Bidspirit auction | Land Grant General Henry Wise

Land Grant General Henry Wise to Colonel Robert Johnsto - Virginia Land Grant issued and signed by then Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise in 1859 which conveyed 2,645 acres of land to Confederate Colonel Robert Johnston. General Henry A. Wise (December 3, 1806 - September 12, 1876), having served as governor of Virginia, was commissioned a CSA Brigadier General when the Civil War broke out. He is credited with saving the city of Petersburg during the First battle of Petersburg and is partially credited with urging Lee to surrender at Appomattox Court House. Colonel Robert Johnston was a colonel in the Confederate Army, serving in the 3rd Virginia cavalry. Johnston was born in Virginia c. 1826. He completed his doctoral thesis from the University of Maryland's medical school in 1852 after graduating from West Point in 1850. Johnston then joined the United States military and, from 1851-1856 and 1858-1861, served on frontier duty with the 1st Dragons as a first lieutenant. At the outbreak of the civil war, Johnson resigned from the Northern Army in April 1861 and joined the Virginia 3rd Cavalry as a colonel the following month. The cavalry was part of the Army of Northern Virginia which served under J.E.B. Stuart and Colonel Thomas H. Owen. After Gettysburg, he served under George Pickett. At the end of the war, Johnston was taken as a prisoner and sought amnesty by signing the loyalty oath “not to take part in hostilities against the Government of the United States.” | Approx. Dimensions: 14” H x 12” W.