PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON MILITARY COMMISSION 1866..16\" X 20\" SIGNED BY TOWNSEND


PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON MILITARY COMMISSION 1866..16\

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PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON MILITARY COMMISSION 1866..16\" X 20\" SIGNED BY TOWNSEND:
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Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson became president as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. WikipediaBorn: December 29, 1808, Raleigh, NCDied: July 31, 1875, Carter County, Tennessee, TNPresidential term: April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869Spouse: Eliza McCardle Johnson (m. 1827–1875)Political parties: Democratic Party, National Union Party

Edward Davis Townsend (August 22, 1817 – May 10, 1893) was Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1869 to 1880.

The grandson of Vice President Elbridge Gerry, Townsend was educated at Boston\'s Latin School before graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1837. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Second U. S. Artillery and served as that regiment\'s adjutant and participating in the Second Seminole War and the relocation of the Cherokee Nation. In 1846 he was transferred to the Adjutant General\'s Corps and assigned to duty in Washington, D.C. He served on the Pacific coast from 1851 to 1856, after which he returned to Washington for the remainder of his career. In February 1869 he was promoted to brigadier general and became adjutant general. He retired in 1880. He died in Washington in 1893 after an accidental shock from a cable car and is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

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Stickeney, CliffordBattle Unit Name:72nd Regiment, Illinois InfantrySide:UnionCompany:CSoldier\'s Rank In:Second LieutenantSoldier\'s Rank Out:First LieutenantAlternate name:Clifford/StickneyFilm Number:M539 ROLL 87


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~~~ VERY GOOD, TYPICAL FOLDS WITH LIGHT TONING AND TWO VERY SMALL SPOTS OF PAPER LOSS AT FOLDS ABOVE THE EAGLE. THIS IS ONLY SIGNED BY ASST. ADJ. GENERAL E. D. TOWNSEND. THIS IS NOT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON OR SECRETARY STANTON BUT ARE PREPRINTED SIGNATURE. SEAL PRESENT AND VERY BRIGHT. THE DOCUMENT IS A LITTLE LIGHTER THAN PHOTOS SHOW. VERY NICE AND PERFECT FOR DISPLAY.
SHIPPED FOLDED IN IT\'S ORIGINAL FOLDS AND INSURED................ PLEASE SEE PHOTOS.~~~~

AUTHENTIC SIGNATURE OF TOWNSEND, JOHNSON AND STANTON ARE PREPRINTED.

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PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON MILITARY COMMISSION 1866..16\" X 20\" SIGNED BY TOWNSEND:
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