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Johnston, Mercer Green (1868-1954)
Papers, 1860-1954. ca. 40,000 items.
Includes 20 letters from Johnston's father, James Steptoe
Johnston, to Mary Green of Sunnyside, Miss., May 7,1861-Feb.
11, 1863, concerning his service in the 11th Mississippi Volunteers
during the Peninsular, 2d Manassas, and Antietam
campaigns, and as drillmaster in Gen. Beverly H. Robertson's
cavalry during operations in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Provides details on the battles of Seven Pines, Malvern Hill,
and Sharpsburg, devastation in the Shenandoah Valley, camp
life, marches, and Unionist sentiment in Maryland. Also contains
a few remarks on the conduct of Gen. Roger A. Pryor at
the Battle of Sharpsburg.
Finding aid available.
489
Johnston, William Preston (1831-1899) Col., CSA
Papers, 1852-63. 15 items.
Letters by Johnston, Dr. Alexander Garnett, and Jasper S.
Whiting, Feb. 1862, concerning Johnston's health and a leave
of absence; official letter notifying Johnston of his appointment
as colonel and aide-de-camp to President Davis, Apr. 19, 1862;
and commissions for the offices of major, 2d Kentucky Volunteers,
and It. colonel, 1st Kentucky Volunteers.
490
Jones, Charles DeHaven
Papers, 1837-1903. 45 items.
Contains a "Map of the Southern States, including Rail
Roads, County Towns, State Capitals, County Roads, the Southern
Coast from Delaware to Texas, showing the harbors, inlets,
forts and position of blockading ships," Jan. 1862, with inset
portraits of President Lincoln, George B. McClellan, Winfield
Scott, and William H. Seward, and an inset map of Washington,
D.C., and vicinity. Also contains a postwar speech concerning
campaigns in Kentucky and Tennessee.
491
Jones, John Griffith
(1843-1864) Cpl., 23d Wisconsin Volunteers
Correspondence, 1862-65. 85 items.
Transcripts.
Chiefly letters from Jones to his family written during
campaigns in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and
Arkansas. Contains details on the Vicksburg Campaign, particularly
the Yazoo Pass expedition and the battles of Champion's
Hill and Port Gibson, and the Arkansas Post (Fort
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