Letter from Henry Semple, while on board a steamer en route to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his wife, Emily, in Gainestown, Alabama.
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 current troop movements and supplies; his own health and morale ("I am as littl...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| 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 current troop movements and supplies; his own health and morale ("I am as little of a soldier in taste and feeling as any one, but I cant help wishing to have a chance at our northern brethren before the war is over"); and the likelihood that he will be engaged in fighting in the upcoming campaign ("I am about to enter into real field operations, and with such a reputation that if there is a fight I shall have a place in the front"). A transcription is included. |
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