Box 4
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Box 4: Diary, Dispatch Books, General Orders and Article
File — Box: 4
Identifier: id112234
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:
1825-1891
Diary of Joseph E. Johnston while surveying the southern boundary of Kansas, with a glossary of Indian place names on the inside front cover., [1857] May 16 - October 29
File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: id112238
Scope and Contents
52 pp. MsV. including Cys of Ls relating to the Kansas expedition. November 1, 1858 - June 22, 1859. 15 pp. Also including miscellaneous financial notes. 7 pp. MsV. 1. Not filmed.
Dates:
[1857] May 16 - October 29
Nyle H. Miller, ed., "Surveying the Southern Boundary Line of Kansas: From the Private Journal of Col. Joseph E. Johnston, "The Kansas Historical Quarterly", February 2, 1932, pp. 104-139.
File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: id112239
Scope and Contents
MsV. 2. Not filmed.
Dates:
1825-1891
Dispatch Book of Joseph E. Johnston, with copies of his resignation from the Union Army and appointment in the Confederate Army, as well as notes by Benjamin S. Ewell on various letters., 1861 June 13 - 1862 August 3
File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id112240
Scope and Contents
68 p. MsV. Including a Cy of LS from L[eonidas] Polk, Demapolis, [Alabama?], to Gen[era]l J. E. Johnston, n.p., May 4, 1864. 1 p. Also including "Directions given by Gen[era]l Johnston for the evacuation of the line at Yorktown," n.d. 2 pp. Also including a memorandum of agreement, April 18, 1865, between General Johnston and Sherman for the surrender of the Confederate troops, with associated letters and notes by B. S. Ewell. 10 pp. [Portions of this volume were copied for the Official...
Dates:
1861 June 13 - 1862 August 3
Dispatch Book of Joseph E. Johnston while in the Department of Northern Virginia and in the Department of the West, 1862 January 28 - 1863 July 22
File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Identifier: id149781
Scope and Contents
237 pp. MsV. Including index to the first 52 pp. Also including a Telegram Book for 1 February 1862-3 March 1862. 9 pp. MsV. 4. Filmed.
Dates:
1862 January 28 - 1863 July 22
General Orders of Joseph E. Johnston while commanding the Department of the West, 1862 December 4 - 1863 December 22
File — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Identifier: id149782
Scope and Contents
21 pp. MsV. Including NCls, 1863-1864, collected by B.S. Ewell about J.E. Johnston. 44 pp. Also including loose NCls, mainly 1891, on Johnston's death and funeral. 12 pp. The General Orders were copied for the "Official Records of the War of the Rebellion." MsV. 5. Filmed.
Dates:
1862 December 4 - 1863 December 22
Dispatch Book of Joseph E. Johnston while commanding the Department of the West, 1862 November 24 - 1863 November 23
File — Box: 4, Folder: 6
Identifier: id149783
Scope and Contents
270 pp. MsV. This volume was copied for the "Official Records of the War of the Rebellion." MsV. 6. Filmed.
Dates:
1862 November 24 - 1863 November 23