Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina
Clement Anselm Evans, Ed.

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[614] the war, whereupon they struck all guns below, transformed their ship into the appearance of a merchantman, and sailed for Liverpool, where they anchored November 6th. Then was hoisted for the last time the flag of the Southern Confederacy, having been carried by the Shenandoah to almost every quarter of the globe. There the ship was surrendered by Captain Waddell to Captain Paynter, of the British ship Donegal, and after some correspondence between Captain Waddell and Earl Russell, the officers and men were permitted to go ashore. Lieutenant Grimball went to London, and after examination before the marine board obtained a certificate of qualification to command an English ship. He then went to Mexico as a colonist and settled on a ranch near Cordova. About the time of the collapse of Maximilian's empire he returned to Charleston, studied law and was admitted to practice in 1867. A year later he removed to New York city, where he practiced his profession for sixteen years. Since 1884 he has been a resident of Charleston, but has practically retired from professional work.

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John W. Grogan

John W. Grogan, of Greenville, a member of R. C. Pulliam camp, U. C. V., and highly regarded by his surviving comrades, was born in Union county, S. C., November 17, 1834, son of Bartholomew and Polly Grogan, of Irish and English descent. He was reared from infancy upon a farm near Greenville. In July, 1861, he volunteered as a private in Company B, Sixth South Carolina regiment, and during the following twelve months served with this command, participating in its campaigns with the army of Northern Virginia, including the battles of Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Frayser's Farm, Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill and Second Manassas. At Seven Pines he was slightly wounded. At the reorganization in 1862 he joined the Fourth South Carolina regiment and served with it as a private until early in 1864, when, on account of his experience as a builder, he was assigned to a corps of engineers engaged in repairing railroad bridges. While on this duty at Bristol, Tenn., he was again wounded. Since the war he has been successfully occupied as a carpenter and builder, residing mainly at Greenville. In 1874 he was married to Nancy Galbreath, who died in 1889.

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