Statistics for occurrence #1 of “McLaws” in chapter 19, page 435 of Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia:
...nt to Virginia in the summer of 1861 and stationed on the peninsula, he accompanied it in command.
In the spring of 1862 he was promoted to brigadier-general (March 11th), and later was assigned to McLaws ' division of Longstreet's corps.
At the battle of Williamsburg, Semmes was in Magruder's command, as he was also at Seven Pines, and during the
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