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Letter from Henry Semple at Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, to his wife, Emily.

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@ 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 clothing he has recently received and his personal finances, including income, debt, credit, and assets; one of his debts is for the "purchase of Sarah's children" from the estate of a woman in Tennessee. A transcription is included.
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600 Ppi Tiff
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1863 October 27 1863 10 27
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Alabama
  3. Civil War
  4. Civil War, 1861 1865
  5. Confederate
  6. Confederate States Of America
  7. Economic Aspects
  8. Equipment And Supplies
  9. History
  10. Military Life
  11. Military Personnel
  12. Semple, Emily Virginia James
  13. Semple, Henry C., 1822 1894
  14. Slave Trade
  15. Slaver
  16. Slavery
  17. Social Aspects
  18. Soldiers
  19. Tennessee
  20. United States

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