PAGE.
BIOGRAPHICAL 373
FACING PAGE.
BEE, BARNARD E. 392
BONHAM, M. L. 392
BRATTON, JOHN 392
BUTLER, M. C. 380, 392
CAPERS, ELLISON 1, 409
CHARLESTON, DEFENSES Between pages 296 and 297
CHESTNUT, JAMES 392
CONNOR, JAMES 416
DRAYTON, THOS. F. 392
DUNOVANT, JOHN 392
ELLIOTT, STEPHEN, JR. 392
EVANS, N. G. 392
FERGUSON, S. W. 416
GARY, M. W. 392
GIST, S. R. 416
GREGG, MAXCY 416
HAGOOD, JOHNSON 416
HONEY HILL, BATTLE 356
HUGER, BENJAMIN 409
JENKINS, MICAH 416
JONES, DAVID R. 416
KENNEDY, JOHN D. 416
KERSHAW, J. B. 409
LOGAN, J. M. 416
MCGOWAN, SAMUEL 409
MANIGAULT, A. M. 409
PERRIN, ABNER 409
PRESTON, JOHN S. 416
RIPLEY, ROSWELL S. 409
SOUTH CAROLINA Between pages 372 and 373
STEVENS, C. H. 409
VILLEPIGUE, J. B. 409
WALLACE, W. H. 409
SOUTH CAROLINA
BRIG.-GEN. ELLISON CAPERS.
INTRODUCTORY.
The writer of the following sketch does not attempt, in the space assigned him, to give a complete history of the various commands of Carolinians, who for four years did gallant and noble service in the armies of the Confederacy.
A faithful record of their names alone would fill the pages of a volume, and to write a history of their marches and battles, their wounds and suffering, their willing sacrifices, and their patient endurance, would demand more accurate knowledge, more time and more ability than the author of this sketch can command.
He trusts that in the brief history which follows he has been able to show that South Carolina did her duty to herself and to the Southern Confederacy, and did it nobly.
SPIRIT OF SECESSION--THE STATE MILITIA--CHARLESTON AND THE FORTS--THE VIOLATED AGREEMENT--MAJOR ANDERSON OCCUPIES FORT SUMTER--SOUTH CAROLINA OCCUPIES PINCKNEY AND MOULTRIE--THE STAR OF THE WEST--FORT SUMTER SURRENDERED--CAROLINIANS IN VIRGINIA--BATTLE OF MANASSAS.
From the time that the election of the President was declared, early in November, 1860, the military spirit of the people of South Carolina was thoroughly awake. Secession from the Union was in the air, and when it came, on the 20th of December following, it was received as the ultimate decision of duty and the call of the State to arms. The one sentiment, everywhere expressed by the vast majority of the people, was the sentiment of independence; and the universal resolve was the determination to maintain the secession of the State at any and every cost.
The militia of the State was, at the time, her only arm of defense, and every part of it was put under orders.
Of the State militia, the largest organized body was the Fourth brigade of Charleston, commanded by Brig.-Gen. James Simons. This body of troops was well organized, well drilled and armed, and was constantly under the orders of the governor and in active service from the 27th of December, 1860, to the last of April, 1861. Some of the commands continued in service until the Confederate regiments, battalions and batteries were organized and finally absorbed all the effective material of the brigade.
This efficient brigade was composed of the following commands:
First regiment of rifles: Col. J. J. Pettigrew, Lieut.-Col. John L. Branch, Maj. Ellison Capers, Adjt. Theodore G. Barker, Quartermaster Allen Hanckel, Commissary L. G. Young, Surg. George Trescot, Asst. Surg. Thomas L. Ozier, Jr. Companies: Washington Light Infantry, Capt. C. H. Simonton; Moultrie Guards, Capt. Barnwell W. Palmer; German Riflemen, Capt. Jacob Small; Palmetto Riflemen, Capt. Alex. Melchers; Meagher Guards, Capt. Edward McCrady, Jr.; Carolina Light Infantry, Capt. Gillard Pinckney; Zouave Cadets, Capt. C. E. Chichester.
Seventeenth regiment: Col. John Cunningham, Lieut.-Col. William P. Shingler, Maj. J. J. Lucas, Adjt. F. A. Mitchel. Companies: Charleston Riflemen, Capt. Joseph Johnson, Jr.; Irish Volunteers, Capt. Edward McGrath; Cadet Riflemen, Capt. W. S. Elliott; Montgomery Guards, Capt. James Conner; Union Light Infantry, Capt. David Ramsay; German Fusiliers, Capt. Samuel Lord, Jr.; Palmetto Guards, Capt. Thomas W. Middleton; Sumter Guards, Capt. Henry C. King; Emmet Volunteers, Capt. P. Grace; Calhoun Guards, Capt. John Fraser.
First regiment of artillery: Col. E. H. Locke, Lieut.-Col. W. G. De Saussure, Maj. John A. Wagener, Adjt. James Simmons, Jr.
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