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Quillen, "Col. Campbell Slemp" in Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia, Southwest Virginia Historical Society Publication No. 6 (March 1970) p. 20 indicates probate of Sebastian Slemp's estate included the sale of ten slaves, mostly children, on November 24, 1859. His brother Henry C.
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November 7, 1863, at a court martial in January 1864, was removed from command and dismissed from the army. The incident related to his moving captured wagons on that date, about two weeks after Union raiders had burned the 64th Virginia's camp near
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Brittain Cawood (nicknamed "Namie" 1840–1908) on July 25, 1861. Her ancestors had fought in the American Revolutionary War (Stephen Cawood of Washington County, Virginia was a drummer in Col. Byrd's regiment, and his son Berry Cawood served under
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attempted to press charges against Gen. Jones for his actions on the same day), charges were pressed by Capt. H. Brown of the 8th
Virginia Cavalry and Major Rhea of Tennessee. Col. Slemp hurt his own cause by slipping house arrest in Abington to return home.
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Kaskaskia and Vincennes, and received a land grant because of that service). They had three sons and three daughters: Emma M. Slemp (1865–1889), Henry C.M. Slemp (b./d. 1868), Susan Jane Slemp Newman (1869–1935),
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Margarett and sister Alpha Slemp owned several slaves in the 1860 U.S. federal census. Close inspection of those schedules and Virginia slave census schedules not available online may show Campbell Slemp did as well.
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pleaded for reinforcements but their pleas were ignored; so they destroyed the supplies and evacuated. When the Union troops tried to secure the gap they likewise failed to receive reinforcements, so
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was selected to fill his Congressional seat, and won re-election several times until he refused to seek re-election. The younger Slemp served as the
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