Order issued by Captain H. C. Semple, directing Lieutenant R. W. Goldthwaite to secure guns for the battery, and to turn over some "unserviceable" ("condemned") horses to the quartermaster..
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.
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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/4147 |