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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00508.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Paul J. Semmes archive regarding buying arms and military equipment |
| Title | Paul Jones Semmes to Joseph E. Brown enclosing an artillery contract |
| Date | 21 December 1860 |
| Author | Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) |
| Recipient | Brown, Joseph E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to the Governor of Georgia enclosing a contract for 300 Colt New Model Army pistols to be delivered in two weeks. Mentions that the same factory, the Colts Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co. of Hartford, Connecticut is now filling orders for the U.S. Government at the same price of $22.50. Comments on the pistol, "...this is a very superior arm - a little longer & larger than Colts Navy and lighter than Colt Dragoon pistol and better than either." Informs of other contracts made for "...cavalry & artillery sabres, cavalry & Infantry equipments, rifle cannon & projectiles, Lead, Gun carriages, ..." Marked copy. Addressed from the 5th Avenue Hotel, New York. |
| Subjects | Weaponry Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Industry Finance Ammunition Contract |
| People | Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) Brown, Joseph Emerson (1821-1894) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Industry |
| 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 |
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