Johnston, Josiah Stoddard (1833-1913) Papers, 1850-1912
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Johnston, Josiah Stoddard, 1833-1913
Title: Papers, 1850-1912
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 1.5 cubic feet
Location Number: Mss. A J72
Scope and Content Note
Papers include military papers and letters, 1862-1912, from his superior officers (Robert E. Lee, Braxton Bragg, Simon B. Buckner, John C. Breckinridge, and John Echols), 1861-1866; diaries, 1850-1853, describing his student career, including being suspended and readmitted to Yale University; diary, 1862-1863, describing Breckinridge’s attack on Baton Rouge, La., his trip to Chattanooga, being made aide-de-camp to Braxton Bragg, Confederate troop movements during Bragg’s invasion of Ky., being on Simon B. Buckner’s staff, and interviews with Jefferson Davis; his writings, including articles on the battles of Perryville and Murfreesboro (Stones River), Bragg’s campaign in Ky., messages sent by presidents of the U.S. to Congress, 1789-1885, President Andrew Jackson and the Bank of the United States, Christmas in Louisville, and Napoleon and Washington; report, 1865 Dec. 5, of General John Echols’s operation in southwest Va.; note on the battle of Perryville; reports on the battle of Cold Harbor; poem, “The Last Sunset of Summer”; Commonplace book no. 2 containing notes on historical figures and genealogical information; and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, nos. 1, 3-4, covering the years, 1836-1908.
Also included are the Bible of John Pintard Johnston; papers of Harris Hancock Johnston; military papers, 1861-1864, of General Meriwether Lewis Clark; military correspondence of generals Braxton Bragg and Henry W. Halleck; and papers of George Hancock (1798-1875), including letters and land papers regarding his property in Tx.
Biographical Note
1833: Born in New Orleans, La.
1838: Moved to Ky.
1853: Graduated from Yale1854Received his law degree.
1854: Married Eliza Johnson, daughter of George W. Johnson.
1862: Joined the Confederate Army.
1867: Moved to Frankfort and became editor of the Kentucky Yeoman until 1886.
1875-1879: Served as secretary of state for Ky.
1893: Became president of the Filson Club.
1896: Wrote A Memorial history of Louisville.
1903-1908: Associate editor of the Courier-Journal.
1913: Died and was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.
For more information consult the Kentucky Encyclopedia.
Folder List
Box 1
Portrait
1 Correspondence, 1862-1877.
2 Correspondence, 1888.
3 Correspondence, 1891-1896.
4 Correspondence, 1897-1899.
5 Correspondence, 1900-1901.
6 Correspondence, 1903-1912.
6a Correspondence (photostats), 1854-1875.
7 Letterbook of military correspondence.
8 Military papers, 1862-1864.
9 Harris Hancock Johnston papers, 1863-1864.
10 Meriwether Lewis Clark military papers, 1861-1864.
11 Braxton Bragg correspondence with Leonidas Polk, W. S. Rosecrans, and Jefferson Davis, 1862-1863.
12 Henry W. Halleck military correspondence with Don Carlos Buell, George H. Thomas, and Horatio G. Wright, 1862.
pkg.13-14 Diary kept at Yale and East Randolph, Mass., 1850-1853.
Box 2
15 Scrapbook no. 3.
16 Diary, 1862 July 26-Sept. 8. Diary, 1862 Dec. 26-1863 Aug. 29.
17 Notes on Johnston’s service in the Confederate Army, commissions, etc.
18 Report of the battle of Murfreesboro. A brief account of the author’s (of the report) war history.
19 Bragg’s Kentucky Campaign, 1863 Jan.
20 Memoranda of facts bearing on General Bragg’s Ky. campaign, 1863 Jan. 8.
21 Bragg’s campaign in Ky. by a staff officer. (In six parts.)
22 Bragg’s campaign in Ky.
23 Notes on Bragg’s campaign in Ky.
24 Article on messages sent by presidents to Congress, 1789-1885.
25 Article on Andrew Jackson and the Bank of the United States.
26 The first Christmas in Louisville, 1898.
27 Christmas in Louisville.
28 The last sunset of summer, 1897 Aug. 31.
29 Napoleon and Washington, 1895.
30 Report of General Echols’s operations in Va., 1865 Dec. 5.
31 Notes on the battle of Perryville.
32 Material on the battle of Cold Harbor including reports of Robert E. Lee and Hancock.
33 William Clark will, 1789 Nov.23.Deed for land in Clarksville, Ind.
pkg. 34 Commonplace book no. 2, 1896-1899.
pkg.35 Scrapbook, no. 1 containing newspaper clippings, 1836-1897.
pkg.36 Scrapbook, no. 4 containing newspaper clippings, 1879-1908.
pkg.37 Commonplace book, 1850-1852.
Box 3
38 George Hancock correspondence, 1852-1875.
39 Mary Hancock correspondence, 1876-1899.
40 George Hancock Texas land papers, 1836-1875.
41 Mary Hancock Texas land papers, 1879-1902.
42 George Hancock stock certificates in the Trinity Coal and Mining Co., 1839 Aug. 14.
43 Pamphlet: Petition of George Hancock and his associates to the Legislature of Tx.
44 Pamphlet: William Preston v. William C. Walsh.
45 Pamphlet: William Preston v. William C. Walsh and William C. Walsh v. William Preston.
46 Pamphlet: William Preston v. William C. Walsh and William C. Walsh v. William Preston.
47 John Pintard Johnston Bible
