Johnson Hagood papers, ca. 1870-1946.

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Johnson Hagood papers, ca. 1870-1946.

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Correspondence, writings, military records, genealogical material, and other items. Included are the Civil War memoirs of James R. Hagood (see SCHS 34/0688). Personal and military correspondence (1884-1945) of Johnson Hagood includes letters concerning his attendance at West Point (1891-1896); service at Ft. Trumball (Conn.), Sullivans Island (S.C.), and Ft. Monroe (Va.) (1896-1908); legislative work at the War Dept. (1908-1912); service in the Philippines (1913-1915, 1920s); service in France during World War I as a regimental commander, chief of staff of communications, and head of the Services of Supply (S.O.S.); service in Germany with Allied occupation troops (1918-1919); the Corregidor project; artillery defense; military policy and legislation; national defense; service as post commander in Omaha (Neb.), San Antonio (Tex.), and elsewhere; military training; army housing; Hagood's congressional testimony critical of WPA appropriations that led to his firing and retirement; and other matters. Numbered among the correspondents are many politicians and military and governmental officials including James F. Byrnes. Personal and family correspondents include Hagood's wife Jean, brother Lee Hagood, and mother Kathleen T. Hagood. Letters are arranged chronologically and include an index. Many official military records such as orders and reports are included with the correspondence. Additional military records include papers pertaining to the S.O.S. including posters and a bound report; a communication to the Secretary of War from the Chief of Staff regarding military policy (1910); photographs, a manual, and other items pertaining to the training of soldiers (1925-ca. 1943); and papers (1913-1939), including reports, printed material, and photographs, pertaining to Philippine defenses and Corregidor Island. Other items include photocopies of clippings mainly concerning Hagood's career and views on various military and political matters; and biographical material on Hagood.

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