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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00572.24 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Paul J. Semmes, 2nd Regiment, Georgia, infantry |
| Title | Paul Jones Semmes to Joseph E. Brown with an account of arms purchases |
| Date | 9 January 1861 |
| Author | Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) |
| Recipient | Brown, Joseph E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Retained copy/draft, signed and docketed. Gives the Governor of Georgia a general account of purchases made for the State of Georgia totaling $93,596.35. Recommends that a battery be set up at Tybee [Island] at the mouth of the Savannah River and discusses outfitting it with munitions. The Union Army would later use siege batteries on Tybee Island (near Savannah) in their successful bombardment of Fort Pulaski in April of 1862. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Fortification Finance Militia Land Transaction |
| People | Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) Brown, Joseph Emerson (1821-1894) |
| Place written | Columbus, Georgia |
| Theme | Government & Politics; The American Civil War; Merchants & Commerce; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |