Letter from Henry Semple in Mobile, Alabama, to his wife, Emily.
During the Civil War, Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as Semple's Battery). He was later appointed a major and transferred to Mobile. In the letter he discusses upcoming troop movements and the delay in his unit's departure; his own "e...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/4007 |
| Summary: | During the Civil War, Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as Semple's Battery). He was later appointed a major and transferred to Mobile. In the letter he discusses upcoming troop movements and the delay in his unit's departure; his own "excellent health" and the weather in camp ("rainy weather must be peculiarly distressing to soldiers - worse than heat or cold, of almost any intensity); and rumors of disunion in the North ("I have made up my mind not to credit any thing of this kind, and to look forward to a thorough clubbing as the only pacification"). A transcription is included. |
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