The Hugh Johnson Civil War Letters
PREFACE
I have intended to get the Hugh Johnson Civil War letters typed out
for years.  They really should be available to anyone who might be
interested in them.  I hope that my efforts will be useful.

Hugh Johnson used punctuation sparingly, and I have taken the liberty
to insert periods [.] and commas [,] where I thought they were
appropriate. This should make reading the letters much simpler.  I
have not tried to make corrections in spelling, limiting myself to
some parenthetical comments.  Hugh almost always capitalized certain
letters [ C's and S's] when they appeared at the beginning of a word.
I have tried to follow this pattern, but I know that there have been
some instances where I inadvertently made corrections.

I welcome comments.  This is all saved on disk, and making changes
should be quite simple.  It would be great to hear from you.

                        Sincerely,

                        Hugh Johnson Turnbull

Hugh Johnson Turnbull
hturnbul@lane.k12.or.us
1-541-895-4571

                               
 INDEX

<112361.TXT> Davenport Bks
<122561.TXT>
<012062.TXT> Benton Barracks St Louis Mo
<012162.TXT> Benton Barracks St Louis Mo
<020462.TXT> Benton Barracks St Louis Mo
<21162.TXT>
<021462.TXT> Benton Barracks St Louis Mo
<021662.TXT> Camp 2nd Iowa Cav Lagrange Tenn
<031162.TXT> Sykeston Mo
<032062.TXT> Camp near New Madrid
<032562.TXT> Camp near New Madrid
<040062.TXT>
<040462.TXT> Camp near New Madrid
<041162.TXT> Camp near New Madrid
<041562.TXT> Oceola Ark
April 28, 1862 Pittsburgh Landing Tenn
May  3, 1862 Camp before Corinth Miss, Popes Div, Elliots Brigade
May  7, 1862 Camp on Corinth Road
June  1, 1862 Camp before Corinth
June 13, 1862 Camp 5 miles south of Corinth
June 29, 1862 Camp near Booneville Miss
July 23, 1862 Camp near Rienzi Miss
<080262.TXT> Camp near Rienzi Miss
<080562.TXT> Rienzi Miss
<081262.TXT> Camp near Rienzi Miss
<090662.TXT> Camp near Rienzi Miss
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Hugh Johnson letters reprinted by permission of Hugh Johnson Turnbull from electronic, transcribed copies
submitted to Milton Sandy, Jr. April 1996

Date: Fri, 26 Apr 96
From: "Hugh J. Turnbull" 
Organization: Creswell Middle School
To: mlsandy@tsixroads.com

Dear Milton,

Last June I ventured into the "Deep South" for the first time to visit the
National Cemetery in your city.  I went to touch bases with my namesake, my
great-great-grandfather, Hugh Johnson.  He served with the Iowa 2nd Cavalry,
Co. M, and he met his end just north of West Point.  He remains one of the
unidentified, but his son, when he ventured to Corinth, came away certain that
his was one of four graves.  It was a very moving experience to be able to
visit the land where he spent the last couple years of his life.

It would be disingenuous on my part to say that I drove into Mississippi free
of misconceptions.  Some measure of fear was with me. My son and I drove down
to Holly Springs, cut over to Tupelo and then headed north to Corinth.  The
names of numerous towns appeared  to remind me of the towns Hugh Johnson had
written about in his letters home.  We were travelling on a Sunday, and many
of the points of possible interest (e.g., museums) were closed.  It reminded
me of the many  Quaker "blue laws" of my youth near Philadelhia(PA).

On arriving in Coinrth, we had the extreme good fortune of finding the N.E.
Mississippi Museum open for business.  Mrs. Rogers was a splendid help!!

I was stunned to discover Corinth on the Web.  You folks are doing a
tremendous service.  Keep up the fine work.  The next time I head to Corinth,
I plan to have a much better idea of what to look for.  I also hope to have a
much longer length of time at my disposal.

Keep up the great work.  My warmest regards to Mrs. Rogers.

                Sincerely,
                Hugh Johnson Turnbull