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unknown, fl. 1863 [Photograph of the reburial of Confederate Brigadier General Paul J. Semmes]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00572.37 Author/Creator: unknown, fl. 1863 Place Written: Columbus, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1863 Pagination: 1 albumen : hand col. Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

One undated hand-colored photograph of the reburial of Confederate Brigadier General Paul J. Semmes. Image is of military officers gathered by Semmes's new grave in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia.

Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863

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