Inventory of the Henry C. Semple Papers, 1847-1878 (bulk 1861-1865)

Collection Number 655-z

Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Contact Information:

Manuscripts Department

CB#3926, Wilson Library

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890

Phone: 919/962-1345

Fax: 919/962-3594

Email: mss@email.unc.edu

URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

Processed by

SHC Staff

Date Processed

1940

Encoded by

Linda Sellars

Date Encoded

April 2002

Descriptive Summary

Repository

Southern Historical Collection

Creator

Semple, Henry C., 1822-1894.

Title

Henry C. Semple Papers, 1847-1878 (bulk 1861-1865)

Call Number

655-z

Extent

About 150 items

Abstract

Henry C. Semple of Montgomery, Ala., an artillery officer in the Confederate Army, served during the Civil War in Alabama and with the Army of Tennessee. The collection contains carbon copies of typed transcriptions of letters written home to Alabama during the Civil War, military records, and other correspondence of Semple. Civil War letters discuss the hardships of military life, military orders and movements, and progress of the war.

Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access

No restrictions.

Provenance

Received from Emily Semple of Montgomery, Ala., before 1940.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Henry C. Semple Papers #655-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Confederate States of America. Army. Artillery.

Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.

Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.

Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee.

Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Semple, Henry C., 1822-1894.

Biographical/Historical Note

Henry Churchill Semple (1822-1894) of Montgomery, Ala., was a captain and then a major in the Confederate Army. Semple's Battery was organized at Montgomery in March 1862, with officers and men nearly all from Montgomery County. Ordered to Mobile, it then joined the Army of Tennessee. It marched into Kentucky, was engaged at Perryville, and later fought in Tennessee at Murfreesboro, Dug Gap, Chicamauga, Mission Ridge, Ringgold Gap, Resaca, Jonesboro, Franklin, and Nashville. Ordered to North Carolina, the battery reached Augusta, and there surrendered. (Information about Semple's Battery from the web site of the Alabama Department of Archives and History.)

Collection Overview

Carbon copies of typed transcriptions of letters written home to Alabama during the Civil War, military records, and other correspondence of Henry C. Semple, Confederate artillery officer in Alabama and with the Army of Tennessee. Civil War letters discuss the hardships of military life, military orders and movements, and progress of the war.

Detailed Description of the Collection