This is a 4.25” x 6.5” cabinet card (second generation) photograph of Ellison Capers in Confederate uniform. In this three-quarter standing view, he is wearing a double-breasted Confederate General Officer’s frock. The collar insignia and sleeve galloons are visible despite gilt on the original image, this obviously a photograph of an earlier photograph. He wears a slouch hat, sash, sword belt, and poses with the sword in front of him. The mount features a green rule and photographer’s imprint: “Reckling, Columbia, S.C.” Nothing on the back.

Ellison Capers (October 14, 1837 – April 22, 1908) was a Confederate general, theologian, college professor, and administrator from South Carolina. Capers was the son of a Methodist bishop. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and graduated from the South Carolina Military Academy (now The Citadel) in 1857; he studied law for a time and then was appointed as a Professor of Mathematics and Rhetoric at SCMA. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Capers joined the Confederate Army with the rank of major. He was present at the bombardment of Fort Sumter then saw action at James Island and the Battle of Secessionville; he next served on coastal defense duties until 1863, having been promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 24th South Carolina. In May 1863 they joined the army for the Vicksburg Campaign. Capers was wounded in the leg at Jackson, Mississippi. He was again wounded at Franklin. Capers was promoted to brigadier general on March 1, 1865, shortly before the end of hostilities. In December 1865, he was elected Secretary of State for South Carolina. Ordained as an Episcopal Priest in 1868 he was rector of Christ Church (Episcopal) in Greenville while also teaching at Greenville Military Academy, Greenville Female Academy, and Furman University. He was elected Coadjutor Bishop of South Carolina and was consecrated on July 20, 1893. He became the diocesan bishop, the third bishop of South Carolina, in 1894. He served as the Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina from 1894 to his death in 1908 and is buried at Trinity Episcopal Churchyard in Columbia, SC. [jet] [ph:L]

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