Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) [Estimates of camp & garrison equipage for 10,000 men]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00508.08 Author/Creator: Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 15 January 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
List of estimated costs of equipment for 7,500 Infantry, 1,500 Cavalry, and 1000 Artillery according to United States standards. Not in Semmes's hand but with additions by him. Includes items such as knapsacks, bedsacks, hatchets, camp kettles, tents and other equipment. Total cost of $109,436.80. (See 00508.11 regarding Georgia's decision to raise 10,000 troops.)
Semmes was a Georgia banker and plantation owner who served as agent for the State of Georgia during the preparations for the Civil War. He served as colonel of the 2nd Georgia in the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the war and was promoted to brigadier general in March 1862. He was assigned to a brigade in McLaws' division of Longstreet's corps fighting in Crampton's Gap, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Salem Church, and Gettysburg, where he was mortally wounded.
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