Collection #
SC 0885

THOMAS JOHNSON
CIVIL WAR MEMOIR, 1880–1925

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content

Cataloging Information

Processed by
Charles Latham
13 May 1996
Updated 8 July 2004

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

collection INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 2 items

COLLECTION DATES: ca 1880, 1925

PROVENANCE: Major Thomas Johnson Strickler (grandson), Kansas City, MO, December 1955

RESTRICTIONS: None

REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material from this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society

ALTERNATE FORMATS: None

OTHER FINDING AIDS: None

RELATED HOLDINGS: None

ACCESSION NUMBER: 1955.1204

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Thomas Johnson of Washington, Daviess County, Indiana, was commissioned in August 1861 as captain of Company K of the 24th Indiana Volunteer Regiment. Organized under Colonel Alvin P. Hovey, the regiment went to St. Louis, and served in central Missouri until February 1862, when it was ordered to Forts Donelson and Henry.

In March 1862, Johnson resigned to become lieutenant colonel of the 65th Indiana Regiment, organized under John W. Foster. The 65th served mainly in Tennessee under Burnside. From April 1863 until April 1864 the regiment was mounted, forming part of Graham's brigade. After being dismounted, it served under Sherman before Atlanta, and saw action at Resaca de la Palma. Johnson, promoted to colonel in March 1864, was discharged in August 1864 because of failing health.

Johnson's name does not appear in available county histories except in the Civil War connection.

Sources: Materials in collection
Fulkerson, History of Daviess County (1915), 155
History of Daviess County (1885), 653

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection contains two items. The first is the manuscript of Thomas Johnson's "My War Experiences," written on the first 69 pages of an account book. The second is a bound, typed copy of the account, prepared in 1925 by Johnson's grandson, Major Thomas Johnson Strickler. This is a well organized account, written after the fact, with several endnotes of anecdotal material.

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