Inventory of the John Johnston Papers, 1862-1900

Collection Number 1638


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Johnston, John, 1842-1928.
Title
John Johnston Papers, 1862-1900 .
Call Number
1638
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
10 items.
Abstract
Microfilm of reminiscences (17 pages) of John Johnston of Madison County, Tenn.; a diary, 1862, of Johnston's sister, Sarah Johnston Estes; and a few other items. Johnston wrote the reminiscences in 1900 and the transcription was prepared about 1930. He wrote about growing up in Madison County and about his military experiences in the 6th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. A transcription of Johnston's diary, February-May 1865 is included. Sarah Estes's diary (36 pages) describes community life in Madison County, Tenn., and in Amite, La., and a trip from Tennessee to New Orleans, La.


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Administrative Information

Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the John Johnston Papers, #1638, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Amite City (La.)--Social life and customs.
Children--Tennessee--Social life and customs.
Confederate States of America--Description and travel.
Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army. Tennessee Infantry Regiment, 6th.
Diaries.
Estes, Sarah Johnston, fl. 1862.
Johnston, John, 1842-1928.
Madison County (Tenn.)--Social life and customs.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
Travelers--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
Women--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
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Collection Overview

Microfilm of reminiscences (17 pages) of John Johnston of Madison County, Tenn.; a diary, 1862, of Johnston's sister, Sarah Johnston Estes; and a few other items. Johnston wrote the reminiscences in 1900 and the transcription was prepared about 1930. He wrote about growing up in Madison County and about his military experiences in the 6th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. A transcription of Johnston's diary, February-May 1865 is included. Sarah Estes's diary (36 pages) describes community life in Madison County, Tenn., and in Amite, La., and a trip from Tennessee to New Orleans, La.