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JOHNSTON, ALBERT SIDNEY

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JOHNSTON, ALBERT SIDNEY
(1803 - 1862) Confederate major general, outnumbered and defeated at Logan Cross Roads and Fort henry and Donelson, wounded and bled to death at Shiloh. Rare A.L.S. as Paymaster, 1p. 4to., Austin, Aug. 29, 1853, to Col. A. J. Coffee, acting Deputy Paymaster, in part: ""...I have the honor to inform you that I have this day drawn on you...in favor of John M. Swisher for one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars...the drafts are printed and not numbered..."". Marginal damage, fading and significant toning along one fold, yet still legible and good.