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Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation:
Capers Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Purchase
Processing Information:
Box and folder list compiled by Amanda Hayek, SCRC staff, in September 2011.
Scope and Contents
Letters written to Elizabeth Randolph Braxton of Hanover County, Virginia from John S. Capers of the 7th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, 1863-1865; and after his death from Mary W. (Capers) Thomason of Camden, South Carolina.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, 7th
- Correspondence
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Container List
The contents of this collection include the following items:
Item 1: John S. Capers to Elizabeth R. Braxton, at Ingleside, Hanover County. 1863 August 4.
Item 2: John S. Capers, in Camp, 7th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, Holcombe Legion, to Betty (Elizabeth R. Braxton). 1863 November 30.
Item 3: John S. Capers to Elizabeth R. Braxton, at Ingleside. 1864 January 19.
Item 4: John S. Capers, at Camp Elzey, Virginia, to Elizabeth R. Braxton. 1864 February 6-8.
Item 5: John S. Capers to Elizabeth R. Braxton, at Ingleside. 1864 April 19.
Item 6: John S. Capers, in camp near McClellands Bridge, Chickahominy River, to Bettie Braxton, at Ingleside. 1864 May 25.
Item 7: John S. Capers to Elizabeth R. Braxton, at Ingleside. 1864 July 18.
Item 8: John S. Capers, in Camp neer Deep Botton, James River, Virginia to Elizabeth R. Braxton. 1864 July 31.
Item 9: Mary Capers, at Camden, South Carolina, to Elizabeth R. Braxton, at Richmond, Virginia. 1864 November 21.
Item 10: John S. Capers, at Headquarters, 7th South Carolina Cavalry, to Elizabeth R. Braxton, at Ingleside. 1864 December 9.
Item 11: John S. Capers to Elizabeth R. Braxton, at Ingleside, Hanover County, Virginia. 1865 January 15.
Item 12: Ed. Mortimer Boykin, at Headquarters, 7 Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, to the "Ladies of Ingleside." 1865 January 16.
Item 13: Mary W. Capers, at Camden, South Carolina, to Elizabeth Randolph Braxton, at Ingleside, Virginia. 1865 March 10.
Item 14: John S. Capers, in Camp, 7th South Carolina Cavalry, to Bettie Braxton. 1865 April 1.
Item 15: Mary W. Capers, at Camden, South Carolina, to Bettie Braxton. 1865 November 12.
Item 16: A. H. Capers, at Camden, South Carolina, to Elizabeth R. Braxton. 1865 November 13.
Item 17: Mary W. Capers, at Camden, South Carolina, to Elizabeth R. Braxton. 1866 February 28.
Item 18: Mary W. Capers, at Camden, South Carolina, to Elizabeth R. Braxton. 1866 April 17.
Item 19: Mary W. Capers, at Charleston, South Carolina, to Elizabeth R. Braxton. 1866 June 29(?)
Item 20: Mary W. Capers, at Columbia, South Carolina, to Elizabeth R. Braxton. 1866 July 25.
Item 21: Mary W. Capers, at Camden, South Carolina, to Elizabeth R. Braxton. 1866 September 13-1867 November 12.
Item 22: A. H. Capers, at Camden, South Carolina, to Elizabeth R. Braxton. 1868 February 20.
Item 23: Mary W. Capers, at Camden, South Carolina, to Elizabeth R. Braxton. 1868 February 21.
Item 24: Mary W. Capers at Camden, to Bettie Braxton. 1868 November 12.
Item 25: Mary W. Capers Thomason, at Lancaster Court House, to Bettie Braxton. 1869 January 29, 1870 February 5.
Item 26: W. K. T[?] to Elizabeth R. Braxton. 1872 September 11.
Item 27: W. K. T[?], at Collins Place, to Bettie Braxton. 1873 February 3, 1874 February 4.
Item 28: John S. Capers to Elizabeth R. Braxton. Undated.
Item 29: Cards, addressed to Elizabeth R. Braxton, announcing the engagement of Mary W. Capers to Christopher Thomason. 1868 November 17.