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Document Details


Title: Memoir of Joseph Eggleston Johnston
Document type: Memoir
Accessibility: Paid Only
Repository: Alexander Street Press
Collection: The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
URL: http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/cwld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S7499-D007
Original Language: English
Speaker: Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 1807-1891
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 03-Feb-1807
Speaker place of birth: Farmville, VA; Virginia; United States; North America
Speaker race: White
Speaker occupation: Businessman; Government appointee; Military personnel; Politician; U.S. Representative
Document date: Undated
People discussed: David McMurtie Gregg; Earl Van Dorn; Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877; Franklin Gardner; Gardener, Franklin; Gardner, Franklin, 1823-1873; Gregg, David McMurtie, 1833-1916; James Alexander Seddon; John Clifford Pemberton; Nathan Bedford Forrest; Pemberton, John Clifford, 1814-1881; Seddon, James Alexander, 1815-1880; Taylor, Thomas Hart, 1825-1901; Thomas Hart Taylor; Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-1863
Locations discussed: Mississippi; North America; United States; Vicksburg, MS
Topics discussed - ASP terms: David McMurtie Gregg; Earl Van Dorn; Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877; Franklin Gardner; Gardener, Franklin; Gardner, Franklin, 1823-1873; Gregg, David McMurtie, 1833-1916; James Alexander Seddon; John Clifford Pemberton; Mississippi; Nathan Bedford Forrest; North America; Pemberton, John Clifford, 1814-1881; Seddon, James Alexander, 1815-1880; Taylor, Thomas Hart, 1825-1901; Thomas Hart Taylor; United States; Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-1863; Vicksburg, MS
Topics discussed - Other terms: Battle preparations; Battles; Chain of command; Change of command; Correspondence; Deaths from war; Economics; Generals; Intellectual life; Law; Lines of communication; Lines of defense; Military; Military defeats; Military intelligence; Military maneuvers; Military morale; Military orders; Military reinforcements; Negotiations; Politics; Professional incompetence; Sieges; Skirmishes; Surrenders
ASP release: 2006-01
Document code: S7499-D007-3221