This listing is for the original rare handwritten journal from Cromwell Orrick Johnson, surgeon for the 30th Wisconsin Infantry.

The writing is faint so you have to work it it to read.  

It is approx 40 page handwritten notes on his thoughts and history.  

Unsigned, but we have additional notebooks from Johnson's estate.

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Prior to the war, Cromwell served as the principal for the Louisiana Institute of Missouri in 1859 and 1860. He went to study medicine in New York, graduating in the spring of 1863, Johnson used his medical training on the battlefield. He enlisted as an assistant surgeon of the 5th Pennsylvania Reserves, also known as the 34th Pennsylvania, on March 9, 1863, and one served at the Battle of Gettysburg. Hand disease forced him to resign on September 29, 1863, but he returned to service with the Minnesota Cavalry in Brackett's Battalion on March 19, 1864 to fight against American Indian uprisings. He died before reaching the age of 30 at Bloody Run on December 21, 1864.

Name Dr Cromwell Johnson
Gender Male
Birth Place Virginia
Spouse 
Maria Sawyer
Child 
Susan Jane Polking

Name Dr Cromwell Johnson
Gender Male
Birth Place Virginia
Spouse 
Maria Sawyer
Child 
Susan Jane Polking

Name Cormwell O. Johnson
Rank Assistant Surgeon
Enlistment Age 25
Muster Age 25
Birth Date abt 1838
Residence Place Bedford County
Enlistment Date 1863
Enlistment Place Hbg.
Muster Date 7 Mar 1863
Muster Place Washington, District of Columbia
Discharge Date 28 Sep 1863
Unit F&S - 5Res

Name Doctor Cromwell Johnson
Veteran of Which War U.S. Civil War
Registration County Bedford
Cemetery Name Everett Cemetery
Cemetery Location Everett, Pennsylvania, Bedford County




Authentic period piece related to family, history or local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.  Vintage or Antique.



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