The Soldier-Bishop Ellison Capers.
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 1904, inviting a clergyman to a private conference at St. Michael's. Not in Nevins or Dornbusch. Krick 70: "Less than one hundred pages of this biography cover Capers' Confederate military career, the heaviest emphasis being on the 1863 and 1864 campaigns ... the large part of the volume covers the bishop's later career as a clergyman in South Carolina, and as Chancellor of the University of the South." Not in Nicholson. Very good. Original gilt-stamped decorated blue cloth (spine faded). (9955). Item #63521
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