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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00715.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Paul J. Semmes, 2nd Regiment, Georgia, infantry |
| Title | F. S. Winston to Paul J. Semmes regarding life insurance |
| Date | 26 March 1861 |
| Author | Winston, F.S. (fl. 1861) |
| Recipient | Semmes, Paul Jones |
| Document Type | Business and financial document; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Informs Semmes that his life insurance policy covers him while in service during war. On printed stationery of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Docketed with note signed with initials by Semmes. |
| Subjects | Finance Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America |
| People | Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) Winston, F.S. (fl. 1861) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Semmes was a Georgia banker and plantation owner who served as agent for the State of Georgia during the preparations for the Civil War. He served as colonel of the 2nd Georgia in the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the war and was promoted to brigadier general in March 1862. He was assigned to a brigade in McLaws' division of Longstreet's corps fighting in Crampton's Gap, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Salem Church, and Gettysburg, where he was mortally wounded. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |