Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Johnston, Josiah Stoddard, 1833-1913. Papers, 1850-1912. 3 boxes and 7 vols.
Call No.
Mss. A J72 1
Content
Papers of Col. J. Stoddard Johnston, C.S.A. of Louisville, Ky., consisting of letters, 1862-1912; military papers and letters from his superior officers, Generals Robert E. Lee, Braxton Bragg, Simon B. Buckner, John C. Breckinridge and John Echols, 1861-1866; diaries for the years, 1850-1853, 1855-1865; his writings, including articles on the battle of Murfreesboro; Bragg's campaign in Kentucky; messages sent by presidents of the United States to Congress 1789-1885; President Andrew Jackson and the Bank of the United States; Christmas in Louisville; Napoleon and Washington; report of Gen. John Echols's operations in southwest Virginia, Dec. 5, 1865; notes on battle of Perryville; reports on battle of Cold Harbor; poem, "The last sunset of summer"; Commonplace book No. 2; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, Nos 1,3-4, covering the years, 1836-1908; Also Bible of John Pintard Johnston; papers of Harris Hancock Johnston (3 pieces); military papers of Gen. Meriwether Lewis Clark, 1861-1864; military correspondence of Generals Braxton Bragg and Henry W. Halleck; papers of George Hancock (1798-1875).