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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00715.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Paul J. Semmes, 2nd Regiment, Georgia, infantry |
| Title | Paul Jones Semmes to W. H. Chase about Semmes time in the Georgia militia |
| Date | 23 January 1861 |
| Author | Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) |
| Recipient | Chase, W.H. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Retained copy. Writes to Major Chase about some telegrams sent and received. Regrets that he cannot go to Pensacola right now because of business. Informs that 20 years ago he was a brigadier general in the militia in eastern Georgia but was removed to the western part of the state. He is now only commissioned as a captain. He is happy they have renewed their friendship, which began at West Point in 1857. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Militia West Point (US Military Academy) Confederate Soldier's Letter |
| People | Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) Chase, W.H. (fl. 1861) |
| Place written | Columbus, Georgia |
| Theme | The American Civil War |
| 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 |