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- "Table of Ranges" for the guns used by an artillery unit.
- 1863 October 17
- Details are given for twelve-pound Napoleon cannons, ten-pound Parrott rifles, and twenty-pound Parrott rifles. The table records powder and projectile type, elevation, range, and time.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Argument for the defense in the case of The Confederate States versus Capt. H. C. Semple, presented by Semple himself.
- 1864
- 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Argument for the defense in the case of The Confederate States versus Jack Davis, presented by Major Henry Semple.
- 1864-1865 circa
- Davis had been arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct by a Colonel Taylor. Semple argues that Davis should not be charged with more than intoxication while on duty, because he was provoked by Taylor: "the aggravations, of abusive language...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Argument for the defense in the case of The Confederate States versus Lieutenant David Hartshorne, presented by Major Henry Semple.
- 1864-1865 circa
- One of Hartshorne's men, Jack Davis, had been arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct by a Colonel Taylor. Hartshorne is on trial for failing to assist Taylor in the arrest; for allowing Davis to misbehave; and for rebuking Taylor for...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Blank table for recording the guns and ammunition used in engagements.
- The table records the types of guns and ammunition used; the length of the fights; and casualties (soldiers, horses, and equipment).
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Circular issued by General Braxton Bragg, listing the light artillery batteries in the Brigade.
- 1863 November 20
- The organization is listed first by corps, then by division, then by individual batteries.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Circular issued by General Braxton Bragg, regarding the reorganization of artillery units in the divisions under his command.
- 1863 October 17
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Circular issued by General Braxton Bragg, requesting that his corps commanders submit artillery reports for the Confederate ordnance department.
- 1863 October 24
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Draft of a letter from Captain Henry Semple to General William Hardee.
- 1862 November 28
- 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 Semple addresses an accusation Hardee has made...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- General order issued by Major T. R. Hotchkiss.
- 1864 January 24
- The order addresses seven issues: 1) the appointment of a "chief bugler" and the specific schedule for bugle calls to be sounded throughout the day; 2) daily reports from orderly sergeants; 3) responsibilities of men on guard duty and the supplies...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- General Order Number 141, issued by General Braxton Bragg.
- 1862 November 3
- 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."
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- General Order Number 148, issued by Adjutant and Inspector General S. Cooper.
- 1864 June 1
- 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copy of a contract between Lieutenant Colonel Minor Meriwether and Samuel G. Jones, engineer and superintendent of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1864 May 26
- Jones acknowledges receipt of the locomotive engine "Industry," which will be rented on a daily rate and returned upon request.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copy of a contract between Lieutenant Colonel Minor Meriwether and Samuel G. Jones, engineer and superintendent of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1864 June 18
- Jones acknowledges receipt of a locomotive and box cars, which will be rented on a daily rate and returned upon request.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copy of a letter from A. J. Walker in Montgomery, Alabama, to President Jefferson Davis.
- 1863 January 30
- In the letter Walker recommends that Henry C. Semple be appointed as a judge in the military court of General Hardee's Corps. The letter is written on stationery of the Confederate States of America War Department.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copy of a letter from Benjamin Fitzpatrick in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1863 February 3
- In the letter Fitzpatrick recommends that Henry C. Semple be appointed as a judge in the military court of General Hardee's Corps. The letter is written on stationery of the Confederate States of America War Department.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copy of a letter from George Goldthwaite in Montgomery, Alabama, to William P. Chilton.
- 1863 February 4
- In the letter Goldthwaite discusses the application of Henry C. Semple for appointment as a judge in the military court of General Hardee's Corps. He originally enclosed the application and recommendations from notable political leaders in Alabama....
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copy of a letter from Governor John Gill Shorter in Montgomery, Alabama, to President Jefferson Davis.
- 1863 February 13
- In the letter Shorter recommends that Henry C. Semple be appointed as a judge in the military court of General Hardee's Corps. The letter is written on stationery of the Confederate States of America War Department.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copy of a letter from John W. A. Sanford in Montgomery, Alabama, to Confederate Attorney General Thomas H. Watts.
- 1863 March 10
- In the letter Sanford asks that his brother-in-law be promoted and transferred out of Captain Henry Semple's artillery unit (known as Semple's Battery). Following the letter (which was copied by Semple), are notes regarding the application and a...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copy of a letter from Major Edward B. Smith of the Confederate States Ordnance Bureau in Richmond, Virginia, to Major T. R. Hotchkiss in Tunnel Hill, Georgia.
- 1864 January 21
- In the letter Smith informs Hotchkiss that three batteries under his command (Swett's, Key's, and Semple's) submitted incomplete quarterly ordnance returns: "No vouchers accompany them, and the Returns are not in duplicate, consequently an...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection

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