First Day Issue Joseph Eggleston Johnston Civil War Stamp Cache Envelope

Description: First Day of Issue Joseph Eggleston Johnston The Civil War Stamp Cache Envelope Enclosure 32¢ Gettysburg PA June 29 1995 Joseph Eggleston Johnston Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807-1891) was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia and was graduated from the U. S Military Academy. By the time the Civil War started he had become the quartermaster general of the U.S. Army. When a Yankee shell fragment at the Battle of Seven Pines knocked Joseph E. Johnston out of action in May of 1862, many anxious Southerners feared that the Confederate cause had been dealt an irreparable blow. Johnston a genuine Confederate hero to some, and one of the South's most esteemed officers. He had already served very admirably in the Mexican War and had received the post as quartermaster general. When he resigned his commission in April 1861 to serve his native Virginia he was one of the highest ranking army officers to cast his lot with the Confederacy. Commanding troops at Harpers Perry in July, 1861, he hurried them to Manassas in time to repulse the Union forces at Bull Run and consequently was able to justifiably claim victory in the Civil War's first major engagement His orders to his troops had been simple, "Let's go where the fire is hottest. In the winter of 1862, realizing that his Army of Northern Virginia might soo outflanked at Manassas, he skillfully executed a soon be series of tactical withdrawals that blocked General George McClellan's drive on Richmond. But in the process of doing so. Johnston drew the outrage of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, who expected his general to attack, not retreat Finally, on May 31, with the Federal blue coats just 12 miles from Richmond Johnston launched a counterthrust at Seven Pines. When Johnston fell wounded. Robert E. Lee took command of the army. Johnston remained a hero to his men, who prized his devotion to their welfare. Privately, Davis may have agreed with the hunting companion of Johnston who contended that in stalking game as in waging war, the general was to fussy, "too much afraid to miss and risk his fine reputation. But such was his stature that Davis continued to rely on him, but some historians feel that Davis depended on him because he didn't have another Stonewall Jackson (see Scott 2975s, our Item 95-08801 or Robert E. Lee. In 1863. Johnston took charge of the battered Army of Tennessee and sought to keep William T. Sherman (Scott 2975q. Item 95-0860) from descending on Atlanta Johnston rehabilitated the army alertly to the and responded so Union forces flanking moves that Sherman marveled at his "lynx-eyed watchfulness. But Time and again, Johnston was forced to give ground. In July 1864, an exasperated Davis removed him in favor of John Bell Hood, whose costly attacks failed to save Atlanta and brought about what was so dramatically portrayed in the classic film, Gone With the Wind. In February 1865, Johnston resumed command of what remained of the Army of Tennessee. Unwilling to expend lives without the hope of victory, he rejected Davis suggestion that the struggle be prolonged "Our people are tired of war. Johnston insisted. "They feel themselves whipped, and will not fight." Davis believed if he had the leader he wished for, that the leader would be able to motivate the troops to confident battle. The breach between Davis and Johnston never healed, but the general reconciled with his former adversary Sherman, to whom he surrendered. Former classmates at West Point, Johnston and Lee were both 63 when they met again in Savannah in April 1870, live years after surrendering the Confederacy's two largest armies. A reporter who was there noted on Lee's face a look of inexpressible sadness. Lee died that same year, while Johnston lived on for more than two decades. After representing Virginia in Congress in postwar days, Johnston honored Sherman to the consternation of Davis) by marching through the rain in his funeral procession then took to bed with pneumonia and died. Features: • First Day of Issue Stamp Cache Envelope and Enclosure • Made in USA Condition: Pre-Owned Good

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