Paul Jones Semmes
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Paul Jones Semmes was a banker, businessman, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Paul Jones Semmes
Knights of the Golden Circle
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The Knights of the Golden Circle was a secret society founded in 1854 by American George W. L. Bickley. Its objective was initially to expand the United States into Latin America, adding slave states
Paul Jones Semmes
…quartermaster general for the state and authorized him to handle all military purchases. In August 1860 Semmes was appointed Brigadier General of the Knights of the Golden Circle. After the start of the Civil War, Semmes was appointed colonel of the 2nd Georgia Infantry. He was promoted to brigadier general on March 11, 1862…
Seal of the president of the Knights of the Golden Circle, National Archives
An alleged secret history of the Knights of the Golden Circle published in 1863