Argument for the defense in the case of The Confederate States versus Capt. H. C. Semple, presented by Semple himself.
Semple is charged with "disobedience of orders" for failing to submit correct quarterly ordnance returns. He explains that he did not have complete instructions, despite his efforts to get details from his commanding officer, T. R. Hotchkiss (who "shows a bias against the accused and...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | Semple is charged with "disobedience of orders" for failing to submit correct quarterly ordnance returns. He explains that he did not have complete instructions, despite his efforts to get details from his commanding officer, T. R. Hotchkiss (who "shows a bias against the accused and he admits he is unfriendly towards him"). He argues that the evidence displays "an anxious desire to make out a correct return, which was defeated by the impossibility of obtaining the instructions offered in the written order requiring it." 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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