SPANISH - AMERICAN WAR WWI COLONEL GENERAL PANAMA CANAL SANDY HOOK LETTER SIGNED
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JACOBCALVIN JOHNSON (1872 – 1954)WEST POINT BRIGADIER GENERAL, US ARMY, WWI COLONEL, and INSPECTOR GENERAL INTHE AEF COAST ARTILLERY CORPS 1914-1918, COLONEL and COMMANDANT AT FORT MONROEIN HAMPTON, VIRGINIA IN 1920, 7th COAST ARTILLERY, COMMANDINGAT FORT HANCOCK, SANDY HOOK, NEW JERSEY, 1920s-1930s, LT. COLONEL COAST ARTILLERY AT FORTMONROE, VIRGINIA 1920s, COMMANDER COAST DEFENSES AT FORTAMADOR, BALBOA PROTECTING THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 1925&SPANISH-AM...ERICAN WAR CAPTAIN IN THE USARTILLERY CORPS, and LT IN THE 4th US ARTILLERY AT SANTIAGO, CUBA.Col. Johnson was a graduatedfrom the US Military Academy at West Point on June 15th in the classof 1898 (22/59), and of the Coast Artillery School of the class of 1910. He was a native of Ohio. HERE’S A TYPEDLETTER SIGNED BY JOHNSON ON “HEADQUARTERSHARBOR DEFENSES OF SANDY HOOK – OFFICE OF THE HARBOR DEFENSE COMMANDER – FORTHANCOCK, NEW JERSEY” LETTERHEAD, 1p, DATED MAY 22, 1929, TO W. S. HUESTON, CHIEF MARSHAL, BROOKLYN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION, 1804 AVENUE J, BROOKLYN, NY, DECLINING AN INVITATION TO REVIEW THE 100th ANNIVERSARY PARADE OFTHE BROOKLYN PROTESTANT SUNDAY SCHOOLS, IN PART: “…I am always not only glad but anxious to participate in the variousactivities of the community in which I am stationed…”A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR AMERICANMILITARY HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION.The document measures 8½” x 11” and isin VG condition.<<>> JACOB CALVIN JOHNSONApril 26, 1898graduated from West Point (22/59) and appointed 2nd Lt., 4th U. S.Artillery Regiment. 1898 Santiago, Cuba; Feb. 2, 1901 1st Lt., Artillery Corps; Sept. 23, 1901 Captain World War I--Inspector General withAmerican Expeditionary Force; 1923-1926 served in Canal Zone; Colonel 1936retired; 1940 retired at Brigadier General; died at Walter Reed Army Hospital Feb.13, 1954. Birth 17 Nov 1872 Ohio, USA Death 13 Feb 1954 (aged 81) Burial Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Plot Sec: 2, Site: 4892-2 <<>::<>>HARBOR DEFENSES OF NEW YORKThe Harbor Defenses of New York was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps
harbor defense command. It coordinated the coast defenses of New York City from
1895 to 1950, beginning with the Endicott program, some of which were located in
New Jersey. These included both coast artillery forts and underwater minefields.
The command originated circa 1895 as an Artillery District(s) and became the Coast
Defenses of Eastern New York and Coast Defenses of Southern New York in 1913.
Circa 1915 the Coast Defenses of Sandy Hook separated from the latter command.
In 1925 the commands were renamed as Harbor Defense Commands, and in 1935 the
Harbor Defenses of Eastern New York was almost entirely disarmed, although possibly
retaining the minefield capability. The New York and Sandy Hook commands and the
Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound were unified as the Harbor Defenses of New
York on 9 May 1942.I am a proud member of theUniversal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society and the American Political Items Collectors (APIC)(member name: John Lissandrello). I subscribe to each organizations' code of ethicsand authenticity is guaranteed. ~Providing quality service and historicalmemorabilia online for over twenty years.~
WE ONLY SELL GENUINE ITEMS, i.e., NO REPRODUCTIONS, FAKES OR COPIES!
harbor defense command. It coordinated the coast defenses of New York City from
1895 to 1950, beginning with the Endicott program, some of which were located in
New Jersey. These included both coast artillery forts and underwater minefields.
The command originated circa 1895 as an Artillery District(s) and became the Coast
Defenses of Eastern New York and Coast Defenses of Southern New York in 1913.
Circa 1915 the Coast Defenses of Sandy Hook separated from the latter command.
In 1925 the commands were renamed as Harbor Defense Commands, and in 1935 the
Harbor Defenses of Eastern New York was almost entirely disarmed, although possibly
retaining the minefield capability. The New York and Sandy Hook commands and the
Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound were unified as the Harbor Defenses of New
York on 9 May 1942.I am a proud member of theUniversal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society and the American Political Items Collectors (APIC)(member name: John Lissandrello). I subscribe to each organizations' code of ethicsand authenticity is guaranteed. ~Providing quality service and historicalmemorabilia online for over twenty years.~
WE ONLY SELL GENUINE ITEMS, i.e., NO REPRODUCTIONS, FAKES OR COPIES!
