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Oliver John Semmes

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Oliver John Semmes
BornAugust 29, 1839
Portsmouth, Virginia, US
DiedJanuary 19, 1918 (aged 78)
Mobile, Alabama, US
Allegiance Confederate States
Branch Confederate States Army
Rank Major
Commands1st Louisiana Regular Battery
Battles

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.

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