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Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Hannibal A. Johnson Letter must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Hannibal A. Johnson Letter, Ms2019-032, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Hannibal A. Johnson Letter was purchased by Special Collections in July 2018.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Hannibal A. Johnson Letter was completed in June 2019.
Biographical Note
Hannibal Augustus Johnson was born on June 4, 1841, to Mark and Sarah (Simmons) Johnson, in Hallowell, Maine. Before the Civil War, Johnson worked in a dry-goods store.
Johnson enlisted with Company B, 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry in April 1861. By 1864, he was a lieutenant with the company. During the war, he was captured at Gettysburg and spent seven weeks at Belle Island prison camp near Richmond, Virginia. He was captured again the Battle of the Wilderness, confined at several prisons, and escaped in November 1864. He returned to his regiment, mustered out, and reenlisted with the 1st Maine Battalion in April 1865.
In 1866, he mustered out again, and returned to the working in business. In 1868, he married Emma Watts Lombard. They had one son, Walter. Johnson died in Lynn, Massacusetts, on July 3, 1913.
Scope and Content
The Hannibal A. Johnson Letter contains information details recent fighting, regiment activities, capturing prisoners, and the draft. The letter was written in Leesburg, Virginia, on Novemeber 1862.
Related Material
The Hannibal A. Johnson Letter is related to the Hannibal A. Johnson Letters (Ms1990-058). Finding aid available online .
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Civil War
- Correspondence
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Rights Statements for Archival Description
The guide to the Hannibal A. Johnson Letter by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Johnson, Hannibal Augustus, 1841-1913