Career
Jemison enlisted on May 11, 1861 and was among the war"s early volunteers. He participated in the Peninsula Campaign under John B. Magruder. Jemison was killed in the Battle of Malvern Hill reportedly by a direct hit from a cannonball, which decapitated him (this account was given many years later by veteran of the war).
Jemison"s photograph (previously identified as Jennison of the Georgia Regiment) has become one of the most famous and iconic portraits of the young soldiers of both the Confederate and Union Armies.
A monument to Jemison was erected at the Memory Hill Cemetery in Georgia, where he may be buried. Most believe that he was buried on or near the battlefield in Virginia in an unmarked grave.
