Keyes, Charles L. Letters, 1862-1863. 10 items. Location: Misc:K. Union soldier from Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts, in the 52nd Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. Letters describe his steamship voyage aboard the Illinois; and camp life in Baton Rouge, New Iberia, Camp Stoneman, Barres Landing, and Port Hudson, Louisiana. Letters from Port Hudson, written from the breastworks, describe conditions during the siege. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3604.

Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891. General order, 1864. 1 item (3 leaves). Location: E:84. Confederate general in the Civil War. General order, issued by command of Johnston at Chattanooga, Tennessee, pertains to regulations published for the guidance of all inspecting officers. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2133.

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.

Kirkland, John D. A. Commission, 1861. 1 item. Location: OS:K. Commission appointing John D. A. Kirkland a captain in the East Feliciana Regiment of the Louisiana Militia by Governor Thomas O. Moore. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2273. Mss. 893.

Johnston, Henry. Letter, 1863. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union soldier in the Civil War. Letter describes the training of his regiment on Long Island, the sea voyage from New York to New Orleans, back upriver to Baton Rouge, and African American soldiers in the Union army. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2466.

Ker, William H. Letters, 1861-1864. 11 items. Location: U:182. Natchez, Mississippi, resident and Confederate private in the Jefferson Davis Legion, Mississippi Cavalry, in the Civil War. Collection contains letters from Ker to his sister concerning his observations and reflections during service in Virginia, Alabama, and Georgia. Available on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 10. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 888.

Johnson, Charles Andrew, 1818-1896. Papers, 1832-1896 (bulk 1858-1894). 514 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: UU:65, OS:J. Native of New Haven, Connecticut, and a lawyer in New Orleans. Johnson served as a judge in Donaldsonville, Louisiana (1843) and in 1855 began a partnership in a New Orleans firm. Collection contains passports, letters (1858), military passes (1863-1864), a receipt for bonds (1864), bank checks (1866-1869), and two letters and a newspaper clipping (1873) relating to lawsuits of Johnson. Some letters in French. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1318.

Kimmel, C. Letter, 1866. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from Rhode Island asking a friend to advertise in New Orleans and other Louisiana papers regarding the whereabouts of his son, probably a Union soldier. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2112.

Jones, Walter B. Imprints, 1962. 2 items. Location: E:Imprints. Judge and resident of Alabama. Copy of 'The Confederate Creed' by Judge Walter B. Jones and color post card of his father, Alabama Governor Thomas Goode Jones, as a Confederate major. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1814.

Jefferson Davis cartoon, 1865 ca. 1 item. Location: E:65. President of the Confederate States of America. A political cartoon depicting Jefferson Davis fleeing in women's attire. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3271.