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...

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6 pp. MsV. Filmed.

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Including his dispatches during the siege of Jackson, Mississippi. 64 pp. MsV. Filmed.

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Most dispatches are from Morton on Meridian, Mississippi. Parts of this volume were copied for the "Official Records of the War of the Rebellion." 72 pp. MsV. Filmed.

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Most letters are from Meridian, Mississippi, or Dalton, Georgia, and some are lengthy reports of Johnston's command. 103 pp. MsV. Filmed.

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131 pp. MsV. Including a report of Benjamin S. Ewell's visit to Richmond, 8-20 APril 1864. 16 pp. Also including B.S. Ewell's comparison of the campaigns in Virginia and Georgia in the spring and summer of 1864. 10 pp. Also including tabulations of strengths and losses, 7 December 1863-9 July 1864. 3 pp. Also including a narrative by B.S. Ewell, 5 August 1864, on Johnston's removal from command. 2 pp. Copied for the "Official Records of the War of the Rebellion." Filmed.

Scope and Contents 54 pp. MsV. Including Cys of Ls, 29 April 1862-28 June 1863, from J.E. Johnston, to Lydian McLane Johnston. 10 pp. Also including telegrams, 4 May 1864-20 May 1864. 4 pp. Also including a report, 15 February 1865, of General Hood while commanding the Army of Tennessee, 18 July 1864-23 January 1865. 17 pp. Also including statistics on the Manassas Army, 31 December 1861. 1 pp. Also including Df. of Ls by Benjamin S. Ewell, n.d. 2 pp. Portions of this volume were copied for the "Official...