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Box 2

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Contains 19 Results:

M[illedge] L. Bonham, Edgefield, [S.C.?], to J[oseph] E. Johnston, Savannah, Ga., 1874 January 14

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109626
Scope and Contents

Concerning events at first [Battle of] Manassas during Civil War. 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1874 January 14

Jno. Sullivan for Treasurer, Oglethorpe Club, Savannah, [Ga.], to Gen[era]l Jos[eph] E. Johnston, n.p., 1874 June 1

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109627
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Receipt for dues paid for June. 1 p. DS.

Dates: 1874 June 1

J[osiah] Gorgas, Univ[ersity] of the South, [Sewanee, Tenn.], to Gen. J[oseph] E. Johnston, Savannah, Ga., 1874 June 17 or 27

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109628
Scope and Contents

Concerning the campaign from Dalton to Atlanta and the recollection of events. 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1874 June 17 or 27

J[oseph] Wheeler, Wheeler, Alabama, to General Jos[eph] E. Johnston, n.p., 1874 June 18

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109629
Scope and Contents

Relates recollections of JEJ's Cavalry leaving nothing behind to fall into enemy hands during his movement from Dalton to Atlanta. 3 pp. LS.

Dates: 1874 June 18

W[infield] S[cott] Featherston, Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, Savannah, Georgia., 1874 June 20

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109630
Scope and Contents

Concerning the loss of arms of Polk's Corps after it united with the Army of Tennessee in 1864. 2 pp. LS.

Dates: 1874 June 20

E. C. Walthall, Grenada, Miss., to General Joseph E. Johnston, Savannah, Ga., 1874 June 20

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109631
Scope and Contents

Discusses losses of men under his command in the campaign from Dalton to Atlanta. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1874 June 20

Edmund W. Pettus, Selma, Ala., to General J. E. Johnston, Savannah, Ga., 1874 June 25

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109632
Scope and Contents

Concerning Pettus' participation in the Dalton and Atlanta campaigns in Stephenson's Division of Hood's Corp. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1874 June 25

M[arcellus] A. Stovall, Augusta, [Ga.], to Gen[era]l Joseph E. Johnston, Savannah, [Ga.]., 1874 June 28

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109633
Scope and Contents

Reminisces about his command in the CSA, and his memories of the Army of Tenessee. 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1874 June 28

W[illiam] H. Jackson, Nashville, Tenn., to Gen. J[oseph] E, Johnston, n.p., 1874 June 30

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109634
Scope and Contents

Concerning the loss of arms in the Georgia campaign, recollections of events and compliments about the campaign. 4 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1874 June 30

Alpheus Baker, Eufaula, Ala., to General J[oseph] E. Johnston, n.p., 1874 July 4

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109635
Scope and Contents

Concerning the loss of muskets, positions, panics...in the retreat from Dalton to Atlanta in 1864 and his recollection of events. 8 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1874 July 4

S[amuel] G. French, Woodbury, N[ew] Jersey, to Gen. J[oseph] E. Johnston, n.p., 1874 July 7

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109636
Scope and Contents

Concerning Hood's article published in the New Orleans papers and the statement of the loss of small arms; greatest loss was in 27 June 1864 when Gen. McPherson's army made an assault on the position at Kenesaw Mountain. 3 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1874 July 7

M[ark] P. Lowrey, Ripley, Miss., to Gen. J[oseph] E. Johnston, n.p., 1874 July 13

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109637
Scope and Contents

Concerning the statement by Col. Oladowski [?] as to the "Georgia campaign" in 1864 and Lowrey's recollections. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1874 July 13

D[aniel] C. Govan, Marianna Lee Co., [Ark.], to Gen. [Joseph E.] Johnston, n.p., 1874 July 16

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109639
Scope and Contents

Concerning controversy between Gen. Hood and Johnston and Govan's recollections of events of Johnston's campaign from Dalton to Atlanta. 4 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1874 July 16

Ellision Capers, Greenville, So[uth] Ca[rolina], to General Jos[eph] E. Johnston, n.p., 1874 July 28

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109641
Scope and Contents

Concerning loss of arms in Georgia in [18]64 campaign and the reporting of surrounding events. 7 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1874 July 28

W[illiam] S. Walker, Atlanta, [Ga.], to Gen[era]l J[oseph] E. Johnston, n.p., 1874 August 8

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id110855
Scope and Contents

Discusses communication with General A. H. Colquitt. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1874 August 8

Ja[me]s M. Kennard, Louisville, Ky., to Gen. Jos[eph] E. Johnston, Savannah, Geo[rgia]., 1874 September 1

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id110856
Scope and Contents

Encloses a history for Johnston's use "without any restrictions." 1 p. ALS. Including an AMsS by Ja[me]s M. Kennard, n.d., n.p. relating to a supposed message from Jefferson Davis to the Confederate Congress on Joseph E. Johnston's reinstatement. 25 pp.

Dates: 1874 September 1

J. E. Johnston, Savannah, [Ga.], to John [W. Johnston], n.p., 1874 November 4

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id110857
Scope and Contents

Mr. Fields to re-enclose grave yard; lodging and financial arrangements for brother Peter. 2 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1874 November 4

J. E. Johnston, Savannah, Ga., to Col. John S. Nicholson, Phila[delphia, Pa.]., 1874 November 30

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id110858
Scope and Contents

Encloses his reply to Gen. George W. Mindil's pamphlet "The Battle of Fair Oaks," as copied for the Court of Paris. 1 p. Cy of LS. Including Cy of Ms by Joseph E. Johnston. 20 pp.

Dates: 1874 November 30

1874

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id109625
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers of Joseph E. Johnston, C.S.A. General during the American Civil War, including correspondence which reflect his long military career and interest in his nephews, John Warfield Johnston and John Preston Johnston. The papers include a diary, 1857, of Johnston's survey of the southern boundary of Kansas and eighteen volumes of Civil War dispatches and telegrams. The collection also includes a diary, 1 May-31 July 1864, of Thomas B. Mackall; letters received by...
Dates: 1874-1890 and Undated