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Reminisces about family ties with his [SSL] grandparents [Anna Marie (Mason) Lee and Sydney Smith Lee]; is very proud of him and always happy to hear from him. 1 p. ALS.

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Wishes Gantt would move to Washington and leave his "unfashionable" location; discusses reasons for [Benjamin Stoddard] Ewell being refused a professorship at William and Mary after using at least $15,000 of his own money to save it; his tour of inspection will be delayed until Congress appropriates the money. 2 pp. ALS. Including typescript. 1 p.

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Comments on fashions in St. Louis; opinions of slavery; and a defense of [Richard S.] Ewell against attacks by [P.G.T.] Beauregard. 4 pp. ALS. Including typescript. 2 pp.

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Details Confederate blunders in the areas of buying up cotton to sell for arms, and not moving against McClellan in force in 1862, or putting Lee in command on May 31, [1862?]; also Bragg not capturing Union troops in West Tennessee; troops in Arkansas not being transferred to Mississippi, and Hood being put opposite Sherman instead of Hardee or Stewart. 4 pp. ALS. Including typescript. 2 pp.

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Gives account of his recent trip through the Rocky Mountains and on to the Pacific Ocean, and of all the land's beauty. 3 pp. ALS.

Scope and Contents Had no idea of the disaster to the Democratic party; describes a situation in Williamsburg as being the consequence of a large number of Negroes brought there by the military occupation; Gettysburg will not be as bad as the effect of Negro supremacy; Henry A. Wise turned Democrat to run for Governor; doesn't understand why Gantt's St. Louis house won't sell; as a child, heard much discussion of the authorship of the "Junius" letters, and feels Lord Lyttelton is a good possibility; death of a...

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Sends news of death of General [Henry] Hunt -- an old friend. 2 pp. ALS. Including typescript. 1 p.

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Is concerned about her father's [John W. Johnston] relapses, but cannot come to visit yet due to preparing his office for its next occupant; tells of preparation of the court of the great "pension building" for the inauguration ballroom. 2 pp. ALS.

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Discusses use of contributed funds to buy a house for Mrs. [Henry] Hunt and her other funds; and strategies for Congressional aid for her. 4 pp. ALS. Including typescript. 2 pp.

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Requests Johnston's presence at an Inter-State Drill to be held in Nashville. 1 p. TLS.

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Concerning Johnston's election to the honorary vice presidency of the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. 1 p. LS.

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Conveys suggestion of a dinner for the Comte de Paris; suggests dinner be in private, including only Mr. [Robert M.] McLane and a nephew to entertain the Comte's son. 2 pp. ALS.

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...