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66 LETTERS FROM MRS. BRADLEY T. JOHNSON

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:490.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
66 LETTERS FROM MRS. BRADLEY T. JOHNSON
<B>SIXTY-SIX LETTERS FROM MRS. BRADLEY T. JOHNSON, CONFEDERATE GEN. JOHNSON’S WIFE.</B></I> Bradley Johnson was born in Frederick City, Maryland, 29 September, 1829. His sense of honor and devotion to his state led him to form a militia company in his hometown of Frederick, Maryland, which became part of the First Maryland Infantry. Johnson was elected major and later was promoted to lieutenant colonel (July 1861) and to colonel (March 1862). The First Maryland fought at First Manassas, served under Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson during the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign and participated in the Seven Days' Battles. At Harrisburg, June 6, 1862, Colonel Johnson had his horse shot under him, and on the death of Gen. Turner Ashby Johnson with his regiment "drove the enemy off with heavy loss," capturing Lieut.-Col. Thomas C. Kane of the Pennsylvania "Bucktails"; and in the battle of Cross Keys June 8, 1862, by direction of General Ewell, he carried one of the captured bucktails, the insignia of their beaten foe, affixed to his colors as a trophy. The remnant of his regiment, decimated by loss, was mustered out of service, and Johnson joined the staff of Stonewall Jackson. This lot of 66 letters written by Mrs. Bradley T. Johnson after the Civil War (1890s) She calls these tales <I>“Table Talk”</B></I> . She writes down the talks about Jeff Davis, Lee, etc. A copy of a letter from Maury to Gen. Johnson, in part "<I>I received a letter from Buchanan...He had any regret for what he had done. ..I requested that the President would extend to me the _____ of his proclamation.</B></I>"<I> </B></I> Many talks about the capture of soldiers, slaves, etc. An interesting group of <I>“Table Talk Letters.”</B></I> Some copied from real Civil War period letters. All of these letters have been sealed in and preserved in acid free document paper. Eight folders of letters, an archival treasure. <BR><BR><B>Condition:</B></I> Very good-fine.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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