The order appoints Captain Henry Semple as chief of artillery while his senior officer is temporarily absent. During the Civil War, Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as Semple's Battery). He was later...
The order appoints Major Henry Semple as commander of the "Inner and Outer Lines of Redoubts" while his senior officer is temporarily absent. During the Civil War, Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as...
The order directs Major Henry Semple to report to Brigadier General Higgins in Mobile, Alabama, to receive further instructions. During the Civil War, Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as Semple's...
The order discusses the required ordnance returns to be submitted by each brigade: "The quarterly returns of arms, accoutrements and equipments in the hands of troops...have heretofore been furnished in a very few cases only by commanding officers...
The order dismisses Lieutenant Colonel Whitfield from service in the Confederate Army for "visiting Richmond and there by surreptitious means obtaining an order for the discharge of his Acting Colonel and his own promotion in his stead."
The order relieves Major Henry Semple from his duties under Brigadier General Liddell at Blakeley, Alabama; he is to report to Mobile for further instructions.
The order relieves Major Henry Semple from temporary "command of the outer line of redoubts"; he is to report to headquarters in Mobile for further instructions. During the Civil War, Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in...