Letter from Benjamin S. Ewell in Dalton, Georgia, to Captain Henry Semple.
During the Civil War, Henry 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 Ewell asks Semple to allow one of the men in his company to accept a position in the ordnan...
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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/4168 |
| Summary: | During the Civil War, Henry 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 Ewell asks Semple to allow one of the men in his company to accept a position in the ordnance department. |
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