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January 15-16, 2013 - New York, NY<br />
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545 [Johnson, Andrew]: Impeachment Tickets A pair of tickets, each admitting the bearer to the US Senate<br />
gallery, both 2.9” x 3.5”, one blue with black print for May 9, 1868, with matching stub stamped<br />
“701,” the other yellow with orange print for May 13, with matching stub stamped “727.” Both lightly<br />
soiled, with some edge rubbing, about VF+. [4] (photo) Est. 300-500<br />
546<br />
546 Johnston, Joseph E. American general (1807-91); the highest-ranking US officer to join the Confederacy;<br />
first commander of the Army of Northern Virginia until he was wounded and Robert E Lee took<br />
charge; best known for his long strategic withdrawal against WT Sherman’s army in Georgia; after the<br />
war, the two rivals became friends, and Johnston died after catching a cold at Sherman’s funeral. Very<br />
early clipped Signature “J.E. Johnston / Bt. Capt Top’l Engrs.” on a1.3” x 4.25” sheet, undated but<br />
ca. 1840. Johnston had been brevetted for his valor in the Second Seminole War in Florida, where in<br />
1838 he had been wounded during a stint as a civilian. In Fine condition. (photo) Est. 150-250<br />
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