Battle of New Market. Porter Johnson Memoir., 1909

Item — Box: 1, Folder: Johnson

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Battle of New Market. Porter Johnson memoir transcription. [Digital]

Account of the Battle of New Market written in 1909 by Porter Johnson. As a VMI Cadet, Johnson participated in the battle as a Private, Company B. Corps of Cadets.

Dates

1909

Creator

Johnson, Porter, 1845-1917 (Person)

Extent

From the Collection: 1.5 cubic feet (3 document boxes and oversized materials)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Born- October 19, 1845, Pruntytown, Taylor Co. [West] Virginia. Living in Brownsburg, Rockbridge Co., Virginia at beginning of war; matriculated at VMI on September 1, 1863 and was a cadet private at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864; resigned from Corps of Cadets on March 6, 1865 and joined the 8th Confederate Battalion commanded by Col. Garnett Andrews; captured at Salisbury, NC on April 12, 1865 and imprisoned; paroled June 13, 1865. Postwar: Returned to Rockbridge County, Virginia where he was a farmer; died June 9, 1917.