“C” is for Capers, Ellison 1836-1908]. Educator. Soldier. Clergyman. Capers graduated from The Citadel and, after reading law, returned to his alma mater as a professor of mathematics and rhetoric. During the Civil War, he was elected lieutenant colonel of the 24th South Carolina Infantry Regiment. The unit saw action at Secessionville and then was transferred to the Army of the Tennessee. Capers fought in most of that army's major engagements including Jackson, Chickamauga, and Franklin--and was wounded three times. By 1865, he was a brigadier general. After the war—for a brief period, he was South Carolina secretary of state. However, he found his calling in the Episcopal ministry and served parishes in Greenville and Columbia. In 1894 he was elected bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. A decade later Ellison Capers became Chancellor of the University of the South.
“C” is for Capers, Ellison 1836-1908]
