Civil War CDV Photo Portrait of CSA GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON by the Anthonys

  

This offering is for an Original 1860's Civil War-Era Albumen Carte-de-Visite (CDV) Photograph of an upper torso Portrait of CONFEDERATE GENERAL JOSEPH E. Anthony, located at 501 Broadway, New York.

February 3, 1807 Farmville, Virginia. March 21, 1891 (aged 84) Washington, D. Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (1865). Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia (1865). First Battle of the Loxahatchee.

First Battle of Bull Run. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807 - March 21, 1891) was an American military officer.

Who served in the United States Army. After Virginia declared secession from the United States, he entered the Confederate States Army.

As one of its most senior general officers. During the American Civil War. From 1888 to 1889 he was a vice president, from 1889 to 1890 president, of the Aztec Club of 1847. Johnston was trained as a civil engineer at the United States Military Academy. At West Point, New York.

Graduating in the same class as Robert E. He served in Florida, Texas, and Kansas.

By 1860 he achieved the rank of brigadier general. Johnston's effectiveness in the American Civil War was undercut by tensions with Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Victory eluded him in most campaigns he personally commanded. He was the senior Confederate commander at the First Battle of Bull Run. In July 1861, but the victory is usually credited to his subordinate, P.

Johnston defended the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. During the 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Withdrawing under the pressure of U. He suffered a severe wound at the Battle of Seven Pines.

And was replaced by Robert E. In 1863, Johnston was placed in command of the Department of the West. In 1864, he commanded the Army of Tennessee. And Sherman praised his actions in the war and became friends with Johnston afterward. He was elected as a Democrat.

In the United States House of Representatives. He was appointed as commissioner of railroads under Grover Cleveland. Johnston died of pneumonia one month after attending Sherman's funeral. It is because items are accurately described and guaranteed, and carefully packaged.

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