Special Collections Research Center
Bradley T. Johnson Papers
Johnson, Bradley T., b. 1829
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1881-1889
English
Biographical Information:
Bradley Tyler Johnson was born in 1829. He attended Princeton University. He became a lawyer and entered Democratic Party politics. Johnson led the Maryland Confederate cavalry under Wade Hampton in opposing the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, led a cavalry brigade under Jubal Early in the Valley of Virginia in 1864, and executed Early's order to burn Chambersburg, Pa. He wrote a Memoir of the Life and Public Service of Joseph E. Johnston (1891) and General Washington (1894). Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Acquisition Information:
Purchase
Processing Information:
Box and folder list compiled by Meredith Ramey, SCRC staf, in November 2011.
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Preferred Citation:
Bradley T. Johnson Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1881-1899, received by Bradley T. Johnson from former and fellow Civil War soldiers concerning the burning of Chambersburg, Pa., conflict between Jubal Early and William Mahone, and the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid. Correspondents are C.B. Dahlgren, John Warwick Daniel, Jubal A. Early, James W. Eldridge, Wade Hampton, Henry Brainerd McClellan, William E. Peters, and John H. Worsham.
Correspondence
Chambersburg (Pa.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Va., 1864
United States-- History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
Mahone, William, 1826-1895
Papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/2692331881-1899EnglishManuscripts Group 2 Box 171J. A. Early, Lynchburg, [Va.], to General B[radley] T. Johnson.id105393/repositories/2/archival_objects/2092516 April 1881.J. A. Early, Lynchburg, [Va.], to Gen[era]l B[radley] T. Johnson.id105394/repositories/2/archival_objects/2092624 April 1881.J. A. Early, Lynchburg, [Va.], to Gen[era]l Bradley T. Johnson.id105395/repositories/2/archival_objects/209277 May 1881.W[illia]m E. Peters, University of V[irgini]a, to General [Bradley T. Johnson].id105396/repositories/2/archival_objects/2092813 May 1881.J. A. Early, Lynchburg, Va., to General B[radley] T. Johnson.id105397/repositories/2/archival_objects/209295 May 1884.H. B. McClellan, Lexington, Ky., to General Bradley T. Johnson, Baltimore, Md.id105398/repositories/2/archival_objects/2093010 Nov. 1884.Jo[h]n W. Daniel, Washington, D.C., to Gen[eral] Bradley T. Johnson [sic], Baltimore, Md.id105399/repositories/2/archival_objects/2093116 Apr[il] 1890.C. B. Dahlgren, Trenton, N.J., to Gen[eral] Bradley T. Johnson.id105400/repositories/2/archival_objects/2093224 Apr[il] 1890.C. B. Dahlgren, Trenton, N. J., to Gen[eral] Bradley T. Johnson.id105401/repositories/2/archival_objects/2093329 Apr[il] 1890.[?], the Consulate General of the United States, Habana, to Gen[era]l Bradley T. Johnson.id105402/repositories/2/archival_objects/2093424 June 1894.James W. Eldridge, Hartford, Conn., to General Bradley T. Johnson.id105403/repositories/2/archival_objects/2093517 June 1895.John H. Worsham, Richmond, Va., to Gen[eral] Bradley T. Johnson.id105404/repositories/2/archival_objects/2093618 June 1895.Wade Hampton, Columbia, [Va.?], to Gen[eral] Bradley T. Johnson.id105405/repositories/2/archival_objects/209373 June [18]99.Wade Hampton, Rockbridge Bath, [Rockbridge County, Va.], to Gen[era]l B[radley] T. Johnson.id105406/repositories/2/archival_objects/2093817 Sept. [18]99.Wade Hampton, Rockbridge Bath, to [General Bradley T.] Johnson.id105407/repositories/2/archival_objects/2093922 Sept. 1899.Certificate of the election of General Bradley T. Johnson as an honorary member of the Frederick Riflemen, M.N.C.id105408/repositories/2/archival_objects/209401882.