Oliver John Semmes (August 29, 1839 – January 19, 1918), second son of Confederate States Navy Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes, was an officer in the Confederate States Army, serving throughout the American Civil War, notably in the Louisiana Red River campaign of 1864, and rising to the rank of major.[1] After the war he became a judge.[2]
Oliver John Semmes | |
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| Born | August 29, 1839 Portsmouth, Virginia, US |
| Died | January 19, 1918 (aged 78) Mobile, Alabama, US |
| Allegiance | .svg){kind=small} Confederate States |
| Branch | .svg){kind=small} Confederate States Army |
| Rank |  Major |
| Commands | 1st Louisiana Regular Battery |
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References
editSources
edit- Newman, Harry Wright (1956). The Maryland Semmes and Kindred Families: A Genealogical History of Marmaduke Semme(s), Gent., and His Descendants, Including the Allied Families of Greene, Simpson, Boarman, Matthews, Thompson, Middleton, and Neale. The Maryland Historical Society. Baltimore, MA: J. F. Hurst. pp. 92–93.
Further reading
edit- Finlay, Armante (August 1925). "Mrs. Electra Semmes Colston". Confederate Veteran, 33(8). pp. 312–313.
- Weinert, Richard P., Jr. (1991). The Confederate Regular Army. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Company, Inc. pp. 51, 54–55.
- Winters, John David (1991). The Civil War in Louisiana. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press. p. 224.
- "A Sword of Admiral Raphael Semmes". Confederate Veteran, 11(9). September 1903. p. 405.
- "Visit of the President to the South". Confederate Veteran, 13(11). November 1905. p. 490.
- "Judge Semmes Dies in Mobile". The Selma Journal. January 20, 1918. p. 3.
- "Judge Semmes Dead". The Osceola Times. January 25, 1918. p. 1.
- "The Son of Semmes". Camden Post-Telegram. January 26, 1918. p. 6.