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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00715.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Paul J. Semmes, 2nd Regiment, Georgia, infantry |
| Title | Memorandum book of Paul Jones Semmes |
| Date | 26 June - 2 August 1852 |
| Author | Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) |
| Document Type | Diary; Business and financial document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Signed and dated on front cover by Semmes, 26 June 1852. Concerns a trip to Arkansas to buy a plantation and slaves. Records that he left to go to Memphis on 28 June 1852. Keeps an account of his finances. Makes notes on land for sale and pertinent details such as the county, crops, etc. On page two he writes, "Look at the negroes bought by Fawlks." He later writes, "Mr. Morey engages to buy negroes for me at $10 per head...all acclimated & good negroes accustomed to making cotton…" On 2 August 1852 he details what he is looking for in a property, land that will not flood and that is near to the Military and Plank Road. Sheep on paperboards. Graphite and ink. With loose receipt dated 25 July 1852. |
| Subjects | African American History Finance Land Transaction Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Travel Slavery Slave Sale Cotton Confederate General or Leader Slave Life |
| People | Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) |
| Theme | African Americans; Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce; Slavery & Abolition |
| 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 |