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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)
rshaw reached the Dyer house, almost in rear of Brotherton's and half a mile beyond the Chattanooga road. Manigault reached a point on Kershaw's left and in line with his advance, the divisions of Preston, Hindman, Kershaw and Hood driving the Federal right to Snodgrass and drawing around that point. Here followed the hardest and most prolonged struggle of the day. The order of the divisions was somewhat broken up, and brigades went in wherever they could assist in a charge. About 5 p. m. Gracie and Kelly, from Preston's; McNair, with Culpeper's battery, from Johnson's; Anderson from Hindman's, and Law from Hood's, with Kershaw's brigade, all directed by Kershaw, moved on the front and east of Snodgrass, while Hindman with Manigault's and Deas' brigades, Johnson with Gregg's, and Preston with Trigg's, attacked the west flank. This, says Kershaw, was one of the heaviest attacks on a single point I ever witnessed! The brigades went in in magnificent order. For an hour and a half th
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
t Marye's hill, where Kershaw was in command after General Cobb was wounded; at Chancellorsville he was an active participant, and at Gettysburg he and his brigade were conspicuous in the defeat of Sickles at the peach orchard. Reaching the field of Chickamauga in time for the fighting of September 20th, he was in the grand line of veterans with which Longstreet overwhelmed the Federals, commanding McLaws' division, and in the last grand assault on George H. Thomas also commanding McNair's, Gracie's, Kelly's and Anderson's brigades. He drove the enemy into their lines at Chattanooga, and subsequently participated in the Knoxville campaign, at Bean's Station and other engagements commanding the division. In the same command he went into the Wilderness campaign of May, 1864, checked the Federal success on May 6th with his veterans, sweeping the enemy from his front and capturing his works. He was riding with Longstreet and Jenkins when these two generals were wounded, and fortunately
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)
n the engagements at Walthall Junction, Swift Creek, Drewry's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Wier Bottom church, Second Cold Harbor, Frayser's Farm, Riddle's Shop, the three days battle at Petersburg and the subsequent fighting in the trenches until the battle of Reams' Station, August 21st, when the brigade made a desperate fight and was almost destroyed under the concentric fire of the enemy. Lieutenant Thomas continued on duty with the survivors of his command on the Peterburg lines, serving at Gracie's salient and Fort Harrison and on the Darbytown road. He was subsequently with the force which attempted to relieve Fort Fisher and was engaged in battle at Fort Johnson, Wilmington, Black River, New Bern and Kinston. He was slightly wounded in the head before Petersburg. After the close of hostilities Lieutenant Thomas resided at Greenville until 1872, meanwhile serving four years as judge of the Sixth judicial circuit. Since then he has been engaged with much success in the practice o