Joshua Johnson, Jr. diary, 1859-1862 (majority within 1862)

University of Michigan William L. Clements Library

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Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

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Creator:: Johnson, Joshua, Jr., 1835-1862
Abstract:: The diary of Confederate Private Joshua Johnson, Jr., covers his service in the 13th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment between January 1 and May 18, 1862. The diary discusses treatment received at the hospital located within the converted Culpeper Court House in January 1862, picket duty near Sangster's Station, participation in the Skirmish at Sangster's Station (March 9, 1862), and encampment near the Rappahannock River. The volume also contains personal accounts dating between 1859 and 1861, a library book list, a crossed out sketch of a woman's portrait, and a quoted passage from James Kent's Commentaries on American Law. Laid into the front cover is a two-page letter, dated March 11, 1861, regarding border states, secession, and politics.
Extent:: 1 volume
Language:: English
Sponsor:: James S. Schoff Civil War Collection
Authors:: Collection processed and finding aid created by Cari Griffin, September 2018

Scope and Content:: The diary of Confederate Private Joshua Johnson, Jr., covers his service in the 13th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment between January 1 and May 18, 1862. The diary discusses treatment received at the hospital located within the converted Culpeper Court House in January 1862, picket duty near Sangster's Station, participation in the Skirmish at Sangster's Station (March 9, 1862), and encampment near the Rappahannock River. The volume also contains personal accounts dating between 1859 and 1861, a library book list, a crossed out sketch of a woman's portrait, and a quoted passage from James Kent's Commentaries on American Law. Laid into the front cover is a two-page letter, dated March 11, 1861, regarding border states, secession, and politics.
Biographical / Historical:: Joshua Johnson, Jr., was born in 1835. He enlisted on May 18, 1861, in Romney, Virginia, as a private in the 13th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Johnson died on June 1, 1862 in Luray, Virginia.
Acquisition Information:: Gift of Elizabeth Shattuck, 2016. M-6023 .
Processing information:: This collection has been processed according to minimal, accession-level processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.
Rules or Conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)