CAPERS. Ellison. P. E. bishop, b. in Charles- ton. S. C 14 Oct.. 1837. He was graduated at the South Carolina military academy, later becoming one of its professors. He y/as three times wounded during the civil war, and at its close was a Con- federate brigadier-general. He was secretary of state of South Carolina in 1867-'8, and later en- tered the Protestant Episcopal church. He held rectorships in several southern parishes, including Christ church. Greenville, S. C. where he remained for twenty years. In 1893 he was elected and later consecrated bishop of his native state.
CAPRON, Erastus Allyn, soldier, b. in Mace-
don, Waviie CO., N. Y.. in 1813 ; killed at Churu-
buseo. Xfexico. 20 Aug.. 1847. He was graduated
from Geneva college, and then entered the U. S.
military academy. lie was graduated and ap-
pointed brevet 2d lieutenant m the 1st artillery.
July, 1833, and received the c-ommission of 2d
lieutenant on 31 May, 1834. He served in the
Florida war in 1835-'8. and won distinction in the
battle of Withlacoochee. He was promoted 1st
lieutenant, 19 Nov., 1836. During the Mexican
war he was engaged in the siege of Vera Cruz.
He was in the sKinni.shes of La Ilova. Oka Luka.
and the buttle of Contreras. He had been ap-
pointed captain. 16 Feb.. 1847. and at the battle of
Churubusco he led his company in the storming of
the strongly intrenched convent used as a citadel ;
Uuring this engagement, for liravery in which he
was three tiroes brevetle<l, he fell mortally wound-
ed. Fort Capron, F'lorida, was name<l after him
for his servic-cs in the Seminole war. — His son,
Alljrn, soldier, b. in Tamjm, Fla.. 27 Aug.. 1846,
<1. at Fort Myer, Va.. 18 .S<>pt., 1898, of typhoid
fever contracted in the campaign before Santiago
de Cuba during the war with Spain. He was ap-
pointed to the U. S. military academy from Korth
Carolina, and he entere<l it on 1 Sept., 186.3. He
was graduated and commissioned 2il lieutenant in
the 1st artillery in .Tune. 1867. He remained with
his battery until 1871, when he was transfcrretl to
signal duty at Fort Whipple, Va. Ho was pro-
rootcnl 1st lieutenant. 19 Aug.. 1873. in which year
sl!«i he was graduated with honor from the artil-
lery school. A fine mathematician and a man of
marke<l ability, he was recognized as an authority
on matters connected with the artillery branch of
the service, and also on tactics. He was made
captain. 4 Dec., 1888. During the Sioux camixiign
of ISltO he mMile a brilliant reconl at the battles of
Wounded Km* and Drexel Mission. After that
he was on duty principally in the department of
California. During the war with Spain in 1808 he
tmik part in the invasion of Cuba; he o|>ene(l the
fight at Rl Caney at 6.1.5 o'clock, shattering the
first flagstaff in Santiago. Two weeks later he
had the honor of flring the salute of twenty-one
guns at the surrender of the town. During this
campaign he liecaine infected with the germs of
typhoirl fever; he fought against the attack with
his customary energy, but was force<l to succumb.
He was ordered to his luime at Fort Myer, Va.,
and died there. — His son. AllTn Kliwain, soldier,
b. in Hrooklyn. N*. V.. 24 .lune' 1K71. was killed at
the battle of La Guaxima. Culia. 24 June, 1898.
He studied in the. Brooklyn high-school; in 189()
he enlisted in the 4th U. S. cavalrv. He was com-
missioned 2d lieutenant in the 5tii cavalry in Oc-
tolier. 1893, and was tninsferre<l to the 7th cavalrv
in 1894. In 1894 he had charge of the Indian
prisoners at Fort Sill, Indian territory, and was
made ii iiiemlior of the Apm-hc trilM-.' Like his
gnindfuther and father, he was a fine miitlH'ina-
tician. and showed exceptional ability in his pro-
fession. He contributed to magazines and the
cavalry journal, generally on scientific subjects.
When war broke out with Spain, and Col. Leonard
Wood and Theodore Koosevelt recruited the 1st
U. S. volunteer cavalry, popularly known as the
" Rough Riders," he was commissioned captain,
and took part in the invasion of Cuba. While
leading the advance guard in the battle of La
Guasinia. he was niortallv wounded, the first Ameri-
can army olTicer that fell in the war.
CARDENAS. Francisco (cir-day-nas), Mexican
historian, b. in Merida, Yucatan, about 1600 ; d.
there, about 1660. He studied theologv in his
native city, was ap|>ointed its parish priest, and
afterwanl was ecclesiastical judge of idolatry for
thedi<H?ese. His leisure wasemployed in searching
the archives for historical documents and hearing
and shifting the traditions of the native race. He
wrote " Relaci6n de la Conquista y Sucesos de
Yucatiin, ))ara el Cronista mayor de Indias Don
Tomis Tamayo de Vargas" (1639). and " Relacion
historia e<'lesiastica de YiicjitAn. hecha en virtud
de Real Ci'slula de 16.35 " (1643). lioth manuscripts
are in the archives of the Indies. They were liber-
ally used by Diego Cogolludo in his " Historia de
Yucatan,"* and are mentioned by Gil Gonzalez
Divila in liis "Teatro de la Iglesia de Indias oc-
cidentales" (Madrid, 1645-'9).
CAREY. Asa Bacon, soldier, b. in Canterbury,
Conn., 12 July, 18:t5. He was graduated from the
U. S. militarv academy, and jiromoted to lieuten-
ant in the l.^th infantrv. He served during the
civil war in New Mexico, the National govern-
ment giving him two brevets for gallantry. At
the battle of Apache Cailon, near Santa Fe, Capt.
Carey comniamled one of the battalions that
gaine<l the rear of the enemy, captured and ile-
stroycd all their ammunition, supplies, and trans-
portation, and turned t he defeat of the Union forces
at the front into a victory. The enemy, having
no supplies, were force<l to leave the country. He
was brevetted major for services on that occasion.
In 1863-'4 he took part in the camj)aign against
the Navajo Indians, which resulted in their being
conquered. With a hundred and fifty picked men
he j)assi>d through the Caflon de Chclly, a feat never
liefore accomplished in time of war with the In-
dians. For it he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel.
He was chief <|Uartermaster of New Mexico for
some time, and su|>erintendent of the volunteer
signal service, chief mustering and disbursing
officer anil commissary of the territory in 1865,
and afterward in charge of the chief commissary's
oflSce, department of Dakota, until 5 Oct., 1867,
when he was aii|K)inteil paymaster, with the rank
of major. In Junuarv, 1899, he was transferred
to Washington as acting paymaster-general, and
on the rt-tirement of Pavmaster-General Stanton,
on 30 .Ian., he succeeded him. He was retired 13
Julv, I8!t9. having reaclied the age of sixty-four.
CARLETON. Charles Ames, soldier, b. in Brook-
lyn, N. Y.. 27 April, 18:t«: d. in New York city,
1 April, 1897. He wa« graduated at Dartmouth in
1N.W. studied law. and subsequently wius connected
with the New York publishing house of his brother,
George W. Carlelon. In April. 1861, he entered
the service a.s a private in the engineer corps, and
continued in the army, passing through all the
Cles. until mustered out as lieutenant-colonel in
ember, ise.'i, anil brevetted colonel and briga-
dier-general of volunteers. He was for thirty years
an active memln'rof the Loyal legion, filling many
offices in the New York conimanderv.
CARLETON, Henry Gay, dramatist. b. in Fort
Union, N. M.. 21 June, 18.>"). He is the son of
