Papers, 1864.

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Papers, 1864.

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A diary kept by Johnston from May 4 to June 20, 1864, summarizes his regiment's participation in the Army of the Potomac's spring campaign from the Battle of the Wilderness in which his Colonel, Frank Graves, was killed, through the battles of Spotsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor in which Major W. Ely Lewis was killed, and the Petersburg assault. In a letter to Sarah Ann Wicks, 1864 Oct. 23, near Poplar Grove Court House, Johnston writes about the weather, their camp, the anticipated end of the war, and their future together. With the diary and letter are copies of genealogical records of the Johnston family, and a poem "To the Gallant Eighth of Michigan" that mentions the death of Graves.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Graves, Frank, d. 1864.

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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865)

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Johnston family.

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Lewis, W. Ely, d. 1864.

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Johnston, Sarah Ann Wicks, 1841-1911,

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Johnston, William

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Union Army soldier, 8th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. From the description of Papers, 1864. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135375 Pioneer, clerk of Jefferson County (Ky.) Court. From the description of William Johnston : miscellaneous papers, 1780-1810. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49244113 External evidence suggests that William Johnston was the keeper of the volume. He was a cabinetmaker and joiner in Mill Creek...