Letter from Major T. R. Hotchkiss to Captain Henry Semple.
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 Hotchkiss orders Semple to explain "at once why there is an increase of two Horses on your m...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | 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 Hotchkiss orders Semple to explain "at once why there is an increase of two Horses on your morning report since yesterday morning." He also relieves Semple of his duty of "Officer of the Day." |
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