Letter from Henry Semple in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his wife, Emily.

@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

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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 recent troop movements ("You have no idea of the trouble...of a march when 110 horses have to be watched and 128 men who become children as soon as they get into the army"); his company's reputation among high-ranking officers ("Several Generals are anxious to have me"); illness among his men; the hospitality of the civilians they have encountered; servants (probably slaves) who ran away from camp ("they were brought to us by an old man into whose cornfield they had jumped"); and personal finances and his family's welfare ("I will try & settle my affairs so that you will have a house furniture & our negroes at all events without any debt "). A transcription is included.

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1862 August 19 1862 08 19

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Letter from Henry Semple in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his wife, Emily.

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