3250 BRADLEY T. JOHNSON INSCRIBED PRESENTATION

Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 1,000.00 USD
Estimated at 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
LITHOGRAPH "CHARGE OF FIRST MARYLAND & DEATH OF GEN. TURNER ASHBY". 21.5" x 28" image in 40" x 30" vintage frame, lithograph A. Hoen, Baltimore after 1867 painting by Wm. Ludlow Sheppard (1833-1912). "The Charge of the First Maryland Regiment at the Death of Ashby", June 6, 1862. The image shows the 1st Maryland led by Col. Bradley T. Johnson near Harrisonburg, VA. The 1st Maryland flag is being taken by Corp. Shanks from the dying hands of the last of 3 color bearers killed in this action with Pennsylvania bucktail regiment. A facsimile manuscript order from Gen. Ewell below image gives the 1st MD authority to attach one of the many bucktails taken from the caps of captured and killed soldiers in the 42nd Pennsylvania infantry from this action. The gallant 42nd PA Bucktails were easily recognized by their distinctive insignia. A "bucktail" is shown attached below the finial on the 1st Maryland flag staff in wreath. 3-line inked inscription: "To Dr. Charles McGill with the warm regards & high respect of his friend & fellow countryman, BRADLEY T. JOHNSON". Dr. Charles McGill (1806-1881) graduate of Baltimore College & University of Maryland was a co-founder of the Hagerstown Herald and was a Major General in Maryland Militia. On September 30, 1861, Union troops came to his home to arrest him "on the authority of the Secretary of State". He stated that was a violation of his Constitutional Rights & pushed two Federal soldiers down the first steps of his home and his daughter attacked the soldiers with a buggy whip. A scuffle ensued in which on of his sons was wounded by a saber cut to the neck. McGill was imprisoned by President Lincoln’s order at Fort Warren in Boston for 2 years. There he befriended Confederate Texan Hiram Granbury, and arranged to have Granbury's young cancer-stricken wife transported to Hagerstown. In July, 1863, he opened a hospital for sick and wounded Confederate soldiers that arrived in the Gettysburg Campaign. He left with the Confederate army and served in the Confederate Medical Corps till the war,'s end. CONDITION: not removed from frame to examine but appears good overall. Exposed image appears complete, toned overall, good contrast, dark ink inscription all easily read, light water staining on the bottom right corner. A newer mat appears two have been set into frame. Frame has been sealed and appears to have been updated with acid free foam core replaced the thin acidic wood that would have originally been used in 19th century. Biographical information pasted on back. Innermost layer of frame apparently has been repainted black. (02-22668/JS). NON-GUN. $2,000-3,000.