Johnson, Benjamin W. Letter, 1863 September 12. 1 item. Location: E:84. Colonel in the 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, prisoner of war. Letter written from 'Prison No. 8 Custom House' to T. F. Wilson, an assistant adjutant general, reports the part played by Johnson's command in defense of Fort Desperate in the Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana. Available on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 545.