The Soldier-Bishop Ellison Capers

by Walter B. Capers

$450 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition

New York: Neale Publishing Co., 1912. First edition. 8vo. 367 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits. Capers 1837-1908 , a Charleston native, was elected major of a regiment at the beginning of the war, but advanced quickly, being promoted to colonel during the Atlanta campaign, and to Brigadier General in the aftermath of the defeat at Franklin, Tennessee, in 1864. Affixed to the front pastedown is a 1-page autograph note from Capers, 26 May

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