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Albert Sidney Johnston Collection GA18., 1828-1960, 1828-1863

Title: Albert Sidney Johnston Collection 1828-1960 1828-1863

A graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1826, Johnston served as an officer in the United States Army, the Texas Army, and the Confederate Army. He also served as Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas. Johnston was colonel of the 1st Texas Rifle Volunteers during the Mexican War. He was killed April 6, 1862, at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee while in command of the Western Department of the Confederate Army. Correspondence, financial documents, military records, engravings, photographs, poem, and printed materials. Primarily military records that Johnston produced as Secretary of War, 1836-1840, and as an officer in the United States Army related to his duties as paymaster, quartermaster, and commander of Fort Mason, Texas, 1828, 1842-1861. Includes a manuscript book of general orders recorded during the Mexican War, an 1863 letter from David Burnet to P.W. Gray about the dependent condition of Johnston's family in California, and a letter which describes the scene at Johnston's death by George W. Baylor, 1889. There are also several published articles about Johnston and the Battle of Shiloh, as well as an epitaph poem.

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Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862. Collection, 1828-1958, (bulk 1828-1861).

Title: Collection, 1828-1958, (bulk 1828-1861).

Correspondence, financial documents, military records, engravings, photographs, poem, and printed materials.

ArchivalResource: 89 items.

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McCulloch, Ben, 1811-1862. McCulloch, Ben and Henry Eustace, Family Papers, 1798-1961, 1837-1916.

Title: McCulloch, Ben and Henry Eustace, Family Papers, 1798-1961, 1837-1916.

Papers of Ben McCulloch (1811-1862) and his brother, Henry Eustace McCulloch (1816-1895), relate primarily to family members. The Henry Eustace McCulloch series includes letters to family members and friends, journals and military communications documenting his activities as sheriff of Gonzales County, surveyor and merchandiser in Gonzales and Seguin and tavern keeper in Austin (1859-1860), and colonel and brigadier general in the Confederate Army (1861-1865). Other materials are rosters and account records of McCulloch's volunteer companies (1846-1851) and a small group of documents covering Henry's activities as superintendent of the Texas Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (1877-1879). Miscellaneous materials include a manuscript interview concerning the Pan American Railway Company (undated) and papers related to W.M. Hardy and the Slaughter family.

ArchivalResource: 1 ft., 3 in.

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McCulloch (Ben and Henry Eustace) Family Papers, 39540808., 1798-1961.

Title: McCulloch (Ben and HenryEustace) Family Papers, 1798-1961.

Papers of Ben McCulloch(1811-1862) and his brother, Henry Eustace McCulloch (1816-1895) includematerials relating to their parents, Alexander McCulloch (1777-1846) andFrancis F. (Lenoir) McCulloch (1780-1866) of Dyersburg, Tennessee, siblings anddescendants.

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McCulloch, Ben, 1811-1862. McCulloch, Ben and Henry Eustace, family papers, 1798-1961.

Title: McCulloch, Ben and Henry Eustace, family papers, 1798-1961.

Papers of Ben McCulloch (1811-1862) and his brother, Henry Eustace McCulloch (1816-1895) include materials relating to their parents, Alexander McCulloch (1777-1846) and Francis F. (Lenoir) McCulloch (1780-1866) of Dyersburg, Tennessee, siblings and descendants. The McCulloch family series includes correspondence concerning family matters and reflects farm life and military, social and political events;

ArchivalResource: 1 ft., 3 in.

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