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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00572.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Paul J. Semmes, 2nd Regiment, Georgia, infantry |
| Title | Recommendation letter and certification of military instruction for Paul J. Semmes |
| Date | 21 April 1834 |
| Author | Partridge, N. (fl. 1834) |
| Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Partridge certifies that Semmes attended his course at the University of Virginia on military instruction "embracing the practical drills of infantry; permanent & field fortification; artillery; the attack & defense of fortified places; Ancient & Modern Tactics ..." Recommends Semmes and praises him as "attentive to the Instruction, correct in his deportment and his conduct that of the Gentleman and the Soldier." Docket crossed out on verso. |
| Subjects | Education Confederate General or Leader Military History |
| People | University of Virginia |
| Place written | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Education; The American Civil War |
| 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 |