Box 1
Contains 100 Results:
R[obert A.] Toombs, Washington, Geo[rgia], to J. E. Johnston, Marton, Miss., 1863 August 21
Sends message urging JEJ to report about the fall of Vicksburg at the Court of Enquiry at Montgomery, [Ala.]. 1 p. ALS.
General Order No. 24 from General Joseph E. Johnston, Head Quarters, Brandon, Miss., transferring his command to Lieut. General [Leonidas] Polk., 1863 December 22
1 p. PD.
General Order No. 1 from Lieut. General L[eonidas] Polk, Head Quarters, Meridian, Miss., telling of his assumption of command from General [Joseph E. Johnston]., 1863 December 23
1 p. PD.
J. E. Johnston, Dalton, [Ga.], to "Bev," [Beverly R. Johnston], n.p., 1864 February 15
Discussion of the transfer of Major Barton from Gen[era]l Pol's command to his, and the misuse of Army funds; strategic discussion of upcoming battle in March, the deterioration of their horses, and [U.S.] Grant taking advantage of Longstreet's poor artillery and driving him back into Va.; reminds him to secure all his papers at home as "they will be very important to me after the war"; description of transfer of family silver through Nicati [sic] [Nicketti Floyd Johnston?]. 2 pp. ALS.
J. E. Johnston, Dalton, [Ga.] to unnamed General, n.p., 1864 March 1
Regrets losing him because of government orders; had high expectations for his help and from his expedition. 1 p. ALS.
[?], Richmond, Va. to Gen[era]l A. Cooper, A[djutant] I[nspector] Gen[era]l, Richmond, Va., 1865 February 15
"Report of Gen[era]l Hood." 1 p. Incomplete.
W[illiam] W. Mackall, Macon, [Ga.], to "Joe" [Joseph E. Johnston], n.p., 1865 February 16
D[aniel] H. Hill, camp near Smithfield, [N.C.], to Gen[era]l [Joseph E. Johnston], n.p., 1865 March 16
Concerning statistics of men and supplies; and prefers to have a commader other than Gen. Bragg for he "has made me a scapegoat." 2 pp. ALS.
Table of the Return of the Effective Strength of the Army of Tennessee, listing numbers in Lee's Corps, Total Infantry, and Kanapanx's [?] Battery. Signed by Alex[ander] P. Stewart, Com[man]d[in]g Lieut. General, n.p., 1865 April 3
1 p. DS.
Alex[ander] P. Stewart, Lieut. Gen[era]l Com[man]d[in]g, n.p., 1865 April 7
Table of the Return of the Effective Strength of the Army of Tennessee, listing numbers in Lee's Corps, Total Infantry, and Kanapanx's Battery. 1 p. DS.
Major General W. T. Sherman, Raleigh, N.C., to Generals [Joseph E.] Johnston and [William J.] Hardee, n.p., 1865 April 23
Discusses President Lincoln's assassination in relation to the South's strength in the Civil War. 3 pp. ALS.
"Return of Effective Strength of Lee's Corps." Signed by S. D. Lee, "Lt. Genl. Cmd.", 1865 April 24
1 p. AMsS.
Gen. Order No. 18, surrendering and giving terms thereof to Gen. W. T. Sherman, signed by J. E. Johnston, Army of the Tenn., near Greensboro, N.C., 1865 April 27
1 p. AMsS.
J. E. Johnston, Baltimore, [Md.], to Major [?] Cummings, n.p., 1865 August 28
Is writing a narrative of the war, but has lost many of his papers, asks Cummings' opinions, especially on the subjects of campaigns in Tennessee in 1863 and Georgia in 1864. 3 pp. ALS.
Circular reporting a meeting of business tenants in Norfolk, [Va.], in which a request was made to lower their rent by one-third to compensate for their loss of business, due to the Federal Government's cessation of aid at the end of the [Civil] War., 1866 June 29
1 p. PD.
J. C. Thompson, Nashville, Tenn., to Lt. Gen. A. P. Stewart, n.p., 1867 December 8
Concerning the campaign in Georgia in 1864. Cy of LS. 23 pp. Including a Cy of Ms. written by J. C. Thompson, ca. 1861, and later published during the [Civil] War, entitled "Gen. Johnston and Gen. Hood." 5 pp.
J. E. Johnston, Baltimore, [Md.], to "Bev," B. R. Johnston, n.p., 1867 December 28
Instructions to send a trunk from Edward's adopted daughter to Peter at the first opportunity; contents are papers, possibly articles written for the newspaper he [Peter] published. 2 pp. ALS.
J. E. Johnston, Baltimore, [Md.], to General G[ustavus] W[oodson] Smith, n.p., 1868 January 21
Concerning the "inaccuracy of your recollection of my course" and an account of his recollections of the event [mentioned in an earlier letter]. 3 pp. ALS.
Handbill advertising a concert at the Opera House in Norfolk, [Va.], to benefit the widows and orphans of Confederate soldiers, sponsored by the Washington and Lee Association., 1868 April 11
1 p. PD.
J. E. Johnston, Savannah, [Ga.], to "John," Judge [John Warfield] Johnston, n.p., 1869 June 8
Sympathy note about the death of his son, Willie. 2 pp. ALS.
Wade Hampton, Columbia, [S.C.], to Gen. [J. E.] Johnston, n.p., 1870 June 23
Asks for a letter of recommendation and introduction so he may join the Corps of Cavalry in Egypt; advises him to remain quiet about any disharmony between Mr. Davis and himself because of upsetting the "thousands who are friendly to both"; urges him to prepare for publication his reports to "justify...motives and...actions" by him [JEJ]. 4 pp. ALS.
Arthur C. Cummings, Abingdon, Va., to Gen[era]l Joseph E. Johnston, n.p., 1870 December 27
Concerning the condition of the 33rd Regiment, Va. Volunteers, immediately after the close of the first battle of Manassas, 21 July 1861. 6 pp ALS.
G. T. Beauregard, New Orleans, [La.], to Joseph E. Johnston, Savannah, Ga., 1872 January 23
Concerns an article on "the flag question" by Beauregard to be submitted to the April 1872 Baltimore Southern Magazine; also the state of the government in Louisiana -- "quasi-revolution." 3 pp. ALS.
J. E. Johnston, Warm Springs, Bath Co., Va., to his nephew, John W. Johnston, n.p., 1872 July 26
Concerns over brother Peter; question about the Confederate States' archives; had a pleasant visit from Mr. and Mrs. Holmes and their young son. 4 pp. ALS.
Louis T. Wigfall, Baltimore, [Md.], to "General" [Joseph E. Johnston], n.p., 1872 August 9
Sends the final draft of his statement; report only alludes to "saving Lee's Army"; struck out of his attacks on [Jefferson] Davis who "poor Floyd" called "Mr. Jefferson Davidson." 4 pp. ALS.