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 Pinkston asks Semple to grant his two sons a...
This image was taken for one of two photo spreads that appeared in The Southern Courier for September 10-11, 1966 ("Cotton Fields Part One"), and September 17-18, 1966 ("Cotton Fields Part Two"). Both issues are available online (not on the ADAH...
This image was taken for one of two photo spreads that appeared in The Southern Courier for September 10-11, 1966 ("Cotton Fields Part One"), and September 17-18, 1966 ("Cotton Fields Part Two"). Both issues are available online (not on the ADAH...