CIVIL WAR]. JOHNSTON, ALBERT SIDNEY, Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas, later General, C.S.A . Autograph letter signed ("A. Sidney Johnston") to his wife, "Seralvo," Mexico, 15 September 1846. 1 full page, 4to, 250 x 195mm. (9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.), integral address leaf in Johnston's hand . Fine. A.S. JOHNSTON ON THE EVE OF THE BATTLE OF MONTERREY An affectionate letter from the first Confederate General to die in battle, written at a decisive point in the Mexican-American War: "I wrote to you on my arrival here my dear wife and gave you all the army news I had, since this the 1st & 2d divisions of the army have marched & the division of Gen[era]l [William O.] Butler of which I am inspector is now moving off -- we shall be in Monterrey in five days & in Saltillo in fifteen where the campaign for the present must end, at least until reinforcements can be brought up & new dispositions made...[T]he present force will amount to 3000 regulars & 2600 volunteers making 5600 -- which...General [Zachary Taylor] considers a sufficient force for the present operations. As soon as the campaign is over, my appointment having terminated, I shall lose no time in returning to my loved wife & little boys..." On 20 September 1846 United States' troops assaulted Monterrey. On 25 September 1846 Johnston was present when the Mexican army surrendered to General Zachary Taylor. Taylor approved an unauthorized truce which was rejected by Congress on 13 October; the Mexican-American War continued until 1848. Sidney Albert Johnston (1803-1862), born in Kentucky, emigrated to Texas where he served as Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas from 1838 to 1840. Rejoining the army, he commanded the Department of Utah until Texas seceded from the Union. Offered a post in the U.S. Army as second-in-command to Winfield Scott, he instead accepted the rank of General in the army of the Confederacy, assigned to command all Confederate troops west of the Alleghenies. After concentrating an army at Corinth, he successfully attacked General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, but was mortally wounded and died on the battlefield 6 April 1862. Jefferson Davis termed Johnston "the greatest soldier, the ablest man, civil or military, Confederate or Federal, then living" (Boatner, p. 440); although some modern authorities dissent from his view. His letters are quite rare.
CIVIL WAR]. JOHNSTON, ALBERT SIDNEY, Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas, later General, C.S.A . Autograph letter signed ("A. Sidney Johnston") to his wife, "Seralvo," Mexico, 15 September 1846. 1 full page, 4to, 250 x 195mm. (9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.), integral address leaf in Johnston's hand . Fine. A.S. JOHNSTON ON THE EVE OF THE BATTLE OF MONTERREY An affectionate letter from the first Confederate General to die in battle, written at a decisive point in the Mexican-American War: "I wrote to you on my arrival here my dear wife and gave you all the army news I had, since this the 1st & 2d divisions of the army have marched & the division of Gen[era]l [William O.] Butler of which I am inspector is now moving off -- we shall be in Monterrey in five days & in Saltillo in fifteen where the campaign for the present must end, at least until reinforcements can be brought up & new dispositions made...[T]he present force will amount to 3000 regulars & 2600 volunteers making 5600 -- which...General [Zachary Taylor] considers a sufficient force for the present operations. As soon as the campaign is over, my appointment having terminated, I shall lose no time in returning to my loved wife & little boys..." On 20 September 1846 United States' troops assaulted Monterrey. On 25 September 1846 Johnston was present when the Mexican army surrendered to General Zachary Taylor. Taylor approved an unauthorized truce which was rejected by Congress on 13 October; the Mexican-American War continued until 1848. Sidney Albert Johnston (1803-1862), born in Kentucky, emigrated to Texas where he served as Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas from 1838 to 1840. Rejoining the army, he commanded the Department of Utah until Texas seceded from the Union. Offered a post in the U.S. Army as second-in-command to Winfield Scott, he instead accepted the rank of General in the army of the Confederacy, assigned to command all Confederate troops west of the Alleghenies. After concentrating an army at Corinth, he successfully attacked General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, but was mortally wounded and died on the battlefield 6 April 1862. Jefferson Davis termed Johnston "the greatest soldier, the ablest man, civil or military, Confederate or Federal, then living" (Boatner, p. 440); although some modern authorities dissent from his view. His letters are quite rare.
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