Raynors HCA 2019-05
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/30/2019
Carte de visite of General Bushrod Johnson in Confederate general’s uniform, from engraving, with C.E. Jones & Vanerson of Richmond, Virginia backmark. Fine condition. Bushrod Rust Johnson (1817- 1880) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War and an officer in the United States Army. As a university professor he had been active in the state militias of Kentucky and Tennessee and on the outbreak of hostilities he sided with the South, despite having been born in the North. As a divisional commander he managed to evade capture at the Battle of Fort Donelson, but was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh. He served under Robert E. Lee throughout the 10-month Siege of Petersburg, and surrendered with him at Appomattox.
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