GENERAL JAMES LAWSON KEMPER IS PROMOTED ON SEPTEMBER 19TH 1864 General James Lawson Kemper began a Confederate military service by being commissioned as a Colonel of the 7th Virginia infantry. He led his regiment from First Manassas to Williamsburg in 1861. On the 3rd of June in 1862, Colonel Kemper was given his brigade and also appointed as a Brigadier General for the Army of North- ern Virginia. General Kemper rendered efficient services during the Battle for Gettysburg, where he was desperately wounded on the 3rd of July. He was taken prisoner and treated for his wounds. He was subse- quently exchanged but was now unfit for field service. On the 19th of September in 864 General Kemper received his pro- motion as a Major General in the Army of Northern Virginia. Gen- eral Kemper went on to command the Virginia Reserves through the end of their War for Southern Independence.