Finding Aid for the H. Johnson Civil War correspondence 2015.004.w.r
Lauren Menges
Center for American War Letters Archives
10/13/2016
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: H. Johnson Civil War correspondence
Creator:
Johnson, H.
Identifier/Call Number: 2015.004.w.r
Identifier/Call Number: 993
Physical Description:
0.025 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Letter has small holes in it.
Date: 1863
Abstract: This collection contains one letter written by H. Johnson (rank unknown) to his wife Mary Johnson during the Civil War.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: Civil War 1
Container: 11
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of S.K. Thele. Legacy collection from Andrew Carroll.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], H. Johnson Civil War correspondence (2015.004.w.r), Center for American
War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains one letter written by H. Johnson to his wife, Mary Johnson. Johnson was a soldier from Iowa who served
near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Johnson writes home to his wife Mary and describes the miserable conditions of his camp and military
hospitals. He writes, "A soldier that gets killed in battle is lucky to the sick one that goes to the Hospital. I think the
Hospital one of the most miserable places this side of hell."
He also states "We are now before Vicksburg again. Expecting a battle daily. The Rebels have a powerful army and are well
fortified in Vicksburg." It is not clear if he participated in the Siege of Vicksburg, but the letter was written in 1863
so it is possible.
Johnson describes his feelings of despair and hopelessness that he will survive the war: "I have all along until now lived
in hopes of seeing you again but I have now given all hopes up. I think it will be an accident if I ever see home again."
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Correspondence -- American Civil War
Siege of Vicksburg (Mississippi : 1863)
Johnson, Mary