Lady Bird Johnson Signed Gettysburg Address Souvenir Signed by the Daughter of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston

Printed souvenir sheet reproducing Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, accompanied by a portrait vignette of Lincoln and signed in ink by Lady Bird Johnson. The signature appears beneath the printed text and portrait, transforming a common commemorative printing into an intriguing Civil War association piece linking the memory of Lincoln with the family of one of the Confederacy’s most prominent generals. Lady Bruce Johnson was the daughter of General Joseph E. Johnston (1807–1891), one of the senior commanders of the Confederate Army and a principal opponent of Union forces in the Eastern Theater. Johnston commanded at First Manassas, directed the defense of Richmond during the Peninsula Campaign, and later led Confederate armies in the Western Theater before surrendering in North Carolina in 1865. The juxtaposition is particularly noteworthy. Here, the daughter of a leading Confederate general places her signature upon a commemorative printing of Lincoln’s most celebrated speech—a document that became the defining statement of Union purpose, national reconciliation, and democratic government. Such associations illustrate the gradual reconciliation of North and South and the broad national reverence Lincoln’s words achieved in the decades following the Civil War. The sheet contains the complete text of the Gettysburg Address and a small printed portrait of Lincoln. Unlike many signed souvenir pieces, the signature stands alone without inscription, presenting an attractive and uncluttered example. Condition: Single printed sheet with central fold as issued. Light toning and minor handling wear. Signature clear and attractive. Pencil collector notations on reverse. Very good condition. An unusual Civil War association item uniting Lincoln’s immortal Gettysburg Address with the autograph of the daughter of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston, reflecting the postwar reconciliation that transformed Lincoln into a national figure revered across former sectional lines.