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Dupont de Nemours, E. J. (fl. 1861) [Bill from E.J. Dupont de Nemours & Co. for the State of Georgia]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00508.13 Author/Creator: Dupont de Nemours, E. J. (fl. 1861) Place Written: Wilmington, Delaware Type: Manuscript document Date: 18 January 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Duplicate addressed to Governor of Georgia Joseph E. Brown. Bill for cartridges totaling $2119.50.

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.

Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863
Brown, Joseph Emerson, 1821-1894
Dupont de Nemours, E. J., fl. 1861

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