Herschel Vespasian Johnson papers, 1832-1894.

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Herschel Vespasian Johnson papers, 1832-1894.

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The collection consists of papers of Herschel Vespasian Johnson from 1832-1894. The papers include a copy of Johnson's autobiography, an album (dated 1832) containing poetry, writings, and drawings (some by Johnson), correspondence (1860-1894), and a few newspaper clippings. The autobiography, which was copied from the original manuscript in 1918, was written by Johnson in 1867. It covers his entire political career including his service as a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor, unsuccessful bid as U.S. Vice-President, member of the Georgia succession convention, a Confederate States Senator, and a member of the Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1865. The correspondence is mainly from Johnson to his daughter Tallulah Horne and her husband Pearce, with several to his daughter Gertrude discussing primarily family matters.

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Confederate States of America

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During the Civil War, the Confederate States of America issued their own currency notes. These circulated like cash, but were technically bills of credit. At the beginning of the war, they circulated widely, but by the end of the war they had lost nearly all their value. Many of the bills remained in private hands after the war and became collectible as memorabilia. Other bills, which the Union Army had confiscated, were in the hands of the United States War Department; it transferred them to th...

Johnson, Gertrude E. (Gertrude Elizabeth)

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United States. Congress. Senate

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Georgia. Constitutional Convention (1865)

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Horne, Tallulah.

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Horne, Pearce.

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Georgia. Governor (1853-1857 : Johnson)

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Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880

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Herschel Vespasian Johnson was born on September 18, 1812, in Burke County. Like most of Georgia's antebellum political lights, Johnson passed through the University of Georgia, graduating in 1834. He took up the law and established prosperous practices in Augusta, Louisville, and finally Milledgeville, the state capital. Ambrose Wright, the future Confederate officer and newspaper journalist, began his study of law in Johnson's Louisville office. In 1844, the same year he moved to Milledgeville...