Confederate general. When his native state, Virginia, seceded from the Union in 1861, he resigned his commission as a brigadier general in the regular army (the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer to do so). Initially commissioned as a major general in the Virginia militia, he relieved Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson in command at Harpers Ferry and organized the Army of the Shenandoah. Fountain pen signature, J.E. Johnston,” on an off-white 2.75 x 1 clipped, lined slip. Accompanied by a vintage engraving. In fine condition. R&R COA.
