Oliver John Semmes Explained

Oliver John Semmes
Birth Date:August 29, 1839
Death Date:January 19, 1918 (aged 78)
Birth Place:Portsmouth, Virginia, US
Death Place:Mobile, Alabama, US
Allegiance: Confederate States
Branch: Confederate States Army
Branch Label:Branch
Rank: Major
Commands:1st Louisiana Regular Battery
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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]

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  1. Newman 1956, pp. 92–93.
  2. Newman 1956, p. 93.