The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-08-10
VOLUME XVIII.---NO. 4.

| Su@''Su III tne private schools of
charleston and in 1856 entered the
lourth class of the South Carolina Mill.
lary academy at Columbia and com.
manded Company B of the Cadet Corps
IN ms first class year. He graduated in
April, 1860. In December. 1850 ho m
went into the State service as lenteront ,t
Ill the Moultrie Guards, 1st Rifle Rr~;.
ment, and remained with this command
until after the fall of Fort Sumter
lhcn, having been appointed q licuten
ant III the regular Confederate army
he was ordered to Wilmington, N. g.
AZ ~ dri'i master; soon after was sent To-
iichmond. Va, and attached for a time
to the staff of Gen. w. S. Winder then
transferred to the staff of Gen. M. r,
Donlinm, in the field at Vienna IInon
the resignation of Gen. Bonham in M.
yember, 1861, he was transferred to Snuth
Caroiina on general staff duty, and made
ad)utant.generalo of the forces on James
Island, then under command of Col. G.
II. stevens. In May, 1863, lie was pro.
m9tcu TO captain. He was on Morris
Island at the time Of the attack, on tho
loth OF July, and remained in Wagner
on the staff of Gen. Taliaterro, until tho
| ASSAULT OF the 18th, in which he was
severely wounded. Reported for duty in
oePtcmoeI; ana made inspector general
of Hagoood's Bigadc, then Just Organized.
tersburg, was shot through the lung and
incapacitated for service for few months
but rejoined his command in time to mar.
::cira.o III Fort Fisher Campaign in De.
cember, 1864, and remained with tho
brigade through the rest of its career
unit 1t was surrendered ut Greensboro
on April 2G, 1868, and disbanded at Ian.
caster Courthouse. May, 1865. He then
returned to Charleston and engaged I'm
planting, but disgustcd with tho persecu.
ton OF the Frecdman's Bureau went
West in 1865, and for three years was
employed as M engineer in the States of
Nevada, Missouri and in the Indian Ter
ritory. In the fall Of 1871 he returned
TO south Carolina and again engaged in
planting, but being offered n position in
inc oiilco OF his old commander. Gen.
liagood, when the Democratic party
came into power, he abandoned his plan.
ting interests and has since been steadily
employed i'll the Office Of tho comptroll
er-gcneral.
JOHN PETER RICHARDSON
was born in Clarendon County. s g !,
the year 1881. He is a son Of Governor
John +. Richardson, and great.grand-
son OF Gen. Richard Richardson, who
was prominent in that section of coun.
try both before aud during tho Revolu.
tionary war, and four of whose desccn-
dants have been Governors of South Car.
ollna. Col. Richardson was graduated
from the South Carolina College in 1849.
with distinction. Hc then engaged in
planting III Clarendon County. He was
cnoscn member Of the Legislature in
-
joined the army, serving upon the staff
of Gen. Cantcy in the West until tI.e
war ended. Since the war he has repre-.
scented Clarendon County faithfully
through all the dark and troublous days
OF Reconstruction. lie was returned 10
tho Legislature in 1878, and in 1850 was
elected State Treasurer.
GEN. ELLISON CApERs,
was born in Charleston, and is a son Of
the late Bishop Capcrs. He received his
early education Mt the Methodist High
School at Cokesbury, in Abbevilie Coun-
ty. He was graduated from the Citadel
Academy in November, 1857, and after
his graduation he accepted the position
OF assistant instructor ut the Citadel,
When the war broke out hc promptly
embarked in it, and WAS soon elected
colonel of the oath South Carolina Regi-
mcnt. His career in the Western army
was very distinguished, and upon the
death OF Gen. Stevens he was elevated
TO The position of brigadier general &C
Stevens's Brigade. lie was conspicuous
in the army for his gallantry and popu-
larity with his men. At the close of the
war he was elected secretary of State of
the Provisional government in 1865.
Following the bent of his mind he short
y afterwards entered tho ministry and
filled the pastorate Of tho Episcopal
Church in Grcenville for several years.
lfo then removed to Alabama, but re-
turned to Grcenvile ut the earnest re-
quest of his congregation, and is now
rector OF that Church. He has become
prominent in the counsels OF the Church.
lie is n brilliant orator, a good scholar
and has interested himself earnestly in
the cause of education in Greenyille
County. He is genial gentleman and
is truly man to win golden opinions
from all sorts of people.
GEN. A. NJ. MANIGAULT
was born in tho city Of Charleston in
1924, and is consequently 81 years of age.
After being prepared for college he en-
tered into commercial business in that
city, and continued in that pursuit until
the commencement of the Mexican war
in 1876, when he joined volunteer COM
pany and was elected its first lieutenant.
In tho latter part of that year he went
to Mexico and was engaged in all the
battles in which the Palmetto Regiment
took part during the war. Although he
was severely bruised and injured on sew.
eral occasions, he was never severely
wounded, and during the whole period
Of his service there he was never sick q
day and never lost days service. On
his return from Mexico in lS4S he went
into business as commission merchant
in Charleston and remained 80 employed
until 1856 when he inherited some prop.
erty from his pnrents in Georgetown
County. From thai time lie followed
the pursuit of q rice planter until the
late war between the States. At tho
beginning of this war he raised yoIun-
teer cavalry company which he comman-
ded. He was soon after transferred and
placed upon the staff Of Gen. Beaure-
gard as inspector-g general until the rails
ing of the first ten regiments ofthe State
volunteer troops for the war. He was
then elected colonel Of the Tenth Regi-
| ment. The first six months of the war
he commanded the first military district
! of South Carolina under Gems. Lee,
Pemberton and Ripley. Early in 1862
Col. Manigault was ordered with his
command tc the Army Of the West, then
under the command Of Beauregard and
Bragg. His services were continuous in