48 BULLETIN 16 3, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Hill. Late in 1862 he was placed in command of the Dei^artment of 

 Texas, and at the termination of the Civil War he entered the army 

 of the Emperor Maximilian in Mexico, where he served as major 

 general until the downfall of the Empire. He died in Houston, Tex., 

 in 1871. His sword was bequeathed to the National Museum in 1907 

 by Henry R. Magruder. 



SWORD OWNED BY MAJ. GEN. EDWARD JOHNSON 



A sword of a somewhat different type from any of those already 

 described in this connection is one " presented by citizens of Chester- 

 field County, Va., to Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson, C. S. Army. 

 The blade is long and slender with a broad shallow groove near the 

 top extending its entire length. The obverse is decorated in silver 

 chasing with the letters " U. S.," surrounded by stars and flanked by 

 sunbursts ; on the right appears an oak spray and on the left a cotton 

 plant in an urn. The reverse is similarly decorated with the United 

 States arms between a laurel spray and a floral design. The grip 

 is 6-sided, silver mounted, and resembles very greatly the one be- 

 longing to the preceding sword. The sides are exquisitely engraved 

 with the United States shield and floral and trophy designs. The 

 pommel, which is finished in the same manner as the grip, is vase- 

 shaped, and the sides are decorated with oak-leaf scrolls and sprays 

 of laurel. The quillons are shaped like the arms of a Maltese cross 

 of openwork design, the sides of which are decorated with beadwork 

 and the ends terminating in oak scrolls. The center bears on the 

 obverse a small silver shield engraved with the arms of the State of 

 Virginia surrounded by floral scrolls. A similar shield on the 

 reverse bears the United States shield in gilt surrounded by floral 

 scrolls. The lower quillon and the pommel are united by a slender 

 gilt chain. The scabbard, which is finished in gilt, is decorated 

 with three floral and scroll designs in relief and engraved with the 

 United States arms, a spray of grapes, and the following inscription 

 in three lines : " Presented by the Citizens of Chesterfield County 

 to their countryman Captain Edward Johnson, U. S. A., for his 

 gallantry and officer-like conduct during the late war with Mexico." 

 The reverse of the scabbard, which is plain, is engraved " Vera 

 Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, Chapultepec, City 

 of Mexico." 



The recipient of this sword was born in Chesterfield County, Va., 

 in 1816. He was graduated from the United States Military Acad- 

 emy in 1838 and served with distinction during the war with Mexico. 

 He received the brevet rank of captain for his gallantry at Molino 

 del Rey and of major for his conduct in the Battle of Chapultepec. 



"Length, 101 cm. Blade, 84.3 cm. long, 2.8 cm. wide. PI. 18, fig. 2. 



