Joseph Eggleston Johnston collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Joseph Eggleston Johnston Collection (WLU Coll. 0069), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Joseph Eggleston Johnston Collection (WLU Coll. 0069), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a manuscript copy of Joseph E. Johnston's General Order No. 18, dated April 27, 1865, a letter dated January 24, 1884 written by Johnston to possibly James F. Rogers, and an autographed photograph of Johnston.

Johnston's General Order No. 18 deals with the cessation of hostilities at the end of the Civil War. The letter concerns letters from Robert E. Lee.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard