GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/03/1886 - HFSID 259005
Price: $1,200.00
JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON
He cannot do a favor because it is not in his power.
ALS: "J.E. Johnston", 1p, 5x8. Washington, 1886 May 3. To A.S.
Garnett Esq. In full: "I am very sorry that it is not in my power to
serve you in the manner you desire. I have no other claim upon his (Mr Daniels)
kindness that that which such admiration of his character and ability as belongs
to me with other Virginians, may give. Therefore I have no right to ask of him a
personal favor. If I had such a privilege it should be used promptly in your
case." In 1861, Johnston was made Brigadier General and placed in charge of
the Army of Northern Virginia. When his command was passed to Robert E. Lee, he
took command of the Army of Tennessee. Johnston supported Beauregard at the
first Battle of Bull Run. He was criticized by Confederate President Jefferson
Davis after the fall of Vicksburg, and Davis relieved Johnston of his command in
1864 for failing to stem the Union advance. On April 26, 1865, 17 days after Lee
surrendered to Grant, General Johnston surrendered his army to General William
Tecumseh Sherman. In the years after the war, Johnston was in the
insurance business in Georgia and in 1878, he was elected to the House of
Representatives from Richmond, Virginia. He remained in Washington and in
1885 he was appointed Railroad Commissioner by President Cleveland. DANIELS was
probably John Warwick Daniel, a Virginia lawyer and politician who served
under Jubal Early in the Civil War. In November of 1884 Daniel was elected to
the U.S. Congress and in December of 1885 he was chosen U.S. Senator to
succeed William Mahone. Lightly creased, foxed and soiled. Pencil note
(unknown hand) at upper left corner. Overall, fine condition.
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