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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 16: (search)
gades, 1 battery. Corps of cavalry, Major-General Forrest, operating on Bragg's right: Armstrong. At Jay's mill, near the bridge, Brannan met Forrest, and the battle of the 19th was opened. ForrForrest pushed Brannan back, the latter was reinforced by Baird's division, and Walker (marching from Alexander's bridge toward Forrest's battle) sent two of his brigades, Ector's and Wilson's, to ForreForrest's support. Brannan and Baird were driving Forrest back to Jay's mill when Ector and Wilson cameForrest back to Jay's mill when Ector and Wilson came up, and then in turn Baird and Brannan were driven, artillery and prisoners captured. Thomas now , Baird and Brannan were checking and holding Forrest. General Bragg sent up Cheatham's divisionlker, and were handsomely repulsed; meanwhile Forrest holding fast the right. Finally, near night,art, six divisions of eighteen brigades, with Forrest's cavalry, had been squarely in action. Thr did not arrive until II p. m. on the 19th. Forrest was well out on the right, in front of McDona[3 more...]
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
enlisted in the cavalry command of the famous John C. Morgan, beginning as a corporal, soon afterward being promoted to second sergeant, and acting as orderly-sergeant until July, 1863, when he was transferred with the McFarland battalion to General Forrest's cavalry command. He was put in command of a body of couriers, and just before the battle of Chickamauga earned the favorable attention of Gen. William Preston, of Kentucky, by his gallantry and success in carrying a message to Colonel Kelderate cruiser Nashville at Southampton, he sailed with that vessel as a seaman, in February, 1862, reaching Beaufort late in the same month. He was at once commissioned a master's mate in the Confederate navy, and was ordered to report to Commodore Forrest at Richmond. Being assigned to the gunboat Beaufort, under Lieut. W. H. Parker, at Norfolk, he took part in the attempt to force the Monitor to action April 11th. Subsequently at Richmond he was assigned to duty on a floating battery on t