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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00508.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Paul J. Semmes archive regarding buying arms and military equipment |
| Title | Paul Jones Semmes to Joseph E. Brown enclosing an artillery contract |
| Date | 11 December 1860 |
| Author | Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) |
| Recipient | Brown, Joseph E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to the Governor of Georgia enclosing a contract made with Charles Hugh of Pittsburgh for six eight inch Columbiads, 300 solid shot, and 1500 shells. Advises that the guns will be inspected by a member of the U.S. ordnance corps. Informs that the guns weight 900 pounds each, the shot 65 pounds, and the shells, 50 pounds. Discusses the costs. States that these guns will be cast using the "Rodman patent." Remarks, "Such guns cannot be obtained at any other foundry in the U.S." Marked copy on docket. Addressed from the 5th Avenue Hotel, New York. |
| Subjects | Patent Military History Civil War Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Artillery Ammunition Industry Contract |
| People | Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) Brown, Joseph Emerson (1821-1894) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Industry |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | 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. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |