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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 21: (search)
s, but to spare dwellings and schools and charitable institutions; and he declares that before a single building was fired by his order, the city was in flames spread by cotton burning on the streets before he occupied the city; that the whole of Woods' division was brought in to fight the fire; that he was up nearly all night, and saw Generals Howard, Logan, Woods and others laboring to save houses and protect families. Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames; but otWoods and others laboring to save houses and protect families. Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames; but others not on duty, including the officers who had long been imprisoned there, may have assisted in spreading the fire after it had once begun. General Hampton denies that any cotton was fired by his orders, also that any cotton was burning when the Federals entered the city. Abundant testimony has been given by the people of Columbia, both white and black, to the effect that the city was burned by the Federal soldiers. This is virtually admitted by General Slocum when he says: I believe the
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)
the war broke out, and enlisted with the Darlington Guards as early as December, 1860, as third sergeant. He served as such until the fall of Fort Sumter, after which the company returned home. He then, in company with other young patriots, raised a company (Company 1, South Carolina infantry), and was made junior second lieutenant. In the same year Lieutenant Jordan, his senior, having died, he was made second lieutenant and served with that rank until the battle of Sharpsburg, when Lieutenant Woods was killed, after which sad loss to the company he was promoted to first lieutenant, and in 1863 rose to the rank of captain, succeeding Captain Norwood who had resigned. In this responsible position he served until the close of the war, surrendering at Appomattox. He was in the following engagements: Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, South Mountain, Sharpsburg, Jackson, Miss.; Olustee, Fla.; Wierbottom Church, Va.; siege of Petersburg, and at Appomattox. He was slightly wounded in the