Joseph E. Johnston - Autograph Letter Signed - Contributes to Civil War Series - $1,200 - (Spartanburg, SC)

JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON. Confederate general (1807–1891) who, when Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, resigned his commission as a brigadier general in the regular army, the highest-ranking U.S. officer to do so. Initially commissioned as a major general in the Virginia militia, he relieved “Stonewall” Jackson’s command at Harper’s Ferry and organized the Army of the Shenandoah. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY FORMER CONFEDERATE GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON TO PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR EDWARD WILLIAM BOK REGARDING THE CONTRIBUTION OF VALUABLE CIVIL WAR INFORMATION FOR BOK’S HISTORICAL SERIES Autograph letter signed by, “J.E. Johnston,” to the well-known editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward William Bok regarding the contribution of valuable Civil War information for Bok’s project The American Pantheon: “I have just received you favor of the 1st inst. and read it with high gratification. I assure you, for this additional proof of your wish that I should ‘cooperate in the discussion of the American Pantheon’ is by far the highest compliment ever bestowed upon me. What you write of the personal feelings of the editor-in-chief given me still higher gratification. Before writing to you on this subject I convinced myself by repeated trials, of my unfitness to join in its discussion. The best result of those trials is, in my opinion, unfit to be shown even in confidence. For that reason I did not accede to your proposal. Anxiety to lose by my own act no part of your favorable opinion induces me to adhere to that decision.” “I ASSURE YOU, FOR THIS ADDITIONAL PROOF OF YOUR WISH THAT I SHOULD ‘COOPERATE IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE AMERICAN PANTHEON’ IS BY FAR THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENT EVER BESTOWED UPON ME” Bok (1863–1930) began working with the Henry Holt and Company in 1882 and then he became involved with Charles Scribner’s Sons, where he eventually became its advertising manager, in 1884. From 1884 until 1887, Bok was the editor …

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