Joseph Eggleston Johnston was an American military officer and politician who served in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War and in the Seminole Wars. After Virginia declared secession from the United States in 1861, he entered the Confederate States Army as one of its most senior general officers during the American Civil War.
ForT WALLA WALLA, WASH. TER. ForT WALLA WALLA, WASH. TER., January 5, 1861. General JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, Quartermaster-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I take the liberty and…
ForT WALLA WALLA, WASH. TER. ForT WALLA WALLA, WASH. TER., January 5, 1861. General JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, Quartermaster-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I take the liberty and…
; HEADQUARTERS, SOUTH CAROLINA ARMY, April 21, 1861. ‘ Sullivan’s Island, April 21, 1861. Magor: I have the honor to report that on Tuesday morning, April _ 9, in obedience…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF F’REDERICKSBURG, Fredericksburg, Va., June 2, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to state, for the information of the commanding general, that four of the enemy’s armed steamers…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. VOLUNTEERS, Grafton, W. Va., June 7, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that I arrived at Grafton on the evening of the 1st day of…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP BETHEL, Bethel Church, June 10, 1861. Sir: The enemy, thirty-five hundred strong, attacked us at our post, and after a very animated conflict of two hours and a…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP BETHEL, Bethel Church, June 10, 1861. Sir: The enemy, thirty-five hundred strong, attacked us at our post, and after a very animated conflict of two hours and a…
HEADQUARTERS, Loring’s Mill, Warwick Road, Va., June 30, 1861. Sir: [have the honor to report that the command of LieutenantColonel Dreux, about eighteen hundred strong, arrived here yesterday at 3…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE FORCES, Richmond, Va., July 16, 1861. GENERAL: In the dispatch of the 14th instant you were directed to take command of the available troops of the Northwestern…
Richmond Richmond, July 17, 1861. General J. E. JoHNSTON, Winchester, Va.: General Beauregard is attacked. To strike the enemy a decisive blow a junction of all your effective force will…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, Smithfield, Va., July 18, 1861. Sir: [have the honor to report that I yesterday completed a personal © examination of the country embraced within the limits of…
RicumonD RicumonD, July 20, 1861. General JosEPH EH. JOHNSTON, Manassas Junction, Va. : GENERAL: You are a general in the Confederate Army, possessed of the power attaching to that rank.…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, Union Mills, July 24, 1861. Sir: In conformity with Special Orders, No. 145, headquarters Army of the Potomac, I have the honor to report that upon the…
Camp Johnson, Broad Run, July 29, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that with six hundred infantry of my command I reached Manassas on the morning of the…
HEADQUARTERS HAMPTON LEGION, Camp Johnson, Broad Run, July 29, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that with six hundred infantry of my command I reached Manassas on the…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF OCOUPATION, W. V. A., Camp Scott, near Cross-Lanes, Va., September 11, 1861. J GENERAL: Yesterday we reached the Cross-Lanes at 2 o’elock; drove : in the rebel…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE KANAWHA, Camp on the Road, September 12, 1861. SIR: Information had reached me for some number of days that a heavy force was advancing towards my…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP ADVANCE, September 12, 1861. September 12, 1861. SIR: By order of General Smith I was placed under your command yesterday, and in accordance with your directions I led…
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CAMP, Near Leesburg, Va., October 28, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit my report of a battle with the enemy which took place near Leesburg on…
RicumMonnD, V. A. RicumMonnD, V. A., November 3, 1861. General J. E. JOHNSTON, + Commanding Department of the Potomac: Sir: Reports have been and are being widely circulated to the…
HUNTSVILLE HUNTSVILLE, February 8, 1862. General JOHNSTON: The Federal gunboats have landed at Florence, 5 miles from Tuscumbia and 48 miles west of Decatur; are marching on Tuscumbia; how many…
CUMBERLAND CITY, TENN. CUMBERLAND CITY, TENN., February 16, 1862. General JOHNSTON : This morning at 2 o’clock, not feeling willing myself to surrender, I turned over the command to General…
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. CLARKSVILLE, TENN., February 19, 1862. General JOHNSTON: 4 Sir: There is but little known satisfactorily of the enemy or their movements; up to 10 o’elock last night all…
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. CLARKSVILLE, TENN., February 19, 1862. General JOHNSTON: 4 Sir: There is but little known satisfactorily of the enemy or their movements; up to 10 o’elock last night all…