Letters, 1861-1889.

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Letters, 1861-1889.

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Civil War letters written from Johnston to his wife from the field, 1861-65, as a member of the Mass. First Volunteer Infantry (May 1861 - Apr. 1862) and as assistant adjutant general with the U.S. Volunteers (Apr. 1862 - Oct. 1864), and a few letters from Norfolk, Va. after the war. Most of the letters were written from Maryland and Virginia and include descriptions of action at the First Battle of Bull Run, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks and Seven Pines, White Oak Swamp, and Malvern Hill.

1 narrow box and 1 narrow box of photocopies.

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United States. Army. Volunteers. (1861-1865)

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Johnston, George Henry, 1834-1889

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George J. Johnston (1842-1881) was born July 6, 1842 in Wynton Alabama, near Columbus, Georgia. He lived in Montgomery before going to school in Salem Alabama, where he learned the printing trade. He then moved to Opelika Alabama, and then back to Montgomery. During the Civil War he joined the Confederate army as a private in the 60th Alabama Infantry. On December 12, 1863, he was wounded at Bean Station, Rutledge County, Tennessee in his right foot and was temporarily discharged. In September h...